API Reference

The following section outlines the API of discord.py.

Note

This module uses the Python logging module to log diagnostic and errors in an output independent way. If the logging module is not configured, these logs will not be output anywhere. See Setting Up Logging for more information on how to set up and use the logging module with discord.py.

Clients

Client

class discord.Client(*, intents, **options)

Represents a client connection that connects to Discord. This class is used to interact with the Discord WebSocket and API.

async with x

Asynchronously initialises the client and automatically cleans up.

New in version 2.0.

A number of options can be passed to the Client.

Parameters
  • max_messages (Optional[int]) –

    The maximum number of messages to store in the internal message cache. This defaults to 1000. Passing in None disables the message cache.

    Changed in version 1.3: Allow disabling the message cache and change the default size to 1000.

  • proxy (Optional[str]) – Proxy URL.

  • proxy_auth (Optional[aiohttp.BasicAuth]) – An object that represents proxy HTTP Basic Authorization.

  • shard_id (Optional[int]) – Integer starting at 0 and less than shard_count.

  • shard_count (Optional[int]) – The total number of shards.

  • application_id (int) – The client’s application ID.

  • intents (Intents) –

    The intents that you want to enable for the session. This is a way of disabling and enabling certain gateway events from triggering and being sent.

    New in version 1.5.

    Changed in version 2.0: Parameter is now required.

  • member_cache_flags (MemberCacheFlags) –

    Allows for finer control over how the library caches members. If not given, defaults to cache as much as possible with the currently selected intents.

    New in version 1.5.

  • chunk_guilds_at_startup (bool) –

    Indicates if on_ready() should be delayed to chunk all guilds at start-up if necessary. This operation is incredibly slow for large amounts of guilds. The default is True if Intents.members is True.

    New in version 1.5.

  • status (Optional[Status]) – A status to start your presence with upon logging on to Discord.

  • activity (Optional[BaseActivity]) – An activity to start your presence with upon logging on to Discord.

  • allowed_mentions (Optional[AllowedMentions]) –

    Control how the client handles mentions by default on every message sent.

    New in version 1.4.

  • heartbeat_timeout (float) – The maximum numbers of seconds before timing out and restarting the WebSocket in the case of not receiving a HEARTBEAT_ACK. Useful if processing the initial packets take too long to the point of disconnecting you. The default timeout is 60 seconds.

  • guild_ready_timeout (float) –

    The maximum number of seconds to wait for the GUILD_CREATE stream to end before preparing the member cache and firing READY. The default timeout is 2 seconds.

    New in version 1.4.

  • assume_unsync_clock (bool) –

    Whether to assume the system clock is unsynced. This applies to the ratelimit handling code. If this is set to True, the default, then the library uses the time to reset a rate limit bucket given by Discord. If this is False then your system clock is used to calculate how long to sleep for. If this is set to False it is recommended to sync your system clock to Google’s NTP server.

    New in version 1.3.

  • enable_debug_events (bool) –

    Whether to enable events that are useful only for debugging gateway related information.

    Right now this involves on_socket_raw_receive() and on_socket_raw_send(). If this is False then those events will not be dispatched (due to performance considerations). To enable these events, this must be set to True. Defaults to False.

    New in version 2.0.

  • http_trace (aiohttp.TraceConfig) –

    The trace configuration to use for tracking HTTP requests the library does using aiohttp. This allows you to check requests the library is using. For more information, check the aiohttp documentation.

    New in version 2.0.

  • max_ratelimit_timeout (Optional[float]) –

    The maximum number of seconds to wait when a non-global rate limit is encountered. If a request requires sleeping for more than the seconds passed in, then RateLimited will be raised. By default, there is no timeout limit. In order to prevent misuse and unnecessary bans, the minimum value this can be set to is 30.0 seconds.

    New in version 2.0.

ws

The websocket gateway the client is currently connected to. Could be None.

@event

A decorator that registers an event to listen to.

You can find more info about the events on the documentation below.

The events must be a coroutine, if not, TypeError is raised.

Example

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Ready!')

Changed in version 2.0: coro parameter is now positional-only.

Raises

TypeError – The coroutine passed is not actually a coroutine.

property latency

Measures latency between a HEARTBEAT and a HEARTBEAT_ACK in seconds.

This could be referred to as the Discord WebSocket protocol latency.

Type

float

is_ws_ratelimited()

bool: Whether the websocket is currently rate limited.

This can be useful to know when deciding whether you should query members using HTTP or via the gateway.

New in version 1.6.

property user

Represents the connected client. None if not logged in.

Type

Optional[ClientUser]

property guilds

The guilds that the connected client is a member of.

Type

Sequence[Guild]

property emojis

The emojis that the connected client has.

Type

Sequence[Emoji]

property stickers

The stickers that the connected client has.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Sequence[GuildSticker]

property cached_messages

Read-only list of messages the connected client has cached.

New in version 1.1.

Type

Sequence[Message]

property private_channels

The private channels that the connected client is participating on.

Note

This returns only up to 128 most recent private channels due to an internal working on how Discord deals with private channels.

Type

Sequence[abc.PrivateChannel]

property voice_clients

Represents a list of voice connections.

These are usually VoiceClient instances.

Type

List[VoiceProtocol]

property application_id

The client’s application ID.

If this is not passed via __init__ then this is retrieved through the gateway when an event contains the data or after a call to login(). Usually after on_connect() is called.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[int]

property application_flags

The client’s application flags.

New in version 2.0.

Type

ApplicationFlags

property application

The client’s application info.

This is retrieved on login() and is not updated afterwards. This allows populating the application_id without requiring a gateway connection.

This is None if accessed before login() is called.

See also

The application_info() API call

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[AppInfo]

is_ready()

bool: Specifies if the client’s internal cache is ready for use.

await on_error(event_method, /, *args, **kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

The default error handler provided by the client.

By default this logs to the library logger however it could be overridden to have a different implementation. Check on_error() for more details.

Changed in version 2.0: event_method parameter is now positional-only and instead of writing to sys.stderr it logs instead.

await before_identify_hook(shard_id, *, initial=False)

This function is a coroutine.

A hook that is called before IDENTIFYing a session. This is useful if you wish to have more control over the synchronization of multiple IDENTIFYing clients.

The default implementation sleeps for 5 seconds.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters
  • shard_id (int) – The shard ID that requested being IDENTIFY’d

  • initial (bool) – Whether this IDENTIFY is the first initial IDENTIFY.

await setup_hook()

This function is a coroutine.

A coroutine to be called to setup the bot, by default this is blank.

To perform asynchronous setup after the bot is logged in but before it has connected to the Websocket, overwrite this coroutine.

This is only called once, in login(), and will be called before any events are dispatched, making it a better solution than doing such setup in the on_ready() event.

Warning

Since this is called before the websocket connection is made therefore anything that waits for the websocket will deadlock, this includes things like wait_for() and wait_until_ready().

New in version 2.0.

await login(token)

This function is a coroutine.

Logs in the client with the specified credentials and calls the setup_hook().

Parameters

token (str) – The authentication token. Do not prefix this token with anything as the library will do it for you.

Raises
  • LoginFailure – The wrong credentials are passed.

  • HTTPException – An unknown HTTP related error occurred, usually when it isn’t 200 or the known incorrect credentials passing status code.

await connect(*, reconnect=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a websocket connection and lets the websocket listen to messages from Discord. This is a loop that runs the entire event system and miscellaneous aspects of the library. Control is not resumed until the WebSocket connection is terminated.

Parameters

reconnect (bool) – If we should attempt reconnecting, either due to internet failure or a specific failure on Discord’s part. Certain disconnects that lead to bad state will not be handled (such as invalid sharding payloads or bad tokens).

Raises
  • GatewayNotFound – If the gateway to connect to Discord is not found. Usually if this is thrown then there is a Discord API outage.

  • ConnectionClosed – The websocket connection has been terminated.

await close()

This function is a coroutine.

Closes the connection to Discord.

clear()

Clears the internal state of the bot.

After this, the bot can be considered “re-opened”, i.e. is_closed() and is_ready() both return False along with the bot’s internal cache cleared.

await start(token, *, reconnect=True)

This function is a coroutine.

A shorthand coroutine for login() + connect().

Parameters
  • token (str) – The authentication token. Do not prefix this token with anything as the library will do it for you.

  • reconnect (bool) – If we should attempt reconnecting, either due to internet failure or a specific failure on Discord’s part. Certain disconnects that lead to bad state will not be handled (such as invalid sharding payloads or bad tokens).

Raises

TypeError – An unexpected keyword argument was received.

run(token, *, reconnect=True, log_handler=..., log_formatter=..., log_level=..., root_logger=False)

A blocking call that abstracts away the event loop initialisation from you.

If you want more control over the event loop then this function should not be used. Use start() coroutine or connect() + login().

This function also sets up the logging library to make it easier for beginners to know what is going on with the library. For more advanced users, this can be disabled by passing None to the log_handler parameter.

Warning

This function must be the last function to call due to the fact that it is blocking. That means that registration of events or anything being called after this function call will not execute until it returns.

Parameters
  • token (str) – The authentication token. Do not prefix this token with anything as the library will do it for you.

  • reconnect (bool) – If we should attempt reconnecting, either due to internet failure or a specific failure on Discord’s part. Certain disconnects that lead to bad state will not be handled (such as invalid sharding payloads or bad tokens).

  • log_handler (Optional[logging.Handler]) –

    The log handler to use for the library’s logger. If this is None then the library will not set up anything logging related. Logging will still work if None is passed, though it is your responsibility to set it up.

    The default log handler if not provided is logging.StreamHandler.

    New in version 2.0.

  • log_formatter (logging.Formatter) –

    The formatter to use with the given log handler. If not provided then it defaults to a colour based logging formatter (if available).

    New in version 2.0.

  • log_level (int) –

    The default log level for the library’s logger. This is only applied if the log_handler parameter is not None. Defaults to logging.INFO.

    New in version 2.0.

  • root_logger (bool) –

    Whether to set up the root logger rather than the library logger. By default, only the library logger ('discord') is set up. If this is set to True then the root logger is set up as well.

    Defaults to False.

    New in version 2.0.

is_closed()

bool: Indicates if the websocket connection is closed.

property activity

The activity being used upon logging in.

Type

Optional[BaseActivity]

property status

Status: The status being used upon logging on to Discord.

property allowed_mentions

The allowed mention configuration.

New in version 1.4.

Type

Optional[AllowedMentions]

property intents

The intents configured for this connection.

New in version 1.5.

Type

Intents

property users

Returns a list of all the users the bot can see.

Type

List[User]

get_channel(id, /)

Returns a channel or thread with the given ID.

Changed in version 2.0: id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The returned channel or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Union[abc.GuildChannel, Thread, abc.PrivateChannel]]

get_partial_messageable(id, *, guild_id=None, type=None)

Returns a partial messageable with the given channel ID.

This is useful if you have a channel_id but don’t want to do an API call to send messages to it.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • id (int) – The channel ID to create a partial messageable for.

  • guild_id (Optional[int]) –

    The optional guild ID to create a partial messageable for.

    This is not required to actually send messages, but it does allow the jump_url() and guild properties to function properly.

  • type (Optional[ChannelType]) – The underlying channel type for the partial messageable.

Returns

The partial messageable

Return type

PartialMessageable

get_stage_instance(id, /)

Returns a stage instance with the given stage channel ID.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The stage instance or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[StageInstance]

get_guild(id, /)

Returns a guild with the given ID.

Changed in version 2.0: id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The guild or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Guild]

get_user(id, /)

Returns a user with the given ID.

Changed in version 2.0: id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The user or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[User]

get_emoji(id, /)

Returns an emoji with the given ID.

Changed in version 2.0: id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The custom emoji or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Emoji]

get_sticker(id, /)

Returns a guild sticker with the given ID.

New in version 2.0.

Note

To retrieve standard stickers, use fetch_sticker(). or fetch_premium_sticker_packs().

Returns

The sticker or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[GuildSticker]

for ... in get_all_channels()

A generator that retrieves every abc.GuildChannel the client can ‘access’.

This is equivalent to:

for guild in client.guilds:
    for channel in guild.channels:
        yield channel

Note

Just because you receive a abc.GuildChannel does not mean that you can communicate in said channel. abc.GuildChannel.permissions_for() should be used for that.

Yields

abc.GuildChannel – A channel the client can ‘access’.

for ... in get_all_members()

Returns a generator with every Member the client can see.

This is equivalent to:

for guild in client.guilds:
    for member in guild.members:
        yield member
Yields

Member – A member the client can see.

await wait_until_ready()

This function is a coroutine.

Waits until the client’s internal cache is all ready.

Warning

Calling this inside setup_hook() can lead to a deadlock.

wait_for(event, /, *, check=None, timeout=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Waits for a WebSocket event to be dispatched.

This could be used to wait for a user to reply to a message, or to react to a message, or to edit a message in a self-contained way.

The timeout parameter is passed onto asyncio.wait_for(). By default, it does not timeout. Note that this does propagate the asyncio.TimeoutError for you in case of timeout and is provided for ease of use.

In case the event returns multiple arguments, a tuple containing those arguments is returned instead. Please check the documentation for a list of events and their parameters.

This function returns the first event that meets the requirements.

Examples

Waiting for a user reply:

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.content.startswith('$greet'):
        channel = message.channel
        await channel.send('Say hello!')

        def check(m):
            return m.content == 'hello' and m.channel == channel

        msg = await client.wait_for('message', check=check)
        await channel.send(f'Hello {msg.author}!')

Waiting for a thumbs up reaction from the message author:

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.content.startswith('$thumb'):
        channel = message.channel
        await channel.send('Send me that 👍 reaction, mate')

        def check(reaction, user):
            return user == message.author and str(reaction.emoji) == '👍'

        try:
            reaction, user = await client.wait_for('reaction_add', timeout=60.0, check=check)
        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
            await channel.send('👎')
        else:
            await channel.send('👍')

Changed in version 2.0: event parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters
  • event (str) – The event name, similar to the event reference, but without the on_ prefix, to wait for.

  • check (Optional[Callable[…, bool]]) – A predicate to check what to wait for. The arguments must meet the parameters of the event being waited for.

  • timeout (Optional[float]) – The number of seconds to wait before timing out and raising asyncio.TimeoutError.

Raises

asyncio.TimeoutError – If a timeout is provided and it was reached.

Returns

Returns no arguments, a single argument, or a tuple of multiple arguments that mirrors the parameters passed in the event reference.

Return type

Any

await change_presence(*, activity=None, status=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Changes the client’s presence.

Example

game = discord.Game("with the API")
await client.change_presence(status=discord.Status.idle, activity=game)

Changed in version 2.0: Removed the afk keyword-only parameter.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • activity (Optional[BaseActivity]) – The activity being done. None if no currently active activity is done.

  • status (Optional[Status]) – Indicates what status to change to. If None, then Status.online is used.

Raises

TypeError – If the activity parameter is not the proper type.

async for ... in fetch_guilds(*, limit=200, before=None, after=None, with_counts=True)

Retrieves an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving your guilds.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider guilds instead.

Examples

Usage

async for guild in client.fetch_guilds(limit=150):
    print(guild.name)

Flattening into a list

guilds = [guild async for guild in client.fetch_guilds(limit=150)]
# guilds is now a list of Guild...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) –

    The number of guilds to retrieve. If None, it retrieves every guild you have access to. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation. Defaults to 200.

    Changed in version 2.0: The default has been changed to 200.

  • before (Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]) – Retrieves guilds before this date or object. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]) – Retrieve guilds after this date or object. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • with_counts (bool) –

    Whether to include count information in the guilds. This fills the Guild.approximate_member_count and Guild.approximate_presence_count attributes without needing any privileged intents. Defaults to True.

    New in version 2.3.

Raises

HTTPException – Getting the guilds failed.

Yields

Guild – The guild with the guild data parsed.

await fetch_template(code)

This function is a coroutine.

Gets a Template from a discord.new URL or code.

Parameters

code (Union[Template, str]) – The Discord Template Code or URL (must be a discord.new URL).

Raises
Returns

The template from the URL/code.

Return type

Template

await fetch_guild(guild_id, /, *, with_counts=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a Guild from an ID.

Note

Using this, you will not receive Guild.channels, Guild.members, Member.activity and Member.voice per Member.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider get_guild() instead.

Changed in version 2.0: guild_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters
Raises
  • NotFound – The guild doesn’t exist or you got no access to it.

  • HTTPException – Getting the guild failed.

Returns

The guild from the ID.

Return type

Guild

await create_guild(*, name, icon=..., code=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a Guild.

Bot accounts in more than 10 guilds are not allowed to create guilds.

Changed in version 2.0: name and icon parameters are now keyword-only. The region parameter has been removed.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the guild.

  • icon (Optional[bytes]) – The bytes-like object representing the icon. See ClientUser.edit() for more details on what is expected.

