Start & End Poll
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These blocks are solely related to starting and ending Discord polls. Discord polls are where your members can vote on different options, which can be useful for voting for an upcoming server event, theme or voting on a winner for a server competition.
In each poll, a member can vote once and either select one answer or multiple (depending on what you choose). Anyone will be able to see the results, and after the poll ends, a Discord notification is usually provided to notify the poll host and participants of the outcome after the timer is up.
When configuring a start poll block, there are three main areas. Firstly, the message that is sent with your poll, where your message and poll should be sent, and your poll builder.
Starting with the message builder, this works exactly like a send message block; letting you make a message, embeds and components all in one. For more help on finding your way around a message builder, see Send & Edit a Message.
To avoid sending a message at all, you can simply add a space in the message content.
Next, you can set your poll and message to reply to another. For instance, you can have your poll respond to a specific message, the command, or the last button. Otherwise, you can select your poll to be sent to the current channel, a specific channel or as a direct message.
Lastly, the poll builder lets you thoroughly customize your new poll. Letting you set the question, and up to 10 options for users to select from. With each option, you can select an emoji (or leave it blank), and select a label for each answer.
To allow multiple answers, toggle the option at the buttom of the builder. Additionally, you can modify the duration of the poll. Once this duration is finished, the poll will automatically end and a notification will be provided notifying participants and the host of the results.
Stop poll blocks are only able to end polls that have been created within the current builder. For instance, an end poll block will only have a block selector, and so you can only pick start poll blocks from your command or event.
To end a poll from another builder, you must use an API. To find out more, please visit API.
