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# PostAction

The PostAction class contains all methods used to post to the BotBlock API.

Notes

- All methods of this class require a [[BotBlockAPI]] instance to be set!
- All methods can be used with either a JDA instance, a ShardManager instance or the ID of the bot (As String or Long) and guild count. Refer to the Javadoc for more information.

## Post automatically

You can use the `enableAutoPost` method to post your bots guild count automatically.
You set the delay in the BotBlockAPI through the `setUpdateInterval` method. Note that the delay can't be below 2.

To stop the automatic posting, use the `disableAutoPost` method.

Example:

    JDA jda = /* Get your JDA instance */

    // 1. Create an instance of the BotBlockAPI
    BotBlockAPI api = new BotBlockAPI.Builder()
            .addAuthToken("lbots.org", "My.5ecr37.T0k3n")
            .addAuthToken(Site.BOTLIST_SPACE, "My.s3crEt.7okEn") // The API has a enum with all sites.
            .setUpdateInterval(5) // Post all 5 minutes.
            .build();

    // 2. Create an instance of the PostAction
    PostAction post = new PostAction();

    // 3. Call the enableAutoPost method
    post.enableAutoPost(jda, api);

    // 4. Disable the auto-posting
    post.disableAutoPost();

## Post manually

To post manually will you need to use the `postGuilds` method.

Example:

    JDA jda = /* Get your JDA instance */

    // 1. Create an instance of the BotBlockAPI
    BotBlockAPI api = new BotBlockAPI.Builder()
            .addAuthToken("lbots.org", "My.5ecr37.T0k3n")
            .addAuthToken(Site.BOTLIST_SPACE, "My.s3crEt.7okEn") // The API has a enum with all sites.
            .build();

    // 2. Create an instance of the PostAction
    PostAction post = new PostAction();

    // 3. Call the postGuilds method you want to use
    post.postGuilds(jda, api);

## Exceptions

The methods may throw one of those errors:

- `RatelimitedException`
  When you get rate limited by the BotBlock site. You can only post every 120 seconds (2 minutes).
- `IOException`
  When the request couldn't be performed. Causes can be different.