  • code (str) –

    The code for a template to create the guild with.

    New in version 1.4.

Raises
Returns

The guild created. This is not the same guild that is added to cache.

Return type

Guild

await fetch_stage_instance(channel_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Gets a StageInstance for a stage channel id.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

channel_id (int) – The stage channel ID.

Raises
  • NotFound – The stage instance or channel could not be found.

  • HTTPException – Getting the stage instance failed.

Returns

The stage instance from the stage channel ID.

Return type

StageInstance

await fetch_invite(url, *, with_counts=True, with_expiration=True, scheduled_event_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Gets an Invite from a discord.gg URL or ID.

Note

If the invite is for a guild you have not joined, the guild and channel attributes of the returned Invite will be PartialInviteGuild and PartialInviteChannel respectively.

Parameters
  • url (Union[Invite, str]) – The Discord invite ID or URL (must be a discord.gg URL).

  • with_counts (bool) – Whether to include count information in the invite. This fills the Invite.approximate_member_count and Invite.approximate_presence_count fields.

  • with_expiration (bool) –

    Whether to include the expiration date of the invite. This fills the Invite.expires_at field.

    New in version 2.0.

  • scheduled_event_id (Optional[int]) –

    The ID of the scheduled event this invite is for.

    Note

    It is not possible to provide a url that contains an event_id parameter when using this parameter.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • ValueError – The url contains an event_id, but scheduled_event_id has also been provided.

  • NotFound – The invite has expired or is invalid.

  • HTTPException – Getting the invite failed.

Returns

The invite from the URL/ID.

Return type

Invite

await delete_invite(invite, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Revokes an Invite, URL, or ID to an invite.

You must have manage_channels in the associated guild to do this.

Changed in version 2.0: invite parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

invite (Union[Invite, str]) – The invite to revoke.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to revoke invites.

  • NotFound – The invite is invalid or expired.

  • HTTPException – Revoking the invite failed.

await fetch_widget(guild_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Gets a Widget from a guild ID.

Note

The guild must have the widget enabled to get this information.

Changed in version 2.0: guild_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

guild_id (int) – The ID of the guild.

Raises
Returns

The guild’s widget.

Return type

Widget

await application_info()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the bot’s application information.

Raises

HTTPException – Retrieving the information failed somehow.

Returns

The bot’s application information.

Return type

AppInfo

await fetch_user(user_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a User based on their ID. You do not have to share any guilds with the user to get this information, however many operations do require that you do.

Note

This method is an API call. If you have discord.Intents.members and member cache enabled, consider get_user() instead.

Changed in version 2.0: user_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

user_id (int) – The user’s ID to fetch from.

Raises
Returns

The user you requested.

Return type

User

await fetch_channel(channel_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a abc.GuildChannel, abc.PrivateChannel, or Thread with the specified ID.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider get_channel() instead.

New in version 1.2.

Changed in version 2.0: channel_id parameter is now positional-only.

Raises
  • InvalidData – An unknown channel type was received from Discord.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the channel failed.

  • NotFound – Invalid Channel ID.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to fetch this channel.

Returns

The channel from the ID.

Return type

Union[abc.GuildChannel, abc.PrivateChannel, Thread]

await fetch_webhook(webhook_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a Webhook with the specified ID.

Changed in version 2.0: webhook_id parameter is now positional-only.

Raises
Returns

The webhook you requested.

Return type

Webhook

await fetch_sticker(sticker_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a Sticker with the specified ID.

New in version 2.0.

Raises
Returns

The sticker you requested.

Return type

Union[StandardSticker, GuildSticker]

await fetch_skus()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the bot’s available SKUs.

New in version 2.4.

Raises
Returns

The bot’s available SKUs.

Return type

List[SKU]

await fetch_entitlement(entitlement_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a Entitlement with the specified ID.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

entitlement_id (int) – The entitlement’s ID to fetch from.

Raises
Returns

The entitlement you requested.

Return type

Entitlement

async for ... in entitlements(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, skus=None, user=None, guild=None, exclude_ended=False)

Retrieves an asynchronous iterator of the Entitlement that applications has.

New in version 2.4.

Examples

Usage

async for entitlement in client.entitlements(limit=100):
    print(entitlement.user_id, entitlement.ends_at)

Flattening into a list

entitlements = [entitlement async for entitlement in client.entitlements(limit=100)]
# entitlements is now a list of Entitlement...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of entitlements to retrieve. If None, it retrieves every entitlement for this application. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation. Defaults to 100.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve entitlements before this date or entitlement. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve entitlements after this date or entitlement. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • skus (Optional[Sequence[Snowflake]]) – A list of SKUs to filter by.

  • user (Optional[Snowflake]) – The user to filter by.

  • guild (Optional[Snowflake]) – The guild to filter by.

  • exclude_ended (bool) – Whether to exclude ended entitlements. Defaults to False.

Raises
  • MissingApplicationID – The application ID could not be found.

  • HTTPException – Fetching the entitlements failed.

  • TypeError – Both after and before were provided, as Discord does not support this type of pagination.

Yields

Entitlement – The entitlement with the application.

await create_entitlement(sku, owner, owner_type)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a test Entitlement for the application.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters
Raises
await fetch_premium_sticker_packs()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all available premium sticker packs.

New in version 2.0.

Raises

HTTPException – Retrieving the sticker packs failed.

Returns

All available premium sticker packs.

Return type

List[StickerPack]

await create_dm(user)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a DMChannel with this user.

This should be rarely called, as this is done transparently for most people.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

user (Snowflake) – The user to create a DM with.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

DMChannel

add_dynamic_items(*items)

Registers DynamicItem classes for persistent listening.

This method accepts class types rather than instances.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

*items (Type[DynamicItem]) – The classes of dynamic items to add.

Raises

TypeError – A class is not a subclass of DynamicItem.

remove_dynamic_items(*items)

Removes DynamicItem classes from persistent listening.

This method accepts class types rather than instances.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

*items (Type[DynamicItem]) – The classes of dynamic items to remove.

Raises

TypeError – A class is not a subclass of DynamicItem.

add_view(view, *, message_id=None)

Registers a View for persistent listening.

This method should be used for when a view is comprised of components that last longer than the lifecycle of the program.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • view (discord.ui.View) – The view to register for dispatching.

  • message_id (Optional[int]) – The message ID that the view is attached to. This is currently used to refresh the view’s state during message update events. If not given then message update events are not propagated for the view.

Raises
  • TypeError – A view was not passed.

  • ValueError – The view is not persistent or is already finished. A persistent view has no timeout and all their components have an explicitly provided custom_id.

property persistent_views

A sequence of persistent views added to the client.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Sequence[View]

AutoShardedClient

class discord.AutoShardedClient(*args, intents, **kwargs)

A client similar to Client except it handles the complications of sharding for the user into a more manageable and transparent single process bot.

When using this client, you will be able to use it as-if it was a regular Client with a single shard when implementation wise internally it is split up into multiple shards. This allows you to not have to deal with IPC or other complicated infrastructure.

It is recommended to use this client only if you have surpassed at least 1000 guilds.

If no shard_count is provided, then the library will use the Bot Gateway endpoint call to figure out how many shards to use.

If a shard_ids parameter is given, then those shard IDs will be used to launch the internal shards. Note that shard_count must be provided if this is used. By default, when omitted, the client will launch shards from 0 to shard_count - 1.

async with x

Asynchronously initialises the client and automatically cleans up.

New in version 2.0.

shard_ids

An optional list of shard_ids to launch the shards with.

Type

Optional[List[int]]

shard_connect_timeout

The maximum number of seconds to wait before timing out when launching a shard. Defaults to 180 seconds.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[float]

property latency

Measures latency between a HEARTBEAT and a HEARTBEAT_ACK in seconds.

This operates similarly to Client.latency() except it uses the average latency of every shard’s latency. To get a list of shard latency, check the latencies property. Returns nan if there are no shards ready.

Type

float

property latencies

A list of latencies between a HEARTBEAT and a HEARTBEAT_ACK in seconds.

This returns a list of tuples with elements (shard_id, latency).

Type

List[Tuple[int, float]]

get_shard(shard_id, /)

Gets the shard information at a given shard ID or None if not found.

Changed in version 2.0: shard_id parameter is now positional-only.

Returns

Information about the shard with given ID. None if not found.

Return type

Optional[ShardInfo]

property shards

Returns a mapping of shard IDs to their respective info object.

Type

Mapping[int, ShardInfo]

await connect(*, reconnect=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a websocket connection and lets the websocket listen to messages from Discord. This is a loop that runs the entire event system and miscellaneous aspects of the library. Control is not resumed until the WebSocket connection is terminated.

Parameters

reconnect (bool) – If we should attempt reconnecting, either due to internet failure or a specific failure on Discord’s part. Certain disconnects that lead to bad state will not be handled (such as invalid sharding payloads or bad tokens).

Raises
  • GatewayNotFound – If the gateway to connect to Discord is not found. Usually if this is thrown then there is a Discord API outage.

  • ConnectionClosed – The websocket connection has been terminated.

await close()

This function is a coroutine.

Closes the connection to Discord.

await change_presence(*, activity=None, status=None, shard_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Changes the client’s presence.

Example:

game = discord.Game("with the API")
await client.change_presence(status=discord.Status.idle, activity=game)

Changed in version 2.0: Removed the afk keyword-only parameter.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • activity (Optional[BaseActivity]) – The activity being done. None if no currently active activity is done.

  • status (Optional[Status]) – Indicates what status to change to. If None, then Status.online is used.

  • shard_id (Optional[int]) – The shard_id to change the presence to. If not specified or None, then it will change the presence of every shard the bot can see.

Raises

TypeError – If the activity parameter is not of proper type.

is_ws_ratelimited()

bool: Whether the websocket is currently rate limited.

This can be useful to know when deciding whether you should query members using HTTP or via the gateway.

This implementation checks if any of the shards are rate limited. For more granular control, consider ShardInfo.is_ws_ratelimited().

New in version 1.6.

Application Info

AppInfo

class discord.AppInfo

Represents the application info for the bot provided by Discord.

id

The application ID.

Type

int

name

The application name.

Type

str

owner

The application owner.

Type

User

team

The application’s team.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[Team]

description

The application description.

Type

str

bot_public

Whether the bot can be invited by anyone or if it is locked to the application owner.

Type

bool

bot_require_code_grant

Whether the bot requires the completion of the full oauth2 code grant flow to join.

Type

bool

rpc_origins

A list of RPC origin URLs, if RPC is enabled.

Type

Optional[List[str]]

verify_key

The hex encoded key for verification in interactions and the GameSDK’s GetTicket.

New in version 1.3.

Type

str

guild_id

If this application is a game sold on Discord, this field will be the guild to which it has been linked to.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[int]

primary_sku_id

If this application is a game sold on Discord, this field will be the id of the “Game SKU” that is created, if it exists.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[int]

slug

If this application is a game sold on Discord, this field will be the URL slug that links to the store page.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[str]

terms_of_service_url

The application’s terms of service URL, if set.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

privacy_policy_url

The application’s privacy policy URL, if set.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

tags

The list of tags describing the functionality of the application.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[str]

custom_install_url

The custom authorization URL for the application, if enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[str]

install_params

The settings for custom authorization URL of application, if enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[AppInstallParams]

role_connections_verification_url

The application’s connection verification URL which will render the application as a verification method in the guild’s role verification configuration.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[str]

interactions_endpoint_url

The interactions endpoint url of the application to receive interactions over this endpoint rather than over the gateway, if configured.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[str]

redirect_uris

A list of authentication redirect URIs.

New in version 2.4.

Type

List[str]

property icon

Retrieves the application’s icon asset, if any.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property cover_image

Retrieves the cover image on a store embed, if any.

This is only available if the application is a game sold on Discord.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property guild

If this application is a game sold on Discord, this field will be the guild to which it has been linked

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[Guild]

property flags

The application’s flags.

New in version 2.0.

Type

ApplicationFlags

await edit(*, reason=..., custom_install_url=..., description=..., role_connections_verification_url=..., install_params_scopes=..., install_params_permissions=..., flags=..., icon=..., cover_image=..., interactions_endpoint_url=..., tags=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the application info.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters
  • custom_install_url (Optional[str]) – The new custom authorization URL for the application. Can be None to remove the URL.

  • description (Optional[str]) – The new application description. Can be None to remove the description.

  • role_connections_verification_url (Optional[str]) – The new application’s connection verification URL which will render the application as a verification method in the guild’s role verification configuration. Can be None to remove the URL.

  • install_params_scopes (Optional[List[str]]) – The new list of OAuth2 scopes of the install_params. Can be None to remove the scopes.

  • install_params_permissions (Optional[Permissions]) – The new permissions of the install_params. Can be None to remove the permissions.

  • flags (Optional[ApplicationFlags]) –

    The new application’s flags. Only limited intent flags (gateway_presence_limited, gateway_guild_members_limited, gateway_message_content_limited) can be edited. Can be None to remove the flags.

    Warning

    Editing the limited intent flags leads to the termination of the bot.

  • icon (Optional[bytes]) – The new application’s icon as a bytes-like object. Can be None to remove the icon.

  • cover_image (Optional[bytes]) – The new application’s cover image as a bytes-like object on a store embed. The cover image is only available if the application is a game sold on Discord. Can be None to remove the image.

  • interactions_endpoint_url (Optional[str]) – The new interactions endpoint url of the application to receive interactions over this endpoint rather than over the gateway. Can be None to remove the URL.

  • tags (Optional[List[str]]) – The new list of tags describing the functionality of the application. Can be None to remove the tags.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing the application. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the application failed

  • ValueError – The image format passed in to icon or cover_image is invalid. This is also raised when install_params_scopes and install_params_permissions are incompatible with each other.

Returns

The newly updated application info.

Return type

AppInfo

PartialAppInfo

class discord.PartialAppInfo

Represents a partial AppInfo given by create_invite()

New in version 2.0.

id

The application ID.

Type

int

name

The application name.

Type

str

description

The application description.

Type

str

rpc_origins

A list of RPC origin URLs, if RPC is enabled.

Type

Optional[List[str]]

verify_key

The hex encoded key for verification in interactions and the GameSDK’s GetTicket.

Type

str

terms_of_service_url

The application’s terms of service URL, if set.

Type

Optional[str]

privacy_policy_url

The application’s privacy policy URL, if set.

Type

Optional[str]

approximate_guild_count

The approximate count of the guilds the bot was added to.

New in version 2.3.

Type

int

redirect_uris

A list of authentication redirect URIs.

New in version 2.3.

Type

List[str]

interactions_endpoint_url

The interactions endpoint url of the application to receive interactions over this endpoint rather than over the gateway, if configured.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[str]

role_connections_verification_url

The application’s connection verification URL which will render the application as a verification method in the guild’s role verification configuration.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[str]

property icon

Retrieves the application’s icon asset, if any.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property cover_image

Retrieves the cover image of the application’s default rich presence.

This is only available if the application is a game sold on Discord.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property flags

The application’s flags.

New in version 2.0.

Type

ApplicationFlags

AppInstallParams

Attributes
class discord.AppInstallParams

Represents the settings for custom authorization URL of an application.

New in version 2.0.

scopes

The list of OAuth2 scopes to add the application to a guild with.

Type

List[str]

permissions

The permissions to give to application in the guild.

Type

Permissions

Team

class discord.Team

Represents an application team for a bot provided by Discord.

id

The team ID.

Type

int

name

The team name

Type

str

owner_id

The team’s owner ID.

Type

int

members

A list of the members in the team

New in version 1.3.

Type

List[TeamMember]

property icon

Retrieves the team’s icon asset, if any.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property owner

The team’s owner.

Type

Optional[TeamMember]

TeamMember

class discord.TeamMember

Represents a team member in a team.

x == y

Checks if two team members are equal.

x != y

Checks if two team members are not equal.

hash(x)

Return the team member’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the team member’s handle (e.g. name or name#discriminator).

New in version 1.3.

name

The team member’s username.

Type

str

id

The team member’s unique ID.

Type

int

discriminator

The team member’s discriminator. This is a legacy concept that is no longer used.

Type

str

global_name

The team member’s global nickname, taking precedence over the username in display.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[str]

bot

Specifies if the user is a bot account.

Type

bool

team

The team that the member is from.

Type

Team

membership_state

The membership state of the member (e.g. invited or accepted)

Type

TeamMembershipState

role

The role of the member within the team.

New in version 2.4.

Type

TeamMemberRole

property accent_color

Returns the user’s accent color, if applicable.

A user’s accent color is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a color.

There is an alias for this named accent_colour.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property accent_colour

Returns the user’s accent colour, if applicable.

A user’s accent colour is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a colour.

There is an alias for this named accent_color.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property avatar

Returns an Asset for the avatar the user has.

