# $awaitMessage

### Usage

```php
$awaitMessage[channelID;userFilter;time;errorMessage;response1;output1;response2;output2;...etc]
```

This function has five params.

| Param        | Description                                                                                                               | Type                | Required |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | -------- |
| channelID    | The channel to await messages in.                                                                                         | Snowflake           | Yes      |
| userFilter   | List of user IDs that the bot awaits the message for (separated by commas). Use `everyone` to await any incoming message. | Snowflake \| String | Yes      |
| time         | How long to await the user's message, before returning `errorMessage`.                                                    | Time                | Yes      |
| errorMessage | The error to return when `time` is up, and no response has been provided.                                                 | String              | No       |
| output       | The message response followed by the code to execute.                                                                     | String              | Yes      |

### Example

```javascript
bot.commands.add({
    type: "basicCommand",
    name: "example",
    code: `
$awaitMessage[$channelID;everyone;1m;
        $channelSendMessage[$channelID;$makeReturn[
                No one replied with a valid input.
            ]]
        ;hello;
            $channelSendMessage[$channelID;$makeReturn[
                Hello, <@$get[message_author_id]>!
            ]]
        ;uwu;
            $channelSendMessage[$channelID;$makeReturn[
                UwU, <@$get[message_author_id]>!
            ]]
        ]
`
})
```


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