# Message Filtering

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Message filtering is a powerful system, that allows you to replace words or emojis etc, in usernames and messages sent between Minecraft and Discord/Discord and Minecraft.

This is useful for filtering out common spam messages like gg, creeper, [REDACTED], or, replacing Minecraft Emojis with Discord compatible emojis.

To use this feature, find the filtering section of the config. By default, it will look like this

#Configure message/username filtering for discord messages
[filtering]
    #Enable the filter system
    enabled = true
    #List of entries to process
    entries = []
    #Ignore messages sent from certain threads. Enable debug logging to see what thread the message is from
    ignoredThreads = []

In the above:

ignoredMessages -> Enable or Disable the filtering feature
entires -> List of entries to process. See examples below.
ignoredThreads -> This is an advanced feature, used to disable some catch all messages relayed from other sources, that do not fall into any of the default categories

# Examples

Ignoring a message, if it starts a word

In this example, a message starting with Hey everyone, will be ignored.

#Configure messages that will be ignored when relaying to discord
[filtering]
	#Filter certain types of messages from being relayed back to discord
	ignoredMessages = true
        
	#List of entries to process
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "Hey everyone"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = ""
        searchMode = "STARTS_WITH"
        action = "IGNORE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false

So now, every message starting with Hey everyone or hey everyone will not be relayed to discord.

# Explanation of fields

search -> The text to search for
target -> Choose between targeting CHAT, USERNAME, BOTH, or CONSOLE
replace -> The text, that will replace search, if needed
searchMode -> How to apply the filter. CONTAINS, STARTS_WITH, MATCHES, REGEX
action -> The action to perform when the filter matches. IGNORE or REPLACE
appliesTo -> Does this filter apply to DISCORD (messages coming from Minecraft) or MINECRAFT (messages going to Minecraft)
ignoreConsole -> Should this filter be applied to messages in the Console Relay feature

Replacing the First Word of a message

In this example, we will replace a message starting with gg everyone, to Good Game everyone.

#Configure messages that will be ignored when relaying to discord
[filtering]
    #Filter certain types of messages from being relayed back to discord
    ignoredMessages = true
    
    #List of entries to process
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "gg everyone"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = "Good Game everyone"
        searchMode = "STARTS_WITH"
        action = "REPLACE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false

Ignore a message containing a word

In this example, we will not relay a message containing the word dammit.

#Configure messages that will be ignored when relaying to discord
[filtering]
    #Filter certain types of messages from being relayed back to discord
    ignoredMessages = true
    
    #List of entries to process
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "dammit"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = ""
        searchMode = "CONTAINS"
        action = "IGNORE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false

This will ignore any message containing the word dammit.

Replace a word in a message

In this example, we will replace the word dammit, with [REDACTED]

#Configure messages that will be ignored when relaying to discord
[filtering]
    #Filter certain types of messages from being relayed back to discord
    ignoredMessages = true
    
    #List of entries to process
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "dammit"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = "[REDACTED]"
        searchMode = "CONTAINS"
        action = "REPLACE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false

This will ignore any message containing the word dammit.

Ignore an exact message

In this example, we will ignore a message like Can someone help me?

#Configure messages that will be ignored when relaying to discord
[filtering]
    #Filter certain types of messages from being relayed back to discord
    ignoredMessages = true
    
    #List of entries to process
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "Can someone help me?"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = ""
        searchMode = "MATCHES"
        action = "IGNORE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false

This will ignore any message exactly matching Can someone help me?.

Replace an Exact Message

In this example, we will replace an exact message like I am leaving now

#Configure messages that will be ignored when relaying to discord
[filtering]
    #Filter certain types of messages from being relayed back to discord
    ignoredMessages = true
    
    #List of entries to process
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "I am leaving now"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = "Goodbye Everyone"
        searchMode = "MATCHES"
        action = "REPLACE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false

# Combined Example

#Configure messages that will be ignored when relaying to discord
[filtering]
    #Filter certain types of messages from being relayed back to discord
    ignoredMessages = true
    
    #List of entries to process
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "Hey everyone"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = ""
        searchMode = "STARTS_WITH"
        action = "IGNORE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false
    
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "gg everyone"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = "Good Game everyone"
        searchMode = "STARTS_WITH"
        action = "REPLACE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false
    
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "dammit"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = ""
        searchMode = "CONTAINS"
        action = "IGNORE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false
        
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "dammit"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = "[REDACTED]"
        searchMode = "CONTAINS"
        action = "REPLACE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false

    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "Can someone help me?"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = ""
        searchMode = "MATCHES"
        action = "IGNORE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false
    
    [[filtering.entries]]
        search = "I am leaving now"
        target = "CHAT"
        replace = "Goodbye Everyone"
        searchMode = "MATCHES"
        action = "REPLACE"
        appliesTo = "DISCORD"
        ignoreConsole = false