If the user has not uploaded a global avatar, None is returned. If you want the avatar that a user has displayed, consider display_avatar.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration

Returns an Asset for the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration_sku_id

Returns the SKU ID of the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[int]

property banner

Returns the user’s banner asset, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Asset]

property color

A property that returns a color denoting the rendered color for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named colour.

Type

Colour

property colour

A property that returns a colour denoting the rendered colour for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named color.

Type

Colour

property created_at

Returns the user’s creation time in UTC.

This is when the user’s Discord account was created.

Type

datetime.datetime

property default_avatar

Returns the default avatar for a given user.

Type

Asset

property display_avatar

Returns the user’s display avatar.

For regular users this is just their default avatar or uploaded avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property display_name

Returns the user’s display name.

For regular users this is just their global name or their username, but if they have a guild specific nickname then that is returned instead.

Type

str

property mention

Returns a string that allows you to mention the given user.

Type

str

mentioned_in(message)

Checks if the user is mentioned in the specified message.

Parameters

message (Message) – The message to check if you’re mentioned in.

Returns

Indicates if the user is mentioned in the message.

Return type

bool

property public_flags

The publicly available flags the user has.

Type

PublicUserFlags

Event Reference

This section outlines the different types of events listened by Client.

There are two ways to register an event, the first way is through the use of Client.event(). The second way is through subclassing Client and overriding the specific events. For example:

import discord

class MyClient(discord.Client):
    async def on_message(self, message):
        if message.author == self.user:
            return

        if message.content.startswith('$hello'):
            await message.channel.send('Hello World!')

If an event handler raises an exception, on_error() will be called to handle it, which defaults to logging the traceback and ignoring the exception.

Warning

All the events must be a coroutine. If they aren’t, then you might get unexpected errors. In order to turn a function into a coroutine they must be async def functions.

App Commands

discord.on_raw_app_command_permissions_update(payload)

Called when application command permissions are updated.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

payload (RawAppCommandPermissionsUpdateEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_app_command_completion(interaction, command)

Called when a app_commands.Command or app_commands.ContextMenu has successfully completed without error.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

AutoMod

discord.on_automod_rule_create(rule)

Called when a AutoModRule is created. You must have manage_guild to receive this.

This requires Intents.auto_moderation_configuration to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

rule (AutoModRule) – The rule that was created.

discord.on_automod_rule_update(rule)

Called when a AutoModRule is updated. You must have manage_guild to receive this.

This requires Intents.auto_moderation_configuration to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

rule (AutoModRule) – The rule that was updated.

discord.on_automod_rule_delete(rule)

Called when a AutoModRule is deleted. You must have manage_guild to receive this.

This requires Intents.auto_moderation_configuration to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

rule (AutoModRule) – The rule that was deleted.

discord.on_automod_action(execution)

Called when a AutoModAction is created/performed. You must have manage_guild to receive this.

This requires Intents.auto_moderation_execution to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

execution (AutoModAction) – The rule execution that was performed.

Channels

discord.on_guild_channel_delete(channel)
discord.on_guild_channel_create(channel)

Called whenever a guild channel is deleted or created.

Note that you can get the guild from guild.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters

channel (abc.GuildChannel) – The guild channel that got created or deleted.

discord.on_guild_channel_update(before, after)

Called whenever a guild channel is updated. e.g. changed name, topic, permissions.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters
discord.on_guild_channel_pins_update(channel, last_pin)

Called whenever a message is pinned or unpinned from a guild channel.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters
  • channel (Union[abc.GuildChannel, Thread]) – The guild channel that had its pins updated.

  • last_pin (Optional[datetime.datetime]) – The latest message that was pinned as an aware datetime in UTC. Could be None.

discord.on_private_channel_update(before, after)

Called whenever a private group DM is updated. e.g. changed name or topic.

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Parameters
  • before (GroupChannel) – The updated group channel’s old info.

  • after (GroupChannel) – The updated group channel’s new info.

discord.on_private_channel_pins_update(channel, last_pin)

Called whenever a message is pinned or unpinned from a private channel.

Parameters
  • channel (abc.PrivateChannel) – The private channel that had its pins updated.

  • last_pin (Optional[datetime.datetime]) – The latest message that was pinned as an aware datetime in UTC. Could be None.

discord.on_typing(channel, user, when)

Called when someone begins typing a message.

The channel parameter can be a abc.Messageable instance. Which could either be TextChannel, GroupChannel, or DMChannel.

If the channel is a TextChannel then the user parameter is a Member, otherwise it is a User.

If the channel or user could not be found in the internal cache this event will not be called, you may use on_raw_typing() instead.

This requires Intents.typing to be enabled.

Parameters
  • channel (abc.Messageable) – The location where the typing originated from.

  • user (Union[User, Member]) – The user that started typing.

  • when (datetime.datetime) – When the typing started as an aware datetime in UTC.

discord.on_raw_typing(payload)

Called when someone begins typing a message. Unlike on_typing() this is called regardless of the channel and user being in the internal cache.

This requires Intents.typing to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

payload (RawTypingEvent) – The raw event payload data.

Connection

discord.on_connect()

Called when the client has successfully connected to Discord. This is not the same as the client being fully prepared, see on_ready() for that.

The warnings on on_ready() also apply.

discord.on_disconnect()

Called when the client has disconnected from Discord, or a connection attempt to Discord has failed. This could happen either through the internet being disconnected, explicit calls to close, or Discord terminating the connection one way or the other.

This function can be called many times without a corresponding on_connect() call.

discord.on_shard_connect(shard_id)

Similar to on_connect() except used by AutoShardedClient to denote when a particular shard ID has connected to Discord.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters

shard_id (int) – The shard ID that has connected.

discord.on_shard_disconnect(shard_id)

Similar to on_disconnect() except used by AutoShardedClient to denote when a particular shard ID has disconnected from Discord.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters

shard_id (int) – The shard ID that has disconnected.

Debug

discord.on_error(event, *args, **kwargs)

Usually when an event raises an uncaught exception, a traceback is logged to stderr and the exception is ignored. If you want to change this behaviour and handle the exception for whatever reason yourself, this event can be overridden. Which, when done, will suppress the default action of printing the traceback.

The information of the exception raised and the exception itself can be retrieved with a standard call to sys.exc_info().

Note

on_error will only be dispatched to Client.event().

It will not be received by Client.wait_for(), or, if used, Bots listeners such as listen() or listener().

Changed in version 2.0: The traceback is now logged rather than printed.

Parameters
  • event (str) – The name of the event that raised the exception.

  • args – The positional arguments for the event that raised the exception.

  • kwargs – The keyword arguments for the event that raised the exception.

discord.on_socket_event_type(event_type)

Called whenever a websocket event is received from the WebSocket.

This is mainly useful for logging how many events you are receiving from the Discord gateway.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

event_type (str) – The event type from Discord that is received, e.g. 'READY'.

discord.on_socket_raw_receive(msg)

Called whenever a message is completely received from the WebSocket, before it’s processed and parsed. This event is always dispatched when a complete message is received and the passed data is not parsed in any way.

This is only really useful for grabbing the WebSocket stream and debugging purposes.

This requires setting the enable_debug_events setting in the Client.

Note

This is only for the messages received from the client WebSocket. The voice WebSocket will not trigger this event.

Parameters

msg (str) – The message passed in from the WebSocket library.

discord.on_socket_raw_send(payload)

Called whenever a send operation is done on the WebSocket before the message is sent. The passed parameter is the message that is being sent to the WebSocket.

This is only really useful for grabbing the WebSocket stream and debugging purposes.

This requires setting the enable_debug_events setting in the Client.

Note

This is only for the messages sent from the client WebSocket. The voice WebSocket will not trigger this event.

Parameters

payload (Union[bytes, str]) – The message that is about to be passed on to the WebSocket library. It can be bytes to denote a binary message or str to denote a regular text message.

Entitlements

discord.on_entitlement_create(entitlement)

Called when a user subscribes to a SKU.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

entitlement (Entitlement) – The entitlement that was created.

discord.on_entitlement_update(entitlement)

Called when a user updates their subscription to a SKU. This is usually called when the user renews or cancels their subscription.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

entitlement (Entitlement) – The entitlement that was updated.

discord.on_entitlement_delete(entitlement)

Called when a users subscription to a SKU is cancelled. This is typically only called when:

  • Discord issues a refund for the subscription.

  • Discord removes an entitlement from a user.

Warning

This event won’t be called if the user cancels their subscription manually, instead on_entitlement_update() will be called with Entitlement.ends_at set to the end of the current billing period.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

entitlement (Entitlement) – The entitlement that was deleted.

Gateway

discord.on_ready()

Called when the client is done preparing the data received from Discord. Usually after login is successful and the Client.guilds and co. are filled up.

Warning

This function is not guaranteed to be the first event called. Likewise, this function is not guaranteed to only be called once. This library implements reconnection logic and thus will end up calling this event whenever a RESUME request fails.

discord.on_resumed()

Called when the client has resumed a session.

discord.on_shard_ready(shard_id)

Similar to on_ready() except used by AutoShardedClient to denote when a particular shard ID has become ready.

Parameters

shard_id (int) – The shard ID that is ready.

discord.on_shard_resumed(shard_id)

Similar to on_resumed() except used by AutoShardedClient to denote when a particular shard ID has resumed a session.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters

shard_id (int) – The shard ID that has resumed.

Guilds

discord.on_guild_available(guild)
discord.on_guild_unavailable(guild)

Called when a guild becomes available or unavailable. The guild must have existed in the Client.guilds cache.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters

guild – The Guild that has changed availability.

discord.on_guild_join(guild)

Called when a Guild is either created by the Client or when the Client joins a guild.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters

guild (Guild) – The guild that was joined.

discord.on_guild_remove(guild)

Called when a Guild is removed from the Client.

This happens through, but not limited to, these circumstances:

  • The client got banned.

  • The client got kicked.

  • The client left the guild.

  • The client or the guild owner deleted the guild.

In order for this event to be invoked then the Client must have been part of the guild to begin with. (i.e. it is part of Client.guilds)

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters

guild (Guild) – The guild that got removed.

discord.on_guild_update(before, after)

Called when a Guild updates, for example:

  • Changed name

  • Changed AFK channel

  • Changed AFK timeout

  • etc

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters
  • before (Guild) – The guild prior to being updated.

  • after (Guild) – The guild after being updated.

discord.on_guild_emojis_update(guild, before, after)

Called when a Guild adds or removes Emoji.

This requires Intents.emojis_and_stickers to be enabled.

Parameters
  • guild (Guild) – The guild who got their emojis updated.

  • before (Sequence[Emoji]) – A list of emojis before the update.

  • after (Sequence[Emoji]) – A list of emojis after the update.

discord.on_guild_stickers_update(guild, before, after)

Called when a Guild updates its stickers.

This requires Intents.emojis_and_stickers to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • guild (Guild) – The guild who got their stickers updated.

  • before (Sequence[GuildSticker]) – A list of stickers before the update.

  • after (Sequence[GuildSticker]) – A list of stickers after the update.

discord.on_audit_log_entry_create(entry)

Called when a Guild gets a new audit log entry. You must have view_audit_log to receive this.

This requires Intents.moderation to be enabled.

New in version 2.2.

Warning

Audit log entries received through the gateway are subject to data retrieval from cache rather than REST. This means that some data might not be present when you expect it to be. For example, the AuditLogEntry.target attribute will usually be a discord.Object and the AuditLogEntry.user attribute will depend on user and member cache.

To get the user ID of entry, AuditLogEntry.user_id can be used instead.

Parameters

entry (AuditLogEntry) – The audit log entry that was created.

discord.on_invite_create(invite)

Called when an Invite is created. You must have manage_channels to receive this.

New in version 1.3.

Note

There is a rare possibility that the Invite.guild and Invite.channel attributes will be of Object rather than the respective models.

This requires Intents.invites to be enabled.

Parameters

invite (Invite) – The invite that was created.

discord.on_invite_delete(invite)

Called when an Invite is deleted. You must have manage_channels to receive this.

New in version 1.3.

Note

There is a rare possibility that the Invite.guild and Invite.channel attributes will be of Object rather than the respective models.

Outside of those two attributes, the only other attribute guaranteed to be filled by the Discord gateway for this event is Invite.code.

This requires Intents.invites to be enabled.

Parameters

invite (Invite) – The invite that was deleted.

Integrations

discord.on_integration_create(integration)

Called when an integration is created.

This requires Intents.integrations to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

integration (Integration) – The integration that was created.

discord.on_integration_update(integration)

Called when an integration is updated.

This requires Intents.integrations to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

integration (Integration) – The integration that was updated.

discord.on_guild_integrations_update(guild)

Called whenever an integration is created, modified, or removed from a guild.

This requires Intents.integrations to be enabled.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters

guild (Guild) – The guild that had its integrations updated.

discord.on_webhooks_update(channel)

Called whenever a webhook is created, modified, or removed from a guild channel.

This requires Intents.webhooks to be enabled.

Parameters

channel (abc.GuildChannel) – The channel that had its webhooks updated.

discord.on_raw_integration_delete(payload)

Called when an integration is deleted.

This requires Intents.integrations to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

payload (RawIntegrationDeleteEvent) – The raw event payload data.

Interactions

discord.on_interaction(interaction)

Called when an interaction happened.

This currently happens due to slash command invocations or components being used.

Warning

This is a low level function that is not generally meant to be used. If you are working with components, consider using the callbacks associated with the View instead as it provides a nicer user experience.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

interaction (Interaction) – The interaction data.

Members

discord.on_member_join(member)

Called when a Member joins a Guild.

This requires Intents.members to be enabled.

Parameters

member (Member) – The member who joined.

discord.on_member_remove(member)

Called when a Member leaves a Guild.

If the guild or member could not be found in the internal cache this event will not be called, you may use on_raw_member_remove() instead.

This requires Intents.members to be enabled.

Parameters

member (Member) – The member who left.

discord.on_raw_member_remove(payload)

Called when a Member leaves a Guild.

Unlike on_member_remove() this is called regardless of the guild or member being in the internal cache.

This requires Intents.members to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

payload (RawMemberRemoveEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_member_update(before, after)

Called when a Member updates their profile.

This is called when one or more of the following things change:

  • nickname

  • roles

  • pending

  • timeout

  • guild avatar

  • flags

Due to a Discord limitation, this event is not dispatched when a member’s timeout expires.

This requires Intents.members to be enabled.

Parameters
  • before (Member) – The updated member’s old info.

  • after (Member) – The updated member’s updated info.

discord.on_user_update(before, after)

Called when a User updates their profile.

This is called when one or more of the following things change:

  • avatar

  • username

  • discriminator

This requires Intents.members to be enabled.

Parameters
  • before (User) – The updated user’s old info.

  • after (User) – The updated user’s updated info.

discord.on_member_ban(guild, user)

Called when a user gets banned from a Guild.

This requires Intents.moderation to be enabled.

Parameters
  • guild (Guild) – The guild the user got banned from.

  • user (Union[User, Member]) – The user that got banned. Can be either User or Member depending if the user was in the guild or not at the time of removal.

discord.on_member_unban(guild, user)

Called when a User gets unbanned from a Guild.

This requires Intents.moderation to be enabled.

Parameters
  • guild (Guild) – The guild the user got unbanned from.

  • user (User) – The user that got unbanned.

discord.on_presence_update(before, after)

Called when a Member updates their presence.

This is called when one or more of the following things change:

  • status

  • activity

This requires Intents.presences and Intents.members to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • before (Member) – The updated member’s old info.

  • after (Member) – The updated member’s updated info.

Messages

discord.on_message(message)

Called when a Message is created and sent.

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Warning

Your bot’s own messages and private messages are sent through this event. This can lead cases of ‘recursion’ depending on how your bot was programmed. If you want the bot to not reply to itself, consider checking the user IDs. Note that Bot does not have this problem.

Parameters

message (Message) – The current message.

discord.on_message_edit(before, after)

Called when a Message receives an update event. If the message is not found in the internal message cache, then these events will not be called. Messages might not be in cache if the message is too old or the client is participating in high traffic guilds.

If this occurs increase the max_messages parameter or use the on_raw_message_edit() event instead.

The following non-exhaustive cases trigger this event:

  • A message has been pinned or unpinned.

  • The message content has been changed.

  • The message has received an embed.

    • For performance reasons, the embed server does not do this in a “consistent” manner.

  • The message’s embeds were suppressed or unsuppressed.

  • A call message has received an update to its participants or ending time.

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Parameters
  • before (Message) – The previous version of the message.

  • after (Message) – The current version of the message.

discord.on_message_delete(message)

Called when a message is deleted. If the message is not found in the internal message cache, then this event will not be called. Messages might not be in cache if the message is too old or the client is participating in high traffic guilds.

If this occurs increase the max_messages parameter or use the on_raw_message_delete() event instead.

