[API] Re-sending Formatted Result From Chat Handler Function

I'm not sure how to effectively search for other threads with this, so I'll just ask. I want to make a roll from inside an API script (this is working). I want to do something interesting with the total (also working). I also want to re-chat the pretty, formatted, colourful, hoverable object that would have been the result, if I hadn't co-opted the handler function. Simple sample: on("ready", function(msg) { sendChat("Test", "1d4: [[1d4]]", function(msg) { log(msg[0]); var roll = msg[0].inlinerolls["1"]; var total = roll.results.total; doSomethingInteresting(total); // But also log the nicely-displayed results... sendChat("Test", "1. " + msg[0]); sendChat("Test", "2. " + msg[0].content); sendChat("Test", "3. " + msg[0].inlinerolls); sendChat("Test", "4. " + msg[0].inlinerolls["1"]); sendChat("Test", "5. " + roll); sendChat("Test", "6. " + roll.results); }); }); function doSomethingInteresting(t) { sendChat("Test", "Something interesting! " + t); } Most of them output: [object Object] 2 waits a bit and then outputs: 1d4: $[_1_] ...where [_1_] is a formatted result like I want, except that a) it always shows a 1 when the actual result may have been something else, and b) hovering over it always says "Rolling 1 = 1". Any advice? Thanks!

Thanks. I wasn't sure whether this forum was just for working scripts. If it's not much trouble, could a mod also change my title to "Need Help Re-sending ...." as that part is now unclear, but the API part obvious, due to the forum change. Thanks!

Never mind, I found it. Whew! I thought I was missing something easy and obvious. Thanks to HoneyBadger's thread on Power Cards and Brian's Critical Hit script, I was able to manage it. I will try to remember to link my finished script here when it's done, because I've stripped out some ( some ) of the complexity of Brian's script for anyone who wants only the default functionality and not, for example, to redefine what counts as a critical. Anyway, his script is here and it's the buildinline function that does it. It's awesome that there's such a fantastic, sharing, and industrious community around this place.

So, I ran into trouble with Brian's code when I went to put it into my original, much more complicated script. Probably because the message type was G. Anyway, I played around a little more and found what is, for my purposes, an easier way. Rather than making a direct handler, I just let the message go through as originally formatted and then catch it later: on("ready", function(msg) { sendChat("Test", "1d4: [[1d4]]"); }); on("chat:message", function (msg) { if (msg.who == "Test") { var roll = JSON.stringify(msg.inlinerolls); var pos = roll.lastIndexOf("total"); pos = roll.indexOf(":", pos); var pos2 = roll.indexOf(",", pos); var total = roll.substring(pos + 1, pos2); doSomethingInteresting(total); } }); function doSomethingInteresting(t) { sendChat("Test-Result", "Something interesting! " + t); } I ran into some oddness where msg.inlinerolls existed, but the information I needed was under the index of "null" instead of the usual 1. So I just parsed it as a string here. I'll probably have to find a more robust way when I move this, too, into my other script. Note: One way or another, you have to be careful that any chat messages you send out afterward (eg. in doSomethingInteresting) aren't caught by your handler function. I did it here just by using a different msg.who, but there might be better ways.