From 830b5852f80f6c100fbfe01a8b094dfc34d7fe70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VeygaX <84923630+veygax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 12:25:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add new ExportMessages plugin (#300)

* feat: add new ExportMessages plugin

* fix: update filename format in exportMessage function to use message ID cos it makes more sense

---------

Co-authored-by: thororen <78185467+thororen1234@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/equicordplugins/exportMessages/index.tsx | 115 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/utils/constants.ts                       |   4 +
 2 files changed, 119 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/equicordplugins/exportMessages/index.tsx

diff --git a/src/equicordplugins/exportMessages/index.tsx b/src/equicordplugins/exportMessages/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b65db8dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/equicordplugins/exportMessages/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+ * Vencord, a Discord client mod
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Vendicated and contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { showNotification } from "@api/Notifications";
+import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
+import { EquicordDevs } from "@utils/constants";
+import { showItemInFolder } from "@utils/native";
+import definePlugin, { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
+import { findByPropsLazy } from "@webpack";
+import { Menu } from "@webpack/common";
+import { Message } from "discord-types/general";
+
+const { saveFile } = findByPropsLazy("saveFile", "openFile");
+
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+    openFileAfterExport: {
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        description: "Open the exported file in the default file handler after export",
+        default: true
+    }
+});
+
+function formatMessage(message: Message) {
+    const { author } = message;
+    const timestamp = new Date(message.timestamp.toString()).toLocaleString();
+
+    let content = `[${timestamp}] ${author.username}`;
+    if (author.discriminator !== "0") {
+        content += `#${author.discriminator}`;
+    }
+    content += `: ${message.content}`;
+
+    if (message.attachments?.length > 0) {
+        content += "\n  Attachments:";
+        message.attachments.forEach(attachment => {
+            content += `\n    - ${attachment.filename} (${attachment.url})`;
+        });
+    }
+
+    if (message.embeds?.length > 0) {
+        content += "\n  Embeds:";
+        message.embeds.forEach(embed => {
+            if (embed.rawTitle) content += `\n    Title: ${embed.rawTitle}`;
+            if (embed.rawDescription) content += `\n    Description: ${embed.rawDescription}`;
+            if (embed.url) content += `\n    URL: ${embed.url}`;
+        });
+    }
+
+    return content;
+}
+
+async function exportMessage(message: Message) {
+    const timestamp = new Date(message.timestamp.toString()).toISOString().split("T")[0];
+    const filename = `message-${message.id}-${timestamp}.txt`;
+
+    const content = formatMessage(message);
+
+    try {
+        if (IS_DISCORD_DESKTOP) {
+            const data = new TextEncoder().encode(content);
+            const result = await DiscordNative.fileManager.saveWithDialog(data, filename);
+
+            if (result && settings.store.openFileAfterExport) {
+                showItemInFolder(result);
+            }
+        } else { // for web
+            const file = new File([content], filename, { type: "text/plain" });
+            saveFile(file);
+        }
+
+        showNotification({
+            title: "Export Messages",
+            body: `Message exported successfully as ${filename}`,
+            icon: "📄"
+        });
+    } catch (error) {
+        showNotification({
+            title: "Export Messages",
+            body: "Failed to export message",
+            icon: "❌"
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+const messageContextMenuPatch = (children: Array<React.ReactElement<any> | null>, props: { message: Message; }) => {
+    const { message } = props;
+
+    if (!message) return;
+
+    children.push(
+        <Menu.MenuItem
+            id="export-message"
+            label="Export Message"
+            icon={() => (
+                <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+                    <path d="M14,2H6A2,2 0 0,0 4,4V20A2,2 0 0,0 6,22H18A2,2 0 0,0 20,20V8L14,2M18,20H6V4H13V9H18V20Z" />
+                </svg>
+            )}
+            action={() => exportMessage(message)}
+        />
+    );
+};
+
+export default definePlugin({
+    name: "ExportMessages",
+    description: "Allows you to export any message to a file",
+    authors: [EquicordDevs.veygax],
+    settings,
+    contextMenus: {
+        "message": messageContextMenuPatch
+    }
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/constants.ts b/src/utils/constants.ts
index 6c5e8fd4e..3ec7d7d89 100644
--- a/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -1096,6 +1096,10 @@ export const EquicordDevs = Object.freeze({
         name: "Suffocate",
         id: 772601756776923187n
     },
+    veygax: {
+        name: "veygax",
+        id: 1119938236245094521n
+    }
 } satisfies Record<string, Dev>);
 
 // iife so #__PURE__ works correctly