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Parameters

message (Message) – The deleted message.

discord.on_bulk_message_delete(messages)

Called when messages are bulk deleted. If none of the messages deleted are found in the internal message cache, then this event will not be called. If individual messages were not found in the internal message cache, this event will still be called, but the messages not found will not be included in the messages list. Messages might not be in cache if the message is too old or the client is participating in high traffic guilds.

If this occurs increase the max_messages parameter or use the on_raw_bulk_message_delete() event instead.

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Parameters

messages (List[Message]) – The messages that have been deleted.

discord.on_raw_message_edit(payload)

Called when a message is edited. Unlike on_message_edit(), this is called regardless of the state of the internal message cache.

If the message is found in the message cache, it can be accessed via RawMessageUpdateEvent.cached_message. The cached message represents the message before it has been edited. For example, if the content of a message is modified and triggers the on_raw_message_edit() coroutine, the RawMessageUpdateEvent.cached_message will return a Message object that represents the message before the content was modified.

Due to the inherently raw nature of this event, the data parameter coincides with the raw data given by the gateway.

Since the data payload can be partial, care must be taken when accessing stuff in the dictionary. One example of a common case of partial data is when the 'content' key is inaccessible. This denotes an “embed” only edit, which is an edit in which only the embeds are updated by the Discord embed server.

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Parameters

payload (RawMessageUpdateEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_raw_message_delete(payload)

Called when a message is deleted. Unlike on_message_delete(), this is called regardless of the message being in the internal message cache or not.

If the message is found in the message cache, it can be accessed via RawMessageDeleteEvent.cached_message

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Parameters

payload (RawMessageDeleteEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_raw_bulk_message_delete(payload)

Called when a bulk delete is triggered. Unlike on_bulk_message_delete(), this is called regardless of the messages being in the internal message cache or not.

If the messages are found in the message cache, they can be accessed via RawBulkMessageDeleteEvent.cached_messages

This requires Intents.messages to be enabled.

Parameters

payload (RawBulkMessageDeleteEvent) – The raw event payload data.

Reactions

discord.on_reaction_add(reaction, user)

Called when a message has a reaction added to it. Similar to on_message_edit(), if the message is not found in the internal message cache, then this event will not be called. Consider using on_raw_reaction_add() instead.

Note

To get the Message being reacted, access it via Reaction.message.

This requires Intents.reactions to be enabled.

Note

This doesn’t require Intents.members within a guild context, but due to Discord not providing updated user information in a direct message it’s required for direct messages to receive this event. Consider using on_raw_reaction_add() if you need this and do not otherwise want to enable the members intent.

Warning

This event does not have a way of differentiating whether a reaction is a burst reaction (also known as “super reaction”) or not. If you need this, consider using on_raw_reaction_add() instead.

Parameters
  • reaction (Reaction) – The current state of the reaction.

  • user (Union[Member, User]) – The user who added the reaction.

discord.on_reaction_remove(reaction, user)

Called when a message has a reaction removed from it. Similar to on_message_edit, if the message is not found in the internal message cache, then this event will not be called.

Note

To get the message being reacted, access it via Reaction.message.

This requires both Intents.reactions and Intents.members to be enabled.

Note

Consider using on_raw_reaction_remove() if you need this and do not want to enable the members intent.

Warning

This event does not have a way of differentiating whether a reaction is a burst reaction (also known as “super reaction”) or not. If you need this, consider using on_raw_reaction_remove() instead.

Parameters
  • reaction (Reaction) – The current state of the reaction.

  • user (Union[Member, User]) – The user whose reaction was removed.

discord.on_reaction_clear(message, reactions)

Called when a message has all its reactions removed from it. Similar to on_message_edit(), if the message is not found in the internal message cache, then this event will not be called. Consider using on_raw_reaction_clear() instead.

This requires Intents.reactions to be enabled.

Parameters
  • message (Message) – The message that had its reactions cleared.

  • reactions (List[Reaction]) – The reactions that were removed.

discord.on_reaction_clear_emoji(reaction)

Called when a message has a specific reaction removed from it. Similar to on_message_edit(), if the message is not found in the internal message cache, then this event will not be called. Consider using on_raw_reaction_clear_emoji() instead.

This requires Intents.reactions to be enabled.

New in version 1.3.

Parameters

reaction (Reaction) – The reaction that got cleared.

discord.on_raw_reaction_add(payload)

Called when a message has a reaction added. Unlike on_reaction_add(), this is called regardless of the state of the internal message cache.

This requires Intents.reactions to be enabled.

Parameters

payload (RawReactionActionEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_raw_reaction_remove(payload)

Called when a message has a reaction removed. Unlike on_reaction_remove(), this is called regardless of the state of the internal message cache.

This requires Intents.reactions to be enabled.

Parameters

payload (RawReactionActionEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_raw_reaction_clear(payload)

Called when a message has all its reactions removed. Unlike on_reaction_clear(), this is called regardless of the state of the internal message cache.

This requires Intents.reactions to be enabled.

Parameters

payload (RawReactionClearEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_raw_reaction_clear_emoji(payload)

Called when a message has a specific reaction removed from it. Unlike on_reaction_clear_emoji() this is called regardless of the state of the internal message cache.

This requires Intents.reactions to be enabled.

New in version 1.3.

Parameters

payload (RawReactionClearEmojiEvent) – The raw event payload data.

Roles

discord.on_guild_role_create(role)
discord.on_guild_role_delete(role)

Called when a Guild creates or deletes a new Role.

To get the guild it belongs to, use Role.guild.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters

role (Role) – The role that was created or deleted.

discord.on_guild_role_update(before, after)

Called when a Role is changed guild-wide.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Parameters
  • before (Role) – The updated role’s old info.

  • after (Role) – The updated role’s updated info.

Scheduled Events

discord.on_scheduled_event_create(event)
discord.on_scheduled_event_delete(event)

Called when a ScheduledEvent is created or deleted.

This requires Intents.guild_scheduled_events to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

event (ScheduledEvent) – The scheduled event that was created or deleted.

discord.on_scheduled_event_update(before, after)

Called when a ScheduledEvent is updated.

This requires Intents.guild_scheduled_events to be enabled.

The following, but not limited to, examples illustrate when this event is called:

  • The scheduled start/end times are changed.

  • The channel is changed.

  • The description is changed.

  • The status is changed.

  • The image is changed.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
discord.on_scheduled_event_user_add(event, user)
discord.on_scheduled_event_user_remove(event, user)

Called when a user is added or removed from a ScheduledEvent.

This requires Intents.guild_scheduled_events to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • event (ScheduledEvent) – The scheduled event that the user was added or removed from.

  • user (User) – The user that was added or removed.

Stages

discord.on_stage_instance_create(stage_instance)
discord.on_stage_instance_delete(stage_instance)

Called when a StageInstance is created or deleted for a StageChannel.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

stage_instance (StageInstance) – The stage instance that was created or deleted.

discord.on_stage_instance_update(before, after)

Called when a StageInstance is updated.

The following, but not limited to, examples illustrate when this event is called:

  • The topic is changed.

  • The privacy level is changed.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

Threads

discord.on_thread_create(thread)

Called whenever a thread is created.

Note that you can get the guild from Thread.guild.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

thread (Thread) – The thread that was created.

discord.on_thread_join(thread)

Called whenever a thread is joined.

Note that you can get the guild from Thread.guild.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

thread (Thread) – The thread that got joined.

discord.on_thread_update(before, after)

Called whenever a thread is updated. If the thread could not be found in the internal cache this event will not be called. Threads will not be in the cache if they are archived.

If you need this information use on_raw_thread_update() instead.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • before (Thread) – The updated thread’s old info.

  • after (Thread) – The updated thread’s new info.

discord.on_thread_remove(thread)

Called whenever a thread is removed. This is different from a thread being deleted.

Note that you can get the guild from Thread.guild.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

Warning

Due to technical limitations, this event might not be called as soon as one expects. Since the library tracks thread membership locally, the API only sends updated thread membership status upon being synced by joining a thread.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

thread (Thread) – The thread that got removed.

discord.on_thread_delete(thread)

Called whenever a thread is deleted. If the thread could not be found in the internal cache this event will not be called. Threads will not be in the cache if they are archived.

If you need this information use on_raw_thread_delete() instead.

Note that you can get the guild from Thread.guild.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

thread (Thread) – The thread that got deleted.

discord.on_raw_thread_update(payload)

Called whenever a thread is updated. Unlike on_thread_update() this is called regardless of the thread being in the internal thread cache or not.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

payload (RawThreadUpdateEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_raw_thread_delete(payload)

Called whenever a thread is deleted. Unlike on_thread_delete() this is called regardless of the thread being in the internal thread cache or not.

This requires Intents.guilds to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

payload (RawThreadDeleteEvent) – The raw event payload data.

discord.on_thread_member_join(member)
discord.on_thread_member_remove(member)

Called when a ThreadMember leaves or joins a Thread.

You can get the thread a member belongs in by accessing ThreadMember.thread.

This requires Intents.members to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

member (ThreadMember) – The member who joined or left.

discord.on_raw_thread_member_remove(payload)

Called when a ThreadMember leaves a Thread. Unlike on_thread_member_remove() this is called regardless of the member being in the internal thread’s members cache or not.

This requires Intents.members to be enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

payload (RawThreadMembersUpdate) – The raw event payload data.

Voice

discord.on_voice_state_update(member, before, after)

Called when a Member changes their VoiceState.

The following, but not limited to, examples illustrate when this event is called:

  • A member joins a voice or stage channel.

  • A member leaves a voice or stage channel.

  • A member is muted or deafened by their own accord.

  • A member is muted or deafened by a guild administrator.

This requires Intents.voice_states to be enabled.

Parameters
  • member (Member) – The member whose voice states changed.

  • before (VoiceState) – The voice state prior to the changes.

  • after (VoiceState) – The voice state after the changes.

Utility Functions

discord.utils.find(predicate, iterable, /)

A helper to return the first element found in the sequence that meets the predicate. For example:

member = discord.utils.find(lambda m: m.name == 'Mighty', channel.guild.members)

would find the first Member whose name is ‘Mighty’ and return it. If an entry is not found, then None is returned.

This is different from filter() due to the fact it stops the moment it finds a valid entry.

Changed in version 2.0: Both parameters are now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.0: The iterable parameter supports asynchronous iterables.

Parameters
discord.utils.get(iterable, /, **attrs)

A helper that returns the first element in the iterable that meets all the traits passed in attrs. This is an alternative for find().

When multiple attributes are specified, they are checked using logical AND, not logical OR. Meaning they have to meet every attribute passed in and not one of them.

To have a nested attribute search (i.e. search by x.y) then pass in x__y as the keyword argument.

If nothing is found that matches the attributes passed, then None is returned.

Changed in version 2.0: The iterable parameter is now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.0: The iterable parameter supports asynchronous iterables.

Examples

Basic usage:

member = discord.utils.get(message.guild.members, name='Foo')

Multiple attribute matching:

channel = discord.utils.get(guild.voice_channels, name='Foo', bitrate=64000)

Nested attribute matching:

channel = discord.utils.get(client.get_all_channels(), guild__name='Cool', name='general')

Async iterables:

msg = await discord.utils.get(channel.history(), author__name='Dave')
Parameters
discord.utils.setup_logging(*, handler=..., formatter=..., level=..., root=True)

A helper function to setup logging.

This is superficially similar to logging.basicConfig() but uses different defaults and a colour formatter if the stream can display colour.

This is used by the Client to set up logging if log_handler is not None.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • handler (logging.Handler) –

    The log handler to use for the library’s logger.

    The default log handler if not provided is logging.StreamHandler.

  • formatter (logging.Formatter) – The formatter to use with the given log handler. If not provided then it defaults to a colour based logging formatter (if available). If colour is not available then a simple logging formatter is provided.

  • level (int) – The default log level for the library’s logger. Defaults to logging.INFO.

  • root (bool) – Whether to set up the root logger rather than the library logger. Unlike the default for Client, this defaults to True.

await discord.utils.maybe_coroutine(f, *args, **kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A helper function that will await the result of a function if it’s a coroutine or return the result if it’s not.

This is useful for functions that may or may not be coroutines.

New in version 2.2.

Parameters
  • f (Callable[..., Any]) – The function or coroutine to call.

  • *args – The arguments to pass to the function.

  • **kwargs – The keyword arguments to pass to the function.

Returns

The result of the function or coroutine.

Return type

Any

discord.utils.snowflake_time(id, /)

Returns the creation time of the given snowflake.

Changed in version 2.0: The id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

id (int) – The snowflake ID.

Returns

An aware datetime in UTC representing the creation time of the snowflake.

Return type

datetime.datetime

discord.utils.time_snowflake(dt, /, *, high=False)

Returns a numeric snowflake pretending to be created at the given date.

When using as the lower end of a range, use time_snowflake(dt, high=False) - 1 to be inclusive, high=True to be exclusive.

When using as the higher end of a range, use time_snowflake(dt, high=True) + 1 to be inclusive, high=False to be exclusive.

Changed in version 2.0: The high parameter is now keyword-only and the dt parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters
  • dt (datetime.datetime) – A datetime object to convert to a snowflake. If naive, the timezone is assumed to be local time.

  • high (bool) – Whether or not to set the lower 22 bit to high or low.

Returns

The snowflake representing the time given.

Return type

int

discord.utils.oauth_url(client_id, *, permissions=..., guild=..., redirect_uri=..., scopes=..., disable_guild_select=False, state=...)

A helper function that returns the OAuth2 URL for inviting the bot into guilds.

Changed in version 2.0: permissions, guild, redirect_uri, scopes and state parameters are now keyword-only.

Parameters
  • client_id (Union[int, str]) – The client ID for your bot.

  • permissions (Permissions) – The permissions you’re requesting. If not given then you won’t be requesting any permissions.

  • guild (Snowflake) – The guild to pre-select in the authorization screen, if available.

  • redirect_uri (str) – An optional valid redirect URI.

  • scopes (Iterable[str]) –

    An optional valid list of scopes. Defaults to ('bot', 'applications.commands').

    New in version 1.7.

  • disable_guild_select (bool) –

    Whether to disallow the user from changing the guild dropdown.

    New in version 2.0.

  • state (str) –

    The state to return after the authorization.

    New in version 2.0.

Returns

The OAuth2 URL for inviting the bot into guilds.

Return type

str

discord.utils.remove_markdown(text, *, ignore_links=True)

A helper function that removes markdown characters.

New in version 1.7.

Note

This function is not markdown aware and may remove meaning from the original text. For example, if the input contains 10 * 5 then it will be converted into 10  5.

Parameters
  • text (str) – The text to remove markdown from.

  • ignore_links (bool) – Whether to leave links alone when removing markdown. For example, if a URL in the text contains characters such as _ then it will be left alone. Defaults to True.

Returns

The text with the markdown special characters removed.

Return type

str

discord.utils.escape_markdown(text, *, as_needed=False, ignore_links=True)

A helper function that escapes Discord’s markdown.

Parameters
  • text (str) – The text to escape markdown from.

  • as_needed (bool) – Whether to escape the markdown characters as needed. This means that it does not escape extraneous characters if it’s not necessary, e.g. **hello** is escaped into \*\*hello** instead of \*\*hello\*\*. Note however that this can open you up to some clever syntax abuse. Defaults to False.

  • ignore_links (bool) – Whether to leave links alone when escaping markdown. For example, if a URL in the text contains characters such as _ then it will be left alone. This option is not supported with as_needed. Defaults to True.

Returns

The text with the markdown special characters escaped with a slash.

Return type

str

discord.utils.escape_mentions(text)

A helper function that escapes everyone, here, role, and user mentions.

Note

This does not include channel mentions.

Note

For more granular control over what mentions should be escaped within messages, refer to the AllowedMentions class.

Parameters

text (str) – The text to escape mentions from.

Returns

The text with the mentions removed.

Return type

str

class discord.ResolvedInvite

A data class which represents a resolved invite returned from discord.utils.resolve_invite().

code

The invite code.

Type

str

event

The id of the scheduled event that the invite refers to.

Type

Optional[int]

discord.utils.resolve_invite(invite)

Resolves an invite from a Invite, URL or code.

Changed in version 2.0: Now returns a ResolvedInvite instead of a str.

Parameters

invite (Union[Invite, str]) – The invite.

Returns

A data class containing the invite code and the event ID.

Return type

ResolvedInvite

discord.utils.resolve_template(code)

Resolves a template code from a Template, URL or code.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters

code (Union[Template, str]) – The code.

Returns

The template code.

Return type

str

await discord.utils.sleep_until(when, result=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Sleep until a specified time.

If the time supplied is in the past this function will yield instantly.

New in version 1.3.

Parameters
  • when (datetime.datetime) – The timestamp in which to sleep until. If the datetime is naive then it is assumed to be local time.

