Discord Build Logger: Difference between revisions

The [https://discord.sale Discord Build Logger] is a service that logs every released build of the Discord client since 2018. It is currently offline pending a rewrite<ref group="External Links">[https://github.com/Discord-Build-Logger/Runtime GitHub: Discord-Build-Logger/Runtime]</ref>. It was created by [[Megumin]], and has gone through a number of rewrites since its inception. One day, as always, [[Megumin]] will have an ADHD-fuelled programming session and the build logger will be available again.{{Infobox

The Discord Build Logger has a number of features, including some that were not available on any other services at the time of inception.

For any chosen build, you could view all the [[Discord Experiments]] that were available in that release. Because of its use of [[wikipedia:Abstract_syntax_tree|Abstract Syntax Tree]] parsing<ref group="External Links">[https://github.com/Discord-Build-Logger/Runtime/blob/main/src/experimentParser/ExperimentASTVisitor.ts GitHub: Discord-Build-Logger/Runtime ExperimentASTVisitor.ts]</ref>, it could pick up experiments that were in the code, even if they were not actively registered in the client.

Using [[DPacker]]<ref group="External Links">[https://github.com/MeguminSama/dpacker GitHub: MeguminSama/dpacker]</ref>, another tool written by [[Megumin]], the Discord Build Logger allowed the user to browse every JavaScript file, and the contents of all the individual [[Webpack Module|Webpack Modules]] in a formatted, easy to read format. It also showed which modules depended upon other modules, allowing you to follow the flow of the code.

Build IDs could be provided and the logger could then scrape historic builds as far back as 2018, adding that information to the database. This includes IDs for current, and expired [[Build Override|Build Overrides]].