discord for windows now supports both color and title. dynv6 updates on one line per ip.

Discord.ps1

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ param (
     [parameter (ValueFromPipeline = $true)] [string[]] $message,
     [string] $distinct = "",
     [string] $webhook = "",
-    [string] $botName = ""
+    [string] $botName = "",
+    [string] $color   = "",
+    [string] $title   = ""
 )
 begin {
     $chunk = ""
@@ -68,16 +70,31 @@ end {
 
     # if distinct, load previous message to check for duplicate message
     if ($distinct) {
-        $distinctFile = "$PSScriptRoot\\distinct\\$distinct.msg"
+        if ( ! $title) {
+            $title = $distinct;
+        }
+        $clean = $distinct -replace '[\.\|\"\*\/\:\<\>\?\\]', '';
+        $distinctFile = "$PSScriptRoot\\distinct\\$clean.msg"
         if (Test-Path -Path $distinctFile) {
             [string[]] $oldMessage = Get-Content -Path $distinctFile
         }
     }
 
+    $colors = @{
+        "maroon" = 6619169;  "brown"   = 6633216;  "olive"  = 7238926;  "teal"   = 168838;   "navy"     = 70974;    "black" = 0;
+        "red"    = 15007744; "orange"  = 16347910; "yellow" = 16776980; "lime"   = 11206450; "green"    = 1421338;
+                             "cyan"    = 65535;    "blue"   = 213983;   "purple" = 8265372;  "magenta"  = 12714104; "grey"  = 9606545;
+        "pink"   = 16744896; "apricot" = 16757101; "beige"  = 15129254; "mint"   = 10485424; "lavender" = 13082607; "white" = 16777215;
+    };
+
+    if ($colors.ContainsKey($color)) {
+        $colorNumber = $colors.$color;
+    }
+
     if (($oldMessage -join "`n") -ne ($message -join "`n")) {
         # finally send each chunk of the message
         foreach ($chunk in $chunks) {
-            SendDiscordMessage -message $chunk -webhook $webhook -botName $botName
+            SendDiscordMessage -message $chunk -webhook $webhook -botName $botName -title $title -color $colorNumber
         }
 
         # if distinct, store the updated message for future checking

Dynv6.ps1

@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ if ($old4 -eq $ipv4) {
     $events += "IPv4 address unchanged"
 } else {
     # send IPv4 address to dynv6
-    $events += "Updating IPv4"
     $body = @{
        zone = $zone
        token = $token
        ipv4 = $ipv4
     }
-    $events += Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $update4 -Body $body
+    $msg = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $update4 -Body $body
+    $events += "Updating IPv4: " + $msg
 
     # save current IPv4 address
     Out-File -FilePath $file4 -InputObject $ipv4
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ if ($old6 -eq $ipv6) {
     $events += "IPv6 address unchanged"
 } else {
     # send IPv6 address to dynv6
-    $events += "Updating IPv6"
     $body = @{
        zone = $zone
        token = $token
        ipv6 = $ipv6
     }
-    $events += Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $update6 -Body $body
+    $msg = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $update6 -Body $body
+    $events += "Updating IPv6: " + $msg
 
     # save current IPv6 address
     Out-File -FilePath $file6 -InputObject $ipv6

SendDiscordChunk.ps1

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ function SendDiscordMessage
     param (
         [string] $message = $(throw "-message is required"),
         [string] $webhook = $(throw "-webhook is required"),
-        [string] $botName = $(throw "-botName is required")
+        [string] $botName = $(throw "-botName is required"),
+        [int]    $color   = -1,
+        [string] $title   = ""
     )
 
     # force utf-8, because that is what Discord needs
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ function SendDiscordMessage
     $header = "Content-Type: application/json"
 
     # convert string into json, escaping the given message
+    $title   = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $title
     $message = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $message
     $botName = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $botName
 
@@ -20,15 +23,30 @@ function SendDiscordMessage
     # windows is fine with the missing zero, but Discord needs it
     $message = $message -Replace "\\u001b\[m", "\u001b[0m"
 
+    # only enable colors if needed
+    $prefix = '';
+    if ($message -contains "\u001b") {
+        $prefix = 'ansi\n';
+    }
+
     # remove wrapping quotes around json string, replace with color-enabled block quotes
-    $message = '"```ansi\n' + $message.SubString(1, $message.length - 2) + '\n```"'
+    $message = '"```' + $prefix + $message.SubString(1, $message.length - 2) + '\n```"'
 
     # build post data: {"username": "$botName", "content": "$message"}
     $content = "{";
     if ($botName) {
         $content += '"username": ' + $botName + ', ';
     }
-    $content += '"content": ' + $message + '}';
+    $content += '"embeds": [{"description": ' + $message;
+
+    if ($color -ge 0) {
+        $content += ', "color": ' + $color;
+    }
+    if ($title) {
+        $content += ', "title": ' + $title;
+    }
+
+    $content += '}]}';
 
     # post data is complex, so we have to pipe it into curl
     # display the resulting id/message returned from Discord