  • result (Any) – If provided is returned to the caller when the coroutine completes.

discord.utils.utcnow()

A helper function to return an aware UTC datetime representing the current time.

This should be preferred to datetime.datetime.utcnow() since it is an aware datetime, compared to the naive datetime in the standard library.

New in version 2.0.

Returns

The current aware datetime in UTC.

Return type

datetime.datetime

discord.utils.format_dt(dt, /, style=None)

A helper function to format a datetime.datetime for presentation within Discord.

This allows for a locale-independent way of presenting data using Discord specific Markdown.

Style

Example Output

Description

t

22:57

Short Time

T

22:57:58

Long Time

d

17/05/2016

Short Date

D

17 May 2016

Long Date

f (default)

17 May 2016 22:57

Short Date Time

F

Tuesday, 17 May 2016 22:57

Long Date Time

R

5 years ago

Relative Time

Note that the exact output depends on the user’s locale setting in the client. The example output presented is using the en-GB locale.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • dt (datetime.datetime) – The datetime to format.

  • style (str) – The style to format the datetime with.

Returns

The formatted string.

Return type

str

discord.utils.as_chunks(iterator, max_size)

A helper function that collects an iterator into chunks of a given size.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

Warning

The last chunk collected may not be as large as max_size.

Returns

A new iterator which yields chunks of a given size.

Return type

Union[Iterator, AsyncIterator]

discord.utils.MISSING

A type safe sentinel used in the library to represent something as missing. Used to distinguish from None values.

New in version 2.0.

Enumerations

The API provides some enumerations for certain types of strings to avoid the API from being stringly typed in case the strings change in the future.

All enumerations are subclasses of an internal class which mimics the behaviour of enum.Enum.

class discord.ChannelType

Specifies the type of channel.

text

A text channel.

voice

A voice channel.

private

A private text channel. Also called a direct message.

group

A private group text channel.

category

A category channel.

news

A guild news channel.

stage_voice

A guild stage voice channel.

New in version 1.7.

news_thread

A news thread

New in version 2.0.

public_thread

A public thread

New in version 2.0.

private_thread

A private thread

New in version 2.0.

forum

A forum channel.

New in version 2.0.

media

A media channel.

New in version 2.4.

class discord.MessageType

Specifies the type of Message. This is used to denote if a message is to be interpreted as a system message or a regular message.

x == y

Checks if two messages are equal.

x != y

Checks if two messages are not equal.

default

The default message type. This is the same as regular messages.

recipient_add

The system message when a user is added to a group private message or a thread.

recipient_remove

The system message when a user is removed from a group private message or a thread.

call

The system message denoting call state, e.g. missed call, started call, etc.

channel_name_change

The system message denoting that a channel’s name has been changed.

channel_icon_change

The system message denoting that a channel’s icon has been changed.

pins_add

The system message denoting that a pinned message has been added to a channel.

new_member

The system message denoting that a new member has joined a Guild.

premium_guild_subscription

The system message denoting that a member has “nitro boosted” a guild.

premium_guild_tier_1

The system message denoting that a member has “nitro boosted” a guild and it achieved level 1.

premium_guild_tier_2

The system message denoting that a member has “nitro boosted” a guild and it achieved level 2.

premium_guild_tier_3

The system message denoting that a member has “nitro boosted” a guild and it achieved level 3.

channel_follow_add

The system message denoting that an announcement channel has been followed.

New in version 1.3.

guild_stream

The system message denoting that a member is streaming in the guild.

New in version 1.7.

guild_discovery_disqualified

The system message denoting that the guild is no longer eligible for Server Discovery.

New in version 1.7.

guild_discovery_requalified

The system message denoting that the guild has become eligible again for Server Discovery.

New in version 1.7.

guild_discovery_grace_period_initial_warning

The system message denoting that the guild has failed to meet the Server Discovery requirements for one week.

New in version 1.7.

guild_discovery_grace_period_final_warning

The system message denoting that the guild has failed to meet the Server Discovery requirements for 3 weeks in a row.

New in version 1.7.

thread_created

The system message denoting that a thread has been created. This is only sent if the thread has been created from an older message. The period of time required for a message to be considered old cannot be relied upon and is up to Discord.

New in version 2.0.

reply

The system message denoting that the author is replying to a message.

New in version 2.0.

chat_input_command

The system message denoting that a slash command was executed.

New in version 2.0.

guild_invite_reminder

The system message sent as a reminder to invite people to the guild.

New in version 2.0.

thread_starter_message

The system message denoting the message in the thread that is the one that started the thread’s conversation topic.

New in version 2.0.

context_menu_command

The system message denoting that a context menu command was executed.

New in version 2.0.

auto_moderation_action

The system message sent when an AutoMod rule is triggered. This is only sent if the rule is configured to sent an alert when triggered.

New in version 2.0.

role_subscription_purchase

The system message sent when a user purchases or renews a role subscription.

New in version 2.2.

interaction_premium_upsell

The system message sent when a user is given an advertisement to purchase a premium tier for an application during an interaction.

New in version 2.2.

stage_start

The system message sent when the stage starts.

New in version 2.2.

stage_end

The system message sent when the stage ends.

New in version 2.2.

stage_speaker

The system message sent when the stage speaker changes.

New in version 2.2.

stage_raise_hand

The system message sent when a user is requesting to speak by raising their hands.

New in version 2.2.

stage_topic

The system message sent when the stage topic changes.

New in version 2.2.

guild_application_premium_subscription

The system message sent when an application’s premium subscription is purchased for the guild.

New in version 2.2.

guild_incident_alert_mode_enabled

The system message sent when security actions is enabled.

New in version 2.4.

guild_incident_alert_mode_disabled

The system message sent when security actions is disabled.

New in version 2.4.

guild_incident_report_raid

The system message sent when a raid is reported.

New in version 2.4.

guild_incident_report_false_alarm

The system message sent when a false alarm is reported.

New in version 2.4.

class discord.UserFlags

Represents Discord User flags.

staff

The user is a Discord Employee.

partner

The user is a Discord Partner.

hypesquad

The user is a HypeSquad Events member.

bug_hunter

The user is a Bug Hunter.

mfa_sms

The user has SMS recovery for Multi Factor Authentication enabled.

premium_promo_dismissed

The user has dismissed the Discord Nitro promotion.

hypesquad_bravery

The user is a HypeSquad Bravery member.

hypesquad_brilliance

The user is a HypeSquad Brilliance member.

hypesquad_balance

The user is a HypeSquad Balance member.

early_supporter

The user is an Early Supporter.

team_user

The user is a Team User.

system

The user is a system user (i.e. represents Discord officially).

has_unread_urgent_messages

The user has an unread system message.

bug_hunter_level_2

The user is a Bug Hunter Level 2.

verified_bot

The user is a Verified Bot.

verified_bot_developer

The user is an Early Verified Bot Developer.

discord_certified_moderator

The user is a Moderator Programs Alumni.

bot_http_interactions

The user is a bot that only uses HTTP interactions and is shown in the online member list.

New in version 2.0.

spammer

The user is flagged as a spammer by Discord.

New in version 2.0.

active_developer

The user is an active developer.

New in version 2.1.

class discord.ActivityType

Specifies the type of Activity. This is used to check how to interpret the activity itself.

unknown

An unknown activity type. This should generally not happen.

playing

A “Playing” activity type.

streaming

A “Streaming” activity type.

listening

A “Listening” activity type.

watching

A “Watching” activity type.

custom

A custom activity type.

competing

A competing activity type.

New in version 1.5.

class discord.VerificationLevel

Specifies a Guild's verification level, which is the criteria in which a member must meet before being able to send messages to the guild.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two verification levels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two verification levels are not equal.

x > y

Checks if a verification level is higher than another.

x < y

Checks if a verification level is lower than another.

x >= y

Checks if a verification level is higher or equal to another.

x <= y

Checks if a verification level is lower or equal to another.

none

No criteria set.

low

Member must have a verified email on their Discord account.

medium

Member must have a verified email and be registered on Discord for more than five minutes.

high

Member must have a verified email, be registered on Discord for more than five minutes, and be a member of the guild itself for more than ten minutes.

highest

Member must have a verified phone on their Discord account.

class discord.NotificationLevel

Specifies whether a Guild has notifications on for all messages or mentions only by default.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two notification levels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two notification levels are not equal.

x > y

Checks if a notification level is higher than another.

x < y

Checks if a notification level is lower than another.

x >= y

Checks if a notification level is higher or equal to another.

x <= y

Checks if a notification level is lower or equal to another.

all_messages

Members receive notifications for every message regardless of them being mentioned.

only_mentions

Members receive notifications for messages they are mentioned in.

class discord.ContentFilter

Specifies a Guild's explicit content filter, which is the machine learning algorithms that Discord uses to detect if an image contains pornography or otherwise explicit content.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two content filter levels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two content filter levels are not equal.

x > y

Checks if a content filter level is higher than another.

x < y

Checks if a content filter level is lower than another.

x >= y

Checks if a content filter level is higher or equal to another.

x <= y

Checks if a content filter level is lower or equal to another.

disabled

The guild does not have the content filter enabled.

no_role

The guild has the content filter enabled for members without a role.

all_members

The guild has the content filter enabled for every member.

class discord.Status

Specifies a Member ‘s status.

online

The member is online.

offline

The member is offline.

idle

The member is idle.

dnd

The member is “Do Not Disturb”.

do_not_disturb

An alias for dnd.

invisible

The member is “invisible”. In reality, this is only used when sending a presence a la Client.change_presence(). When you receive a user’s presence this will be offline instead.

class discord.AuditLogAction

Represents the type of action being done for a AuditLogEntry, which is retrievable via Guild.audit_logs().

guild_update

The guild has updated. Things that trigger this include:

  • Changing the guild vanity URL

  • Changing the guild invite splash

  • Changing the guild AFK channel or timeout

  • Changing the guild voice server region

  • Changing the guild icon, banner, or discovery splash

  • Changing the guild moderation settings

  • Changing things related to the guild widget

When this is the action, the type of target is the Guild.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

channel_create

A new channel was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is either a abc.GuildChannel or Object with an ID.

A more filled out object in the Object case can be found by using after.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

channel_update

A channel was updated. Things that trigger this include:

  • The channel name or topic was changed

  • The channel bitrate was changed

When this is the action, the type of target is the abc.GuildChannel or Object with an ID.

A more filled out object in the Object case can be found by using after or before.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

channel_delete

A channel was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is an Object with an ID.

A more filled out object can be found by using the before object.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

overwrite_create

A channel permission overwrite was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the abc.GuildChannel or Object with an ID.

When this is the action, the type of extra is either a Role or Member. If the object is not found then it is a Object with an ID being filled, a name, and a type attribute set to either 'role' or 'member' to help dictate what type of ID it is.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

overwrite_update

A channel permission overwrite was changed, this is typically when the permission values change.

See overwrite_create for more information on how the target and extra fields are set.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

overwrite_delete

A channel permission overwrite was deleted.

See overwrite_create for more information on how the target and extra fields are set.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

kick

A member was kicked.

When this is the action, the type of target is the User or Object who got kicked.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with one attribute:

  • integration_type: An optional string that denotes the type of integration that did the action.

When this is the action, changes is empty.

member_prune

A member prune was triggered.

When this is the action, the type of target is set to None.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with two attributes:

  • delete_member_days: An integer specifying how far the prune was.

  • members_removed: An integer specifying how many members were removed.

When this is the action, changes is empty.

ban

A member was banned.

When this is the action, the type of target is the User or Object who got banned.

When this is the action, changes is empty.

unban

A member was unbanned.

When this is the action, the type of target is the User or Object who got unbanned.

When this is the action, changes is empty.

member_update

A member has updated. This triggers in the following situations:

  • A nickname was changed

  • They were server muted or deafened (or it was undo’d)

When this is the action, the type of target is the Member, User, or Object who got updated.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

member_role_update

A member’s role has been updated. This triggers when a member either gains a role or loses a role.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Member, User, or Object who got the role.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with one attribute:

  • integration_type: An optional string that denotes the type of integration that did the action.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

member_move

A member’s voice channel has been updated. This triggers when a member is moved to a different voice channel.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with two attributes:

  • channel: A TextChannel or Object with the channel ID where the members were moved.

  • count: An integer specifying how many members were moved.

New in version 1.3.

member_disconnect

A member’s voice state has changed. This triggers when a member is force disconnected from voice.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with one attribute:

  • count: An integer specifying how many members were disconnected.

New in version 1.3.

bot_add

A bot was added to the guild.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Member, User, or Object which was added to the guild.

New in version 1.3.

role_create

A new role was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Role or a Object with the ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

role_update

A role was updated. This triggers in the following situations:

  • The name has changed

  • The permissions have changed

  • The colour has changed

  • The role icon (or unicode emoji) has changed

  • Its hoist/mentionable state has changed

When this is the action, the type of target is the Role or a Object with the ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

role_delete

A role was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Role or a Object with the ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

invite_create

An invite was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Invite that was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

invite_update

An invite was updated.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Invite that was updated.

invite_delete

An invite was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Invite that was deleted.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

webhook_create

A webhook was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Object with the webhook ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

webhook_update

A webhook was updated. This trigger in the following situations:

  • The webhook name changed

  • The webhook channel changed

When this is the action, the type of target is the Object with the webhook ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

webhook_delete

A webhook was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Object with the webhook ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

emoji_create

An emoji was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Emoji or Object with the emoji ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

emoji_update

An emoji was updated. This triggers when the name has changed.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Emoji or Object with the emoji ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

emoji_delete

An emoji was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Object with the emoji ID.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

message_delete

A message was deleted by a moderator. Note that this only triggers if the message was deleted by someone other than the author.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Member, User, or Object who had their message deleted.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with two attributes:

  • count: An integer specifying how many messages were deleted.

  • channel: A TextChannel or Object with the channel ID where the message got deleted.

message_bulk_delete

Messages were bulk deleted by a moderator.

When this is the action, the type of target is the TextChannel or Object with the ID of the channel that was purged.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with one attribute:

  • count: An integer specifying how many messages were deleted.

New in version 1.3.

message_pin

A message was pinned in a channel.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Member, User, or Object who had their message pinned.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with two attributes:

  • channel: A TextChannel or Object with the channel ID where the message was pinned.

  • message_id: the ID of the message which was pinned.

New in version 1.3.

message_unpin

A message was unpinned in a channel.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Member, User, or Object who had their message unpinned.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with two attributes:

  • channel: A TextChannel or Object with the channel ID where the message was unpinned.

  • message_id: the ID of the message which was unpinned.

New in version 1.3.

integration_create

A guild integration was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is a PartialIntegration or Object with the integration ID of the integration which was created.

New in version 1.3.

integration_update

A guild integration was updated.

When this is the action, the type of target is a PartialIntegration or Object with the integration ID of the integration which was updated.

New in version 1.3.

integration_delete

A guild integration was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is a PartialIntegration or Object with the integration ID of the integration which was deleted.

New in version 1.3.

stage_instance_create

A stage instance was started.

When this is the action, the type of target is the StageInstance or Object with the ID of the stage instance which was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

stage_instance_update

A stage instance was updated.

When this is the action, the type of target is the StageInstance or Object with the ID of the stage instance which was updated.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

stage_instance_delete

A stage instance was ended.

New in version 2.0.

sticker_create

A sticker was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the GuildSticker or Object with the ID of the sticker which was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

sticker_update

A sticker was updated.

When this is the action, the type of target is the GuildSticker or Object with the ID of the sticker which was updated.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

sticker_delete

A sticker was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is the GuildSticker or Object with the ID of the sticker which was updated.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

scheduled_event_create

A scheduled event was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the ScheduledEvent or Object with the ID of the event which was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff: - name - channel - description - privacy_level - status - entity_type - cover_image

New in version 2.0.

scheduled_event_update

A scheduled event was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the ScheduledEvent or Object with the ID of the event which was updated.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff: - name - channel - description - privacy_level - status - entity_type - cover_image

New in version 2.0.

scheduled_event_delete

A scheduled event was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the ScheduledEvent or Object with the ID of the event which was deleted.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff: - name - channel - description - privacy_level - status - entity_type - cover_image

New in version 2.0.

thread_create

A thread was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Thread or Object with the ID of the thread which was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

thread_update

A thread was updated.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Thread or Object with the ID of the thread which was updated.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

thread_delete

A thread was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is the Thread or Object with the ID of the thread which was deleted.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

app_command_permission_update

An application command or integrations application command permissions were updated.

When this is the action, the type of target is a PartialIntegration for an integrations general permissions, AppCommand for a specific commands permissions, or Object with the ID of the command or integration which was updated.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an PartialIntegration or Object with the ID of application that command or integration belongs to.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

automod_rule_create

An automod rule was created.

When this is the action, the type of target is a AutoModRule or Object with the ID of the automod rule that was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

automod_rule_update

An automod rule was updated.

