No checking for muted users about plugapi HOT 6 CLOSED

I think this should probably be the responsibility of the individual bot to handle, since it makes it possible to log and handle messages from users who have been muted - presuming there's a way in the API to determine that.

I'm not sure why there's temptation to give an online community hell by spamming just because an exploit was found.

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There is a mutes object in PlugAPI but iirc it does not have a way of auto updating on mute / unmute nor has the API to mute / unmute been added to PlugAPI yet. This is plug's fault for client side checking the mutes object. I'm not 100% sure but even if plugAPI does check for mutes the same way plug does, how does that solve the issue of the exploit? The user can still send the chat since when a person is muted their input box for chat is disabled with a label stating how long they're muted. What that exploit does is empty the object and delete the interval the person is muted for to bypass it and allow the person to still send chat. As @avatarkava said there is perhaps a way for individual bots to handle it and i have an idea based on what i used to do before plug added muting. A command to delete / undelete chat from a user by adding to an array and then in the chat event checking an array of id's and if it matches delete that chat. Might be a bit of a hassle but that seems to be a good solution for now maybe.

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No, no. I mean, I don't think there is a way to check whether a client is muted or not in PlugAPI and even if there was, checking it every single message would be damn inefficient. Normally users wouldn't encounter this error because the API they would use for their bot wouldn't ever send the bot the message. Therefore it is still an issue for PlugAPI's side rather than plug's, although it is also plug's fault for not checking ANYTHING server side.

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There IS a way to check with plugAPI though, it just hasnt been implemented as of yet. There are event listeners in place for modMute and modUnmute but they have not been setup to properly update the object in room.js. but we have yet to add moderateMute , moderateUnmute and the updating of the mute object in room.js . This is still very much a work in progress.

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@TATDK I believe this issue can be closed, seeing as plugAPI has added mutes and the mute object.

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Yeah, thanks for reminding me

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