When this is the action, the type of target is a AutoModRule or Object with the ID of the automod rule that was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

automod_rule_delete

An automod rule was deleted.

When this is the action, the type of target is a AutoModRule or Object with the ID of the automod rule that was created.

Possible attributes for AuditLogDiff:

New in version 2.0.

automod_block_message

An automod rule blocked a message from being sent.

When this is the action, the type of target is a Member with the ID of the person who triggered the automod rule.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with 3 attributes:

  • automod_rule_name: The name of the automod rule that was triggered.

  • automod_rule_trigger_type: A AutoModRuleTriggerType representation of the rule type that was triggered.

  • channel: The channel in which the automod rule was triggered.

When this is the action, AuditLogEntry.changes is empty.

New in version 2.0.

automod_flag_message

An automod rule flagged a message.

When this is the action, the type of target is a Member with the ID of the person who triggered the automod rule.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with 3 attributes:

  • automod_rule_name: The name of the automod rule that was triggered.

  • automod_rule_trigger_type: A AutoModRuleTriggerType representation of the rule type that was triggered.

  • channel: The channel in which the automod rule was triggered.

When this is the action, AuditLogEntry.changes is empty.

New in version 2.1.

automod_timeout_member

An automod rule timed-out a member.

When this is the action, the type of target is a Member with the ID of the person who triggered the automod rule.

When this is the action, the type of extra is set to an unspecified proxy object with 3 attributes:

  • automod_rule_name: The name of the automod rule that was triggered.

  • automod_rule_trigger_type: A AutoModRuleTriggerType representation of the rule type that was triggered.

  • channel: The channel in which the automod rule was triggered.

When this is the action, AuditLogEntry.changes is empty.

New in version 2.1.

creator_monetization_request_created

A request to monetize the server was created.

New in version 2.4.

creator_monetization_terms_accepted

The terms and conditions for creator monetization were accepted.

New in version 2.4.

class discord.AuditLogActionCategory

Represents the category that the AuditLogAction belongs to.

This can be retrieved via AuditLogEntry.category.

create

The action is the creation of something.

delete

The action is the deletion of something.

update

The action is the update of something.

class discord.TeamMembershipState

Represents the membership state of a team member retrieved through Client.application_info().

New in version 1.3.

invited

Represents an invited member.

accepted

Represents a member currently in the team.

class discord.TeamMemberRole

Represents the type of role of a team member retrieved through Client.application_info().

New in version 2.4.

admin

The team member is an admin. This allows them to invite members to the team, access credentials, edit the application, and do most things the owner can do. However they cannot do destructive actions.

developer

The team member is a developer. This allows them to access information, like the client secret or public key. They can also configure interaction endpoints or reset the bot token. Developers cannot invite anyone to the team nor can they do destructive actions.

read_only

The team member is a read-only member. This allows them to access information, but not edit anything.

class discord.WebhookType

Represents the type of webhook that can be received.

New in version 1.3.

incoming

Represents a webhook that can post messages to channels with a token.

channel_follower

Represents a webhook that is internally managed by Discord, used for following channels.

application

Represents a webhook that is used for interactions or applications.

New in version 2.0.

class discord.ExpireBehaviour

Represents the behaviour the Integration should perform when a user’s subscription has finished.

There is an alias for this called ExpireBehavior.

New in version 1.4.

remove_role

This will remove the StreamIntegration.role from the user when their subscription is finished.

kick

This will kick the user when their subscription is finished.

class discord.DefaultAvatar

Represents the default avatar of a Discord User

blurple

Represents the default avatar with the colour blurple. See also Colour.blurple

grey

Represents the default avatar with the colour grey. See also Colour.greyple

gray

An alias for grey.

green

Represents the default avatar with the colour green. See also Colour.green

orange

Represents the default avatar with the colour orange. See also Colour.orange

red

Represents the default avatar with the colour red. See also Colour.red

pink

Represents the default avatar with the colour pink. See also Colour.pink

New in version 2.3.

class discord.StickerType

Represents the type of sticker.

New in version 2.0.

standard

Represents a standard sticker that all Nitro users can use.

guild

Represents a custom sticker created in a guild.

class discord.StickerFormatType

Represents the type of sticker images.

New in version 1.6.

png

Represents a sticker with a png image.

apng

Represents a sticker with an apng image.

lottie

Represents a sticker with a lottie image.

gif

Represents a sticker with a gif image.

New in version 2.2.

class discord.InviteTarget

Represents the invite type for voice channel invites.

New in version 2.0.

unknown

The invite doesn’t target anyone or anything.

stream

A stream invite that targets a user.

embedded_application

A stream invite that targets an embedded application.

class discord.VideoQualityMode

Represents the camera video quality mode for voice channel participants.

New in version 2.0.

auto

Represents auto camera video quality.

full

Represents full camera video quality.

class discord.PrivacyLevel

Represents the privacy level of a stage instance or scheduled event.

New in version 2.0.

guild_only

The stage instance or scheduled event is only accessible within the guild.

class discord.NSFWLevel

Represents the NSFW level of a guild.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two NSFW levels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two NSFW levels are not equal.

x > y

Checks if a NSFW level is higher than another.

x < y

Checks if a NSFW level is lower than another.

x >= y

Checks if a NSFW level is higher or equal to another.

x <= y

Checks if a NSFW level is lower or equal to another.

default

The guild has not been categorised yet.

explicit

The guild contains NSFW content.

safe

The guild does not contain any NSFW content.

age_restricted

The guild may contain NSFW content.

class discord.Locale

Supported locales by Discord. Mainly used for application command localisation.

New in version 2.0.

american_english

The en-US locale.

british_english

The en-GB locale.

bulgarian

The bg locale.

chinese

The zh-CN locale.

taiwan_chinese

The zh-TW locale.

croatian

The hr locale.

czech

The cs locale.

indonesian

The id locale.

New in version 2.2.

danish

The da locale.

dutch

The nl locale.

finnish

The fi locale.

french

The fr locale.

german

The de locale.

greek

The el locale.

hindi

The hi locale.

hungarian

The hu locale.

italian

The it locale.

japanese

The ja locale.

korean

The ko locale.

latin_american_spanish

The es-419 locale.

New in version 2.4.

lithuanian

The lt locale.

norwegian

The no locale.

polish

The pl locale.

brazil_portuguese

The pt-BR locale.

romanian

The ro locale.

russian

The ru locale.

spain_spanish

The es-ES locale.

swedish

The sv-SE locale.

thai

The th locale.

turkish

The tr locale.

ukrainian

The uk locale.

vietnamese

The vi locale.

class discord.MFALevel

Represents the Multi-Factor Authentication requirement level of a guild.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two MFA levels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two MFA levels are not equal.

x > y

Checks if a MFA level is higher than another.

x < y

Checks if a MFA level is lower than another.

x >= y

Checks if a MFA level is higher or equal to another.

x <= y

Checks if a MFA level is lower or equal to another.

disabled

The guild has no MFA requirement.

require_2fa

The guild requires 2 factor authentication.

class discord.EntityType

Represents the type of entity that a scheduled event is for.

New in version 2.0.

stage_instance

The scheduled event will occur in a stage instance.

voice

The scheduled event will occur in a voice channel.

external

The scheduled event will occur externally.

class discord.EventStatus

Represents the status of an event.

New in version 2.0.

scheduled

The event is scheduled.

active

The event is active.

completed

The event has ended.

cancelled

The event has been cancelled.

canceled

An alias for cancelled.

ended

An alias for completed.

class discord.AutoModRuleTriggerType

Represents the trigger type of an automod rule.

New in version 2.0.

keyword

The rule will trigger when a keyword is mentioned.

The rule will trigger when a harmful link is posted.

spam

The rule will trigger when a spam message is posted.

keyword_preset

The rule will trigger when something triggers based on the set keyword preset types.

mention_spam

The rule will trigger when combined number of role and user mentions is greater than the set limit.

member_profile

The rule will trigger when a user’s profile contains a keyword.

New in version 2.4.

class discord.AutoModRuleEventType

Represents the event type of an automod rule.

New in version 2.0.

message_send

The rule will trigger when a message is sent.

member_update

The rule will trigger when a member’s profile is updated.

New in version 2.4.

class discord.AutoModRuleActionType

Represents the action type of an automod rule.

New in version 2.0.

block_message

The rule will block a message from being sent.

send_alert_message

The rule will send an alert message to a predefined channel.

timeout

The rule will timeout a user.

block_member_interactions

Similar to timeout, except the user will be timed out indefinitely. This will request the user to edit it’s profile.

New in version 2.4.

class discord.ForumLayoutType

Represents how a forum’s posts are layed out in the client.

New in version 2.2.

not_set

No default has been set, so it is up to the client to know how to lay it out.

list_view

Displays posts as a list.

gallery_view

Displays posts as a collection of tiles.

class discord.ForumOrderType

Represents how a forum’s posts are sorted in the client.

New in version 2.3.

latest_activity

Sort forum posts by activity.

creation_date

Sort forum posts by creation time (from most recent to oldest).

class discord.SelectDefaultValueType

Represents the default value of a select menu.

New in version 2.4.

user

The underlying type of the ID is a user.

role

The underlying type of the ID is a role.

channel

The underlying type of the ID is a channel or thread.

class discord.SKUType

Represents the type of a SKU.

New in version 2.4.

subscription

The SKU is a recurring subscription.

subscription_group

The SKU is a system-generated group which is created for each SKUType.subscription.

class discord.EntitlementType

Represents the type of an entitlement.

New in version 2.4.

application_subscription

The entitlement was purchased as an app subscription.

class discord.EntitlementOwnerType

Represents the type of an entitlement owner.

New in version 2.4.

guild

The entitlement owner is a guild.

user

The entitlement owner is a user.

Audit Log Data

Working with Guild.audit_logs() is a complicated process with a lot of machinery involved. The library attempts to make it easy to use and friendly. In order to accomplish this goal, it must make use of a couple of data classes that aid in this goal.

AuditLogEntry

class discord.AuditLogEntry(*, users, integrations, app_commands, automod_rules, webhooks, data, guild)

Represents an Audit Log entry.

You retrieve these via Guild.audit_logs().

x == y

Checks if two entries are equal.

x != y

Checks if two entries are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the entry’s hash.

Changed in version 1.7: Audit log entries are now comparable and hashable.

action

The action that was done.

Type

AuditLogAction

user

The user who initiated this action. Usually a Member, unless gone then it’s a User.

Type

Optional[abc.User]

user_id

The user ID who initiated this action.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[int]

id

The entry ID.

Type

int

guild

The guild that this entry belongs to.

Type

Guild

target

The target that got changed. The exact type of this depends on the action being done.

Type

Any

reason

The reason this action was done.

Type

Optional[str]

extra

Extra information that this entry has that might be useful. For most actions, this is None. However in some cases it contains extra information. See AuditLogAction for which actions have this field filled out.

Type

Any

created_at

Returns the entry’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

category

The category of the action, if applicable.

Type

Optional[AuditLogActionCategory]

changes

The list of changes this entry has.

Type

AuditLogChanges

before

The target’s prior state.

Type

AuditLogDiff

after

The target’s subsequent state.

Type

AuditLogDiff

AuditLogChanges

Attributes
class discord.AuditLogChanges

An audit log change set.

before

The old value. The attribute has the type of AuditLogDiff.

Depending on the AuditLogActionCategory retrieved by category, the data retrieved by this attribute differs:

Category

Description

create

All attributes are set to None.

delete

All attributes are set the value before deletion.

update

All attributes are set the value before updating.

None

No attributes are set.

after

The new value. The attribute has the type of AuditLogDiff.

Depending on the AuditLogActionCategory retrieved by category, the data retrieved by this attribute differs:

Category

Description

create

All attributes are set to the created value

delete

All attributes are set to None

update

All attributes are set the value after updating.

None

No attributes are set.

AuditLogDiff

class discord.AuditLogDiff

Represents an audit log “change” object. A change object has dynamic attributes that depend on the type of action being done. Certain actions map to certain attributes being set.

Note that accessing an attribute that does not match the specified action will lead to an attribute error.

To get a list of attributes that have been set, you can iterate over them. To see a list of all possible attributes that could be set based on the action being done, check the documentation for AuditLogAction, otherwise check the documentation below for all attributes that are possible.

iter(diff)

Returns an iterator over (attribute, value) tuple of this diff.

name

A name of something.

Type

str

guild

The guild of something.

Type

Guild

icon

A guild’s or role’s icon. See also Guild.icon or Role.icon.

Type

Asset

splash

The guild’s invite splash. See also Guild.splash.

Type

Asset

discovery_splash

The guild’s discovery splash. See also Guild.discovery_splash.

Type

Asset

banner

The guild’s banner. See also Guild.banner.

Type

Asset

owner

The guild’s owner. See also Guild.owner

Type

Union[Member, User]

afk_channel

The guild’s AFK channel.

If this could not be found, then it falls back to a Object with the ID being set.

See Guild.afk_channel.

Type

Union[VoiceChannel, Object]

system_channel

The guild’s system channel.

If this could not be found, then it falls back to a Object with the ID being set.

See Guild.system_channel.

Type

Union[TextChannel, Object]

rules_channel

The guild’s rules channel.

If this could not be found then it falls back to a Object with the ID being set.

See Guild.rules_channel.

Type

Union[TextChannel, Object]

public_updates_channel

The guild’s public updates channel.

If this could not be found then it falls back to a Object with the ID being set.

See Guild.public_updates_channel.

Type

Union[TextChannel, Object]

afk_timeout

The guild’s AFK timeout. See Guild.afk_timeout.

Type

int

mfa_level

The guild’s MFA level. See Guild.mfa_level.

Type

MFALevel

widget_enabled

The guild’s widget has been enabled or disabled.

Type

bool

widget_channel

The widget’s channel.

If this could not be found then it falls back to a Object with the ID being set.

Type

Union[TextChannel, Object]

verification_level

The guild’s verification level.

See also Guild.verification_level.

Type

VerificationLevel

default_notifications

The guild’s default notification level.

See also Guild.default_notifications.

Type

NotificationLevel

explicit_content_filter

The guild’s content filter.

See also Guild.explicit_content_filter.

Type

ContentFilter

vanity_url_code

The guild’s vanity URL.

See also Guild.vanity_invite() and Guild.edit().

Type

str

position

The position of a Role or abc.GuildChannel.

Type

int

type

The type of channel, sticker, webhook or integration.

Type

Union[ChannelType, StickerType, WebhookType, str]

topic

The topic of a TextChannel or StageChannel.

See also TextChannel.topic or StageChannel.topic.

Type

str

bitrate

The bitrate of a VoiceChannel.

See also VoiceChannel.bitrate.

Type

int

overwrites

A list of permission overwrite tuples that represents a target and a PermissionOverwrite for said target.

The first element is the object being targeted, which can either be a Member or User or Role. If this object is not found then it is a Object with an ID being filled and a type attribute set to either 'role' or 'member' to help decide what type of ID it is.

Type

List[Tuple[target, PermissionOverwrite]]

privacy_level

The privacy level of the stage instance or scheduled event

Type

PrivacyLevel

roles

A list of roles being added or removed from a member.

If a role is not found then it is a Object with the ID and name being filled in.

Type

List[Union[Role, Object]]

nick

The nickname of a member.

See also Member.nick

Type

Optional[str]

deaf

Whether the member is being server deafened.

See also VoiceState.deaf.

Type

bool

mute

Whether the member is being server muted.

See also VoiceState.mute.

Type

bool

permissions

The permissions of a role.

See also Role.permissions.

Type

Permissions

colour
color

The colour of a role.

See also Role.colour

Type

Colour

hoist

Whether the role is being hoisted or not.

See also Role.hoist

Type

bool

mentionable

Whether the role is mentionable or not.

See also Role.mentionable

Type

bool

code

The invite’s code.

See also Invite.code

Type

str

channel

A guild channel.

If the channel is not found then it is a Object with the ID being set. In some cases the channel name is also set.

Type

Union[abc.GuildChannel, Object]

inviter

The user who created the invite.

See also Invite.inviter.

Type

Optional[User]

max_uses

The invite’s max uses.

See also Invite.max_uses.

Type

int

uses

The invite’s current uses.

See also Invite.uses.

Type

int

max_age

The invite’s max age in seconds.

See also Invite.max_age.

Type

int

temporary

If the invite is a temporary invite.

See also Invite.temporary.

Type

bool

allow
deny

The permissions being allowed or denied.

Type

Permissions

id

The ID of the object being changed.

Type

int

avatar

The avatar of a member.

See also User.avatar.

Type

Asset

slowmode_delay

The number of seconds members have to wait before sending another message in the channel.

See also TextChannel.slowmode_delay.

Type

int

rtc_region

The region for the voice channel’s voice communication. A value of None indicates automatic voice region detection.

See also VoiceChannel.rtc_region.

Type

str

video_quality_mode

The camera video quality for the voice channel’s participants.

See also VoiceChannel.video_quality_mode.

Type

VideoQualityMode

format_type

The format type of a sticker being changed.

See also GuildSticker.format

Type

StickerFormatType

emoji

The name of the emoji that represents a sticker being changed.

See also GuildSticker.emoji.

Type

str

unicode_emoji

The unicode emoji that is used as an icon for the role being changed.

See also Role.unicode_emoji.

Type

str

description

The description of a guild, a sticker, or a scheduled event.

See also Guild.description, GuildSticker.description, or ScheduledEvent.description.

Type

str

available

The availability of a sticker being changed.

See also GuildSticker.available

Type

bool

archived

The thread is now archived.

Type

bool

locked

The thread is being locked or unlocked.

Type

bool

auto_archive_duration

The thread’s auto archive duration being changed.

See also Thread.auto_archive_duration

Type

int

default_auto_archive_duration

The default auto archive duration for newly created threads being changed.

Type

int

invitable

Whether non-moderators can add users to this private thread.

Type

bool

timed_out_until

Whether the user is timed out, and if so until when.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

enable_emoticons

Integration emoticons were enabled or disabled.

See also StreamIntegration.enable_emoticons

Type

bool

expire_behaviour
expire_behavior

The behaviour of expiring subscribers changed.

See also StreamIntegration.expire_behaviour

Type

ExpireBehaviour

expire_grace_period

The grace period before expiring subscribers changed.

See also StreamIntegration.expire_grace_period

Type

int

preferred_locale

The preferred locale for the guild changed.

See also Guild.preferred_locale

Type

Locale

prune_delete_days

The number of days after which inactive and role-unassigned members are kicked has been changed.

Type

int

status

The status of the scheduled event.

Type

EventStatus

entity_type

The type of entity this scheduled event is for.

Type

EntityType

cover_image

The scheduled event’s cover image.

See also ScheduledEvent.cover_image.

Type

Asset

app_command_permissions

List of permissions for the app command.

Type

List[AppCommandPermissions]

enabled

Whether the automod rule is active or not.

Type

bool

event_type

The event type for triggering the automod rule.

Type

AutoModRuleEventType

trigger_type

The trigger type for the automod rule.

Type

AutoModRuleTriggerType

trigger

The trigger for the automod rule.

Note

The type of the trigger may be incorrect. Some attributes such as keyword_filter, regex_patterns, and allow_list will only have the added or removed values.

Type

AutoModTrigger

actions

The actions to take when an automod rule is triggered.

Type

List[AutoModRuleAction]

exempt_roles

The list of roles that are exempt from the automod rule.

Type

List[Union[Role, Object]]

exempt_channels

The list of channels or threads that are exempt from the automod rule.

Type

List[abc.GuildChannel, Thread, Object]

premium_progress_bar_enabled

The guild’s display setting to show boost progress bar.

Type

bool

system_channel_flags

The guild’s system channel settings.

See also Guild.system_channel_flags

Type

SystemChannelFlags

nsfw

Whether the channel is marked as “not safe for work” or “age restricted”.

Type

bool

user_limit

The channel’s limit for number of members that can be in a voice or stage channel.

See also VoiceChannel.user_limit and StageChannel.user_limit

Type

int

flags

The channel flags associated with this thread or forum post.

See also ForumChannel.flags and Thread.flags

Type

ChannelFlags

default_thread_slowmode_delay

The default slowmode delay for threads created in this text channel or forum.

See also TextChannel.default_thread_slowmode_delay and ForumChannel.default_thread_slowmode_delay

Type

int

applied_tags

The applied tags of a forum post.

See also Thread.applied_tags

Type

List[Union[ForumTag, Object]]

available_tags

The available tags of a forum.

See also ForumChannel.available_tags

Type

Sequence[ForumTag]

default_reaction_emoji

The default_reaction_emoji for forum posts.

See also ForumChannel.default_reaction_emoji

Type

Optional[PartialEmoji]

Webhook Support

discord.py offers support for creating, editing, and executing webhooks through the Webhook class.

Webhook

class discord.Webhook

Represents an asynchronous Discord webhook.

Webhooks are a form to send messages to channels in Discord without a bot user or authentication.

There are two main ways to use Webhooks. The first is through the ones received by the library such as Guild.webhooks(), TextChannel.webhooks(), VoiceChannel.webhooks() and ForumChannel.webhooks(). The ones received by the library will automatically be bound using the library’s internal HTTP session.

The second form involves creating a webhook object manually using the from_url() or partial() classmethods.

For example, creating a webhook from a URL and using aiohttp:

from discord import Webhook
import aiohttp

async def foo():
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        webhook = Webhook.from_url('url-here', session=session)
        await webhook.send('Hello World', username='Foo')

For a synchronous counterpart, see SyncWebhook.

x == y

Checks if two webhooks are equal.

x != y

Checks if two webhooks are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the webhooks’s hash.

Changed in version 1.4: Webhooks are now comparable and hashable.

id

The webhook’s ID

Type

int

type

The type of the webhook.

New in version 1.3.

Type

WebhookType

token

The authentication token of the webhook. If this is None then the webhook cannot be used to make requests.

Type

Optional[str]

guild_id

The guild ID this webhook is for.

Type

Optional[int]

channel_id

The channel ID this webhook is for.

Type

Optional[int]

user

The user this webhook was created by. If the webhook was received without authentication then this will be None.

Type

Optional[abc.User]

name

The default name of the webhook.

Type

Optional[str]

source_guild

The guild of the channel that this webhook is following. Only given if type is WebhookType.channel_follower.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[PartialWebhookGuild]

source_channel

The channel that this webhook is following. Only given if type is WebhookType.channel_follower.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[PartialWebhookChannel]

property url

Returns the webhook’s url.

Type

str

classmethod partial(id, token, *, session=..., client=..., bot_token=None)

Creates a partial Webhook.

Parameters
  • id (int) – The ID of the webhook.

  • token (str) – The authentication token of the webhook.

  • session (aiohttp.ClientSession) –

    The session to use to send requests with. Note that the library does not manage the session and will not close it.

    New in version 2.0.

  • client (Client) –

    The client to initialise this webhook with. This allows it to attach the client’s internal state. If session is not given while this is given then the client’s internal session will be used.

    New in version 2.2.

  • bot_token (Optional[str]) –

    The bot authentication token for authenticated requests involving the webhook.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises

TypeError – Neither session nor client were given.

Returns

A partial Webhook. A partial webhook is just a webhook object with an ID and a token.

Return type

Webhook

classmethod from_url(url, *, session=..., client=..., bot_token=None)

Creates a partial Webhook from a webhook URL.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • url (str) – The URL of the webhook.

  • session (aiohttp.ClientSession) –

    The session to use to send requests with. Note that the library does not manage the session and will not close it.

    New in version 2.0.

  • client (Client) –

    The client to initialise this webhook with. This allows it to attach the client’s internal state. If session is not given while this is given then the client’s internal session will be used.

    New in version 2.2.

  • bot_token (Optional[str]) –

    The bot authentication token for authenticated requests involving the webhook.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
Returns

A partial Webhook. A partial webhook is just a webhook object with an ID and a token.

Return type

Webhook

await fetch(*, prefer_auth=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Fetches the current webhook.

This could be used to get a full webhook from a partial webhook.

New in version 2.0.

Note

When fetching with an unauthenticated webhook, i.e. is_authenticated() returns False, then the returned webhook does not contain any user information.

Parameters

prefer_auth (bool) – Whether to use the bot token over the webhook token if available. Defaults to True.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Could not fetch the webhook

  • NotFound – Could not find the webhook by this ID

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it.

Returns

The fetched webhook.

Return type

Webhook

await delete(*, reason=None, prefer_auth=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes this Webhook.

Parameters
  • reason (Optional[str]) –

    The reason for deleting this webhook. Shows up on the audit log.

    New in version 1.4.

  • prefer_auth (bool) –

    Whether to use the bot token over the webhook token if available. Defaults to True.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Deleting the webhook failed.

  • NotFound – This webhook does not exist.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to delete this webhook.

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it.

await edit(*, reason=None, name=..., avatar=..., channel=None, prefer_auth=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits this Webhook.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The webhook’s new default name.

  • avatar (Optional[bytes]) – A bytes-like object representing the webhook’s new default avatar.

  • channel (Optional[abc.Snowflake]) –

    The webhook’s new channel. This requires an authenticated webhook.

    New in version 2.0.

  • reason (Optional[str]) –

    The reason for editing this webhook. Shows up on the audit log.

    New in version 1.4.

  • prefer_auth (bool) –

    Whether to use the bot token over the webhook token if available. Defaults to True.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the webhook failed.

  • NotFound – This webhook does not exist.

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it or it tried editing a channel without authentication.

property avatar

Returns an Asset for the avatar the webhook has.

If the webhook does not have a traditional avatar, None is returned. If you want the avatar that a webhook has displayed, consider display_avatar.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property channel

The channel this webhook belongs to.

If this is a partial webhook, then this will always return None.

Type

Optional[Union[ForumChannel, VoiceChannel, TextChannel]]

property created_at

Returns the webhook’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property default_avatar

Returns the default avatar. This is always the blurple avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property display_avatar

Returns the webhook’s display avatar.

This is either webhook’s default avatar or uploaded avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property guild

The guild this webhook belongs to.

If this is a partial webhook, then this will always return None.

Type

Optional[Guild]

is_authenticated()

bool: Whether the webhook is authenticated with a bot token.

New in version 2.0.

is_partial()

bool: Whether the webhook is a “partial” webhook.

New in version 2.0.

await send(content=..., *, username=..., avatar_url=..., tts=False, ephemeral=False, file=..., files=..., embed=..., embeds=..., allowed_mentions=..., view=..., thread=..., thread_name=..., wait=False, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False, applied_tags=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message using the webhook.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content).

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object.

If the embed parameter is provided, it must be of type Embed and it must be a rich embed type. You cannot mix the embed parameter with the embeds parameter, which must be a list of Embed objects to send.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (str) – The content of the message to send.

  • wait (bool) – Whether the server should wait before sending a response. This essentially means that the return type of this function changes from None to a WebhookMessage if set to True. If the type of webhook is WebhookType.application then this is always set to True.

  • username (str) – The username to send with this message. If no username is provided then the default username for the webhook is used.

  • avatar_url (str) – The avatar URL to send with this message. If no avatar URL is provided then the default avatar for the webhook is used. If this is not a string then it is explicitly cast using str.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • ephemeral (bool) –

    Indicates if the message should only be visible to the user. This is only available to WebhookType.application webhooks. If a view is sent with an ephemeral message and it has no timeout set then the timeout is set to 15 minutes.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload. This cannot be mixed with files parameter.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to send with the content. This cannot be mixed with the file parameter.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content to send. This cannot be mixed with embeds parameter.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) – A list of embeds to send with the content. Maximum of 10. This cannot be mixed with the embed parameter.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message.

    New in version 1.4.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    The view to send with the message. You can only send a view if this webhook is not partial and has state attached. A webhook has state attached if the webhook is managed by the library.

    New in version 2.0.

  • thread (Snowflake) –

    The thread to send this webhook to.

    New in version 2.0.

  • thread_name (str) –

    The thread name to create with this webhook if the webhook belongs to a ForumChannel. Note that this is mutually exclusive with the thread parameter, as this will create a new thread with the given name.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

  • applied_tags (List[ForumTag]) –

    Tags to apply to the thread if the webhook belongs to a ForumChannel.

    New in version 2.4.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Sending the message failed.

  • NotFound – This webhook was not found.

  • Forbidden – The authorization token for the webhook is incorrect.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds or file and files or thread and thread_name.

  • ValueError – The length of embeds was invalid, there was no token associated with this webhook or ephemeral was passed with the improper webhook type or there was no state attached with this webhook when giving it a view.

Returns

If wait is True then the message that was sent, otherwise None.

Return type

Optional[WebhookMessage]

await fetch_message(id, /, *, thread=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single WebhookMessage owned by this webhook.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • id (int) – The message ID to look for.

  • thread (Snowflake) – The thread to look in.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

  • ValueError – There was no token associated with this webhook.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

WebhookMessage

await edit_message(message_id, *, content=..., embeds=..., embed=..., attachments=..., view=..., allowed_mentions=None, thread=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits a message owned by this webhook.

This is a lower level interface to WebhookMessage.edit() in case you only have an ID.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: The edit is no longer in-place, instead the newly edited message is returned.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • message_id (int) – The message ID to edit.

  • content (Optional[str]) – The content to edit the message with or None to clear it.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) – A list of embeds to edit the message with.

  • embed (Optional[Embed]) – The embed to edit the message with. None suppresses the embeds. This should not be mixed with the embeds parameter.

  • attachments (List[Union[Attachment, File]]) –

    A list of attachments to keep in the message as well as new files to upload. If [] is passed then all attachments are removed.

    New in version 2.0.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) – Controls the mentions being processed in this message. See abc.Messageable.send() for more information.

  • view (Optional[View]) –

    The updated view to update this message with. If None is passed then the view is removed. The webhook must have state attached, similar to send().

    New in version 2.0.

  • thread (Snowflake) –

    The thread the webhook message belongs to.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Edited a message that is not yours.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds

  • ValueError – The length of embeds was invalid, there was no token associated with this webhook or the webhook had no state.

Returns

The newly edited webhook message.

Return type

WebhookMessage

await delete_message(message_id, /, *, thread=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes a message owned by this webhook.

This is a lower level interface to WebhookMessage.delete() in case you only have an ID.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: message_id parameter is now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • message_id (int) – The message ID to delete.

  • thread (Snowflake) –

    The thread the webhook message belongs to.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Deleting the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Deleted a message that is not yours.

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it.

WebhookMessage

class discord.WebhookMessage

Represents a message sent from your webhook.

This allows you to edit or delete a message sent by your webhook.

This inherits from discord.Message with changes to edit() and delete() to work.

New in version 1.6.

await edit(*, content=..., embeds=..., embed=..., attachments=..., view=..., allowed_mentions=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the message.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: The edit is no longer in-place, instead the newly edited message is returned.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content to edit the message with or None to clear it.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) – A list of embeds to edit the message with.

  • embed (Optional[Embed]) – The embed to edit the message with. None suppresses the embeds. This should not be mixed with the embeds parameter.

  • attachments (List[Union[Attachment, File]]) –

    A list of attachments to keep in the message as well as new files to upload. If [] is passed then all attachments are removed.

    Note

    New files will always appear after current attachments.

    New in version 2.0.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) – Controls the mentions being processed in this message. See abc.Messageable.send() for more information.

  • view (Optional[View]) –

    The updated view to update this message with. If None is passed then the view is removed.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Edited a message that is not yours.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds

  • ValueError – The length of embeds was invalid or there was no token associated with this webhook.

Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

WebhookMessage

await add_files(*files)

This function is a coroutine.

Adds new files to the end of the message attachments.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

*files (File) – New files to add to the message.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

WebhookMessage

await remove_attachments(*attachments)

This function is a coroutine.

Removes attachments from the message.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

*attachments (Attachment) – Attachments to remove from the message.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

WebhookMessage

await delete(*, delay=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the message.

Parameters

delay (Optional[float]) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait before deleting the message. The waiting is done in the background and deletion failures are ignored.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the message.

  • NotFound – The message was deleted already.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the message failed.

await add_reaction(emoji, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Adds a reaction to the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

You must have read_message_history to do this. If nobody else has reacted to the message using this emoji, add_reactions is required.

Changed in version 2.0: emoji parameter is now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

emoji (Union[Emoji, Reaction, PartialEmoji, str]) – The emoji to react with.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Adding the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to react to the message.

  • NotFound – The emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

clean_content

A property that returns the content in a “cleaned up” manner. This basically means that mentions are transformed into the way the client shows it. e.g. <#id> will transform into #name.

This will also transform @everyone and @here mentions into non-mentions.

Note

This does not affect markdown. If you want to escape or remove markdown then use utils.escape_markdown() or utils.remove_markdown() respectively, along with this function.

Type

str

await clear_reaction(emoji)

This function is a coroutine.

Clears a specific reaction from the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

New in version 1.3.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

emoji (Union[Emoji, Reaction, PartialEmoji, str]) – The emoji to clear.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Clearing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to clear the reaction.

  • NotFound – The emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await clear_reactions()

This function is a coroutine.

Removes all the reactions from the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Removing the reactions failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to remove all the reactions.

await create_thread(*, name, auto_archive_duration=..., slowmode_delay=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a public thread from this message.

You must have create_public_threads in order to create a public thread from a message.

The channel this message belongs in must be a TextChannel.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the thread.

  • auto_archive_duration (int) –

    The duration in minutes before a thread is automatically hidden from the channel list. If not provided, the channel’s default auto archive duration is used.

    Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080, if provided.

  • slowmode_delay (Optional[int]) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. The maximum value possible is 21600. By default no slowmode rate limit if this is None.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating a new thread. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a thread.

  • HTTPException – Creating the thread failed.

  • ValueError – This message does not have guild info attached.

Returns

The created thread.

Return type

Thread

property created_at

The message’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property edited_at

An aware UTC datetime object containing the edited time of the message.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

await fetch()

This function is a coroutine.

Fetches the partial message to a full Message.

Raises
  • NotFound – The message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The full message.

Return type

Message

await fetch_thread()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the public thread attached to this message.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider thread instead.

New in version 2.4.

Raises
  • InvalidData – An unknown channel type was received from Discord or the guild the thread belongs to is not the same as the one in this object points to.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the thread failed.

  • NotFound – There is no thread attached to this message.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to fetch this channel.

Returns

The public thread attached to this message.

Return type

Thread

is_system()

bool: Whether the message is a system message.

A system message is a message that is constructed entirely by the Discord API in response to something.

New in version 1.3.

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to this message.

Type

str

await pin(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Pins the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this in a non-private channel context.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) –

The reason for pinning the message. Shows up on the audit log.

New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to pin the message.

  • NotFound – The message or channel was not found or deleted.

  • HTTPException – Pinning the message failed, probably due to the channel having more than 50 pinned messages.

await publish()

This function is a coroutine.

Publishes this message to the channel’s followers.

The message must have been sent in a news channel. You must have send_messages to do this.

If the message is not your own then manage_messages is also needed.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to publish this message or the channel is not a news channel.

  • HTTPException – Publishing the message failed.

raw_channel_mentions

A property that returns an array of channel IDs matched with the syntax of <#channel_id> in the message content.

Type

List[int]

raw_mentions

A property that returns an array of user IDs matched with the syntax of <@user_id> in the message content.

This allows you to receive the user IDs of mentioned users even in a private message context.

Type

List[int]

raw_role_mentions

A property that returns an array of role IDs matched with the syntax of <@&role_id> in the message content.

Type

List[int]

await remove_reaction(emoji, member)

This function is a coroutine.

Remove a reaction by the member from the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

If the reaction is not your own (i.e. member parameter is not you) then manage_messages is needed.

The member parameter must represent a member and meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
Raises
  • HTTPException – Removing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to remove the reaction.

  • NotFound – The member or emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await reply(content=None, **kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A shortcut method to abc.Messageable.send() to reply to the Message.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Sending the message failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to send the message.

  • ValueError – The files list is not of the appropriate size

  • TypeError – You specified both file and files.

Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

system_content

A property that returns the content that is rendered regardless of the Message.type.

In the case of MessageType.default and MessageType.reply, this just returns the regular Message.content. Otherwise this returns an English message denoting the contents of the system message.

Type

str

property thread

The public thread created from this message, if it exists.

Note

For messages received via the gateway this does not retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal cache. Use fetch_thread() instead.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Thread]

to_reference(*, fail_if_not_exists=True)

Creates a MessageReference from the current message.

New in version 1.6.

Parameters

fail_if_not_exists (bool) –

Whether replying using the message reference should raise HTTPException if the message no longer exists or Discord could not fetch the message.

New in version 1.7.

Returns

The reference to this message.

Return type

MessageReference

await unpin(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Unpins the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this in a non-private channel context.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) –

The reason for unpinning the message. Shows up on the audit log.

New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to unpin the message.

  • NotFound – The message or channel was not found or deleted.

  • HTTPException – Unpinning the message failed.

SyncWebhook

class discord.SyncWebhook

Represents a synchronous Discord webhook.

For an asynchronous counterpart, see Webhook.

x == y

Checks if two webhooks are equal.

x != y

Checks if two webhooks are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the webhooks’s hash.

Changed in version 1.4: Webhooks are now comparable and hashable.

id

The webhook’s ID

Type

int

type

The type of the webhook.

New in version 1.3.

Type

WebhookType

token

The authentication token of the webhook. If this is None then the webhook cannot be used to make requests.

Type

Optional[str]

guild_id

The guild ID this webhook is for.

Type

Optional[int]

channel_id

The channel ID this webhook is for.

Type

Optional[int]

user

The user this webhook was created by. If the webhook was received without authentication then this will be None.

Type

Optional[abc.User]

name

The default name of the webhook.

Type

Optional[str]

source_guild

The guild of the channel that this webhook is following. Only given if type is WebhookType.channel_follower.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[PartialWebhookGuild]

source_channel

The channel that this webhook is following. Only given if type is WebhookType.channel_follower.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[PartialWebhookChannel]

property url

Returns the webhook’s url.

Type

str

classmethod partial(id, token, *, session=..., bot_token=None)

Creates a partial Webhook.

Parameters
  • id (int) – The ID of the webhook.

  • token (str) – The authentication token of the webhook.

  • session (requests.Session) – The session to use to send requests with. Note that the library does not manage the session and will not close it. If not given, the requests auto session creation functions are used instead.

  • bot_token (Optional[str]) – The bot authentication token for authenticated requests involving the webhook.

Returns

A partial SyncWebhook. A partial SyncWebhook is just a SyncWebhook object with an ID and a token.

Return type

SyncWebhook

classmethod from_url(url, *, session=..., bot_token=None)

Creates a partial Webhook from a webhook URL.

Parameters
  • url (str) – The URL of the webhook.

  • session (requests.Session) – The session to use to send requests with. Note that the library does not manage the session and will not close it. If not given, the requests auto session creation functions are used instead.

  • bot_token (Optional[str]) – The bot authentication token for authenticated requests involving the webhook.

Raises

ValueError – The URL is invalid.

Returns

A partial SyncWebhook. A partial SyncWebhook is just a SyncWebhook object with an ID and a token.

Return type

SyncWebhook

fetch(*, prefer_auth=True)

Fetches the current webhook.

This could be used to get a full webhook from a partial webhook.

Note

When fetching with an unauthenticated webhook, i.e. is_authenticated() returns False, then the returned webhook does not contain any user information.

Parameters

prefer_auth (bool) – Whether to use the bot token over the webhook token if available. Defaults to True.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Could not fetch the webhook

  • NotFound – Could not find the webhook by this ID

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it.

Returns

The fetched webhook.

Return type

SyncWebhook

delete(*, reason=None, prefer_auth=True)

Deletes this Webhook.

Parameters
  • reason (Optional[str]) –

    The reason for deleting this webhook. Shows up on the audit log.

    New in version 1.4.

  • prefer_auth (bool) – Whether to use the bot token over the webhook token if available. Defaults to True.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Deleting the webhook failed.

  • NotFound – This webhook does not exist.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to delete this webhook.

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it.

edit(*, reason=None, name=..., avatar=..., channel=None, prefer_auth=True)

Edits this Webhook.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The webhook’s new default name.

  • avatar (Optional[bytes]) – A bytes-like object representing the webhook’s new default avatar.

  • channel (Optional[abc.Snowflake]) – The webhook’s new channel. This requires an authenticated webhook.

  • reason (Optional[str]) –

    The reason for editing this webhook. Shows up on the audit log.

    New in version 1.4.

  • prefer_auth (bool) – Whether to use the bot token over the webhook token if available. Defaults to True.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the webhook failed.

  • NotFound – This webhook does not exist.

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it or it tried editing a channel without authentication.

Returns

The newly edited webhook.

Return type

SyncWebhook

send(content=..., *, username=..., avatar_url=..., tts=False, file=..., files=..., embed=..., embeds=..., allowed_mentions=..., thread=..., thread_name=..., wait=False, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

Sends a message using the webhook.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content).

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object.

If the embed parameter is provided, it must be of type Embed and it must be a rich embed type. You cannot mix the embed parameter with the embeds parameter, which must be a list of Embed objects to send.

Parameters
  • content (str) – The content of the message to send.

  • wait (bool) – Whether the server should wait before sending a response. This essentially means that the return type of this function changes from None to a WebhookMessage if set to True.

  • username (str) – The username to send with this message. If no username is provided then the default username for the webhook is used.

  • avatar_url (str) – The avatar URL to send with this message. If no avatar URL is provided then the default avatar for the webhook is used. If this is not a string then it is explicitly cast using str.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • file (File) – The file to upload. This cannot be mixed with files parameter.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to send with the content. This cannot be mixed with the file parameter.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content to send. This cannot be mixed with embeds parameter.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) – A list of embeds to send with the content. Maximum of 10. This cannot be mixed with the embed parameter.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message.

    New in version 1.4.

  • thread (Snowflake) –

    The thread to send this message to.

    New in version 2.0.

  • thread_name (str) –

    The thread name to create with this webhook if the webhook belongs to a ForumChannel. Note that this is mutually exclusive with the thread parameter, as this will create a new thread with the given name.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Sending the message failed.

  • NotFound – This webhook was not found.

  • Forbidden – The authorization token for the webhook is incorrect.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds or file and files or thread and thread_name.

  • ValueError – The length of embeds was invalid or there was no token associated with this webhook.

Returns

If wait is True then the message that was sent, otherwise None.

Return type

Optional[SyncWebhookMessage]

fetch_message(id, /, *, thread=...)

Retrieves a single SyncWebhookMessage owned by this webhook.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • id (int) – The message ID to look for.

  • thread (Snowflake) – The thread to look in.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

  • ValueError – There was no token associated with this webhook.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

SyncWebhookMessage

property avatar

Returns an Asset for the avatar the webhook has.

If the webhook does not have a traditional avatar, None is returned. If you want the avatar that a webhook has displayed, consider display_avatar.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property channel

The channel this webhook belongs to.

If this is a partial webhook, then this will always return None.

Type

Optional[Union[ForumChannel, VoiceChannel, TextChannel]]

property created_at

Returns the webhook’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property default_avatar

Returns the default avatar. This is always the blurple avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property display_avatar

Returns the webhook’s display avatar.

This is either webhook’s default avatar or uploaded avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

edit_message(message_id, *, content=..., embeds=..., embed=..., attachments=..., allowed_mentions=None, thread=...)

Edits a message owned by this webhook.

This is a lower level interface to WebhookMessage.edit() in case you only have an ID.

New in version 1.6.

Parameters
  • message_id (int) – The message ID to edit.

  • content (Optional[str]) – The content to edit the message with or None to clear it.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) – A list of embeds to edit the message with.

  • embed (Optional[Embed]) – The embed to edit the message with. None suppresses the embeds. This should not be mixed with the embeds parameter.

  • attachments (List[Union[Attachment, File]]) –

    A list of attachments to keep in the message as well as new files to upload. If [] is passed then all attachments are removed.

    New in version 2.0.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) – Controls the mentions being processed in this message. See abc.Messageable.send() for more information.

  • thread (Snowflake) –

    The thread the webhook message belongs to.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Edited a message that is not yours.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds

  • ValueError – The length of embeds was invalid or there was no token associated with this webhook.

property guild

The guild this webhook belongs to.

If this is a partial webhook, then this will always return None.

Type

Optional[Guild]

is_authenticated()

bool: Whether the webhook is authenticated with a bot token.

New in version 2.0.

is_partial()

bool: Whether the webhook is a “partial” webhook.

New in version 2.0.

delete_message(message_id, /, *, thread=...)

Deletes a message owned by this webhook.

This is a lower level interface to WebhookMessage.delete() in case you only have an ID.

New in version 1.6.

Parameters
  • message_id (int) – The message ID to delete.

  • thread (Snowflake) –

    The thread the webhook message belongs to.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Deleting the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Deleted a message that is not yours.

  • ValueError – This webhook does not have a token associated with it.

SyncWebhookMessage

Methods
class discord.SyncWebhookMessage

Represents a message sent from your webhook.

This allows you to edit or delete a message sent by your webhook.

This inherits from discord.Message with changes to edit() and delete() to work.

New in version 2.0.

edit(*, content=..., embeds=..., embed=..., attachments=..., allowed_mentions=None)

Edits the message.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content to edit the message with or None to clear it.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) – A list of embeds to edit the message with.

  • embed (Optional[Embed]) – The embed to edit the message with. None suppresses the embeds. This should not be mixed with the embeds parameter.

  • attachments (List[Union[Attachment, File]]) –

    A list of attachments to keep in the message as well as new files to upload. If [] is passed then all attachments are removed.

    Note

    New files will always appear after current attachments.

    New in version 2.0.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) – Controls the mentions being processed in this message. See abc.Messageable.send() for more information.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Edited a message that is not yours.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds

  • ValueError – The length of embeds was invalid or there was no token associated with this webhook.

Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

SyncWebhookMessage

add_files(*files)

Adds new files to the end of the message attachments.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

*files (File) – New files to add to the message.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

SyncWebhookMessage

remove_attachments(*attachments)

Removes attachments from the message.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

*attachments (Attachment) – Attachments to remove from the message.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

SyncWebhookMessage

delete(*, delay=None)

Deletes the message.

Parameters

delay (Optional[float]) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait before deleting the message. This blocks the thread.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the message.

  • NotFound – The message was deleted already.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the message failed.

Abstract Base Classes

An abstract base class (also known as an abc) is a class that models can inherit to get their behaviour. Abstract base classes should not be instantiated. They are mainly there for usage with isinstance() and issubclass().

This library has a module related to abstract base classes, in which all the ABCs are subclasses of typing.Protocol.

Snowflake

Attributes
class discord.abc.Snowflake

An ABC that details the common operations on a Discord model.

Almost all Discord models meet this abstract base class.

If you want to create a snowflake on your own, consider using Object.

id

The model’s unique ID.

Type

int

User

class discord.abc.User

An ABC that details the common operations on a Discord user.

The following implement this ABC:

This ABC must also implement Snowflake.

name

The user’s username.

Type

str

discriminator

The user’s discriminator. This is a legacy concept that is no longer used.

Type

str

global_name

The user’s global nickname.

Type

Optional[str]

bot

If the user is a bot account.

Type

bool

system

If the user is a system account.

Type

bool

property display_name

Returns the user’s display name.

Type

str

property mention

Returns a string that allows you to mention the given user.

Type

str

property avatar

Returns an Asset that represents the user’s avatar, if present.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration

Returns an Asset that represents the user’s avatar decoration, if present.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration_sku_id

Returns an integer that represents the user’s avatar decoration SKU ID, if present.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[int]

property default_avatar

Returns the default avatar for a given user.

Type

Asset

property display_avatar

Returns the user’s display avatar.

For regular users this is just their default avatar or uploaded avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

mentioned_in(message)

Checks if the user is mentioned in the specified message.

Parameters

message (Message) – The message to check if you’re mentioned in.

Returns

Indicates if the user is mentioned in the message.

Return type

bool

PrivateChannel

Attributes
class discord.abc.PrivateChannel

An ABC that details the common operations on a private Discord channel.

The following implement this ABC:

This ABC must also implement Snowflake.

me

The user presenting yourself.

Type

ClientUser

GuildChannel

class discord.abc.GuildChannel

An ABC that details the common operations on a Discord guild channel.

The following implement this ABC:

This ABC must also implement Snowflake.

name

The channel name.

Type

str

guild

The guild the channel belongs to.

Type

Guild

position

The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

Type

int

property changed_roles

Returns a list of roles that have been overridden from their default values in the roles attribute.

Type

List[Role]

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

overwrites_for(obj)

Returns the channel-specific overwrites for a member or a role.

Parameters

obj (Union[Role, User, Object]) – The role or user denoting whose overwrite to get.

Returns

The permission overwrites for this object.

Return type

PermissionOverwrite

property overwrites

Returns all of the channel’s overwrites.

This is returned as a dictionary where the key contains the target which can be either a Role or a Member and the value is the overwrite as a PermissionOverwrite.

Changed in version 2.0: Overwrites can now be type-aware Object in case of cache lookup failure

Returns

The channel’s permission overwrites.

Return type

Dict[Union[Role, Member, Object], PermissionOverwrite]

property category

The category this channel belongs to.

If there is no category then this is None.

Type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

property permissions_synced

Whether or not the permissions for this channel are synced with the category it belongs to.

If there is no category then this is False.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for the Member or Role.

This function takes into consideration the following cases:

  • Guild owner

  • Guild roles

  • Channel overrides

  • Member overrides

  • Implicit permissions

  • Member timeout

If a Role is passed, then it checks the permissions someone with that role would have, which is essentially:

  • The default role permissions

  • The permissions of the role used as a parameter

  • The default role permission overwrites

  • The permission overwrites of the role used as a parameter

Changed in version 2.0: The object passed in can now be a role object.

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

obj (Union[Member, Role]) – The object to resolve permissions for. This could be either a member or a role. If it’s a role then member overwrites are not computed.

Returns

The resolved permissions for the member or role.

Return type

Permissions

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the channel.

  • NotFound – The channel was not found or was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the channel failed.

await set_permissions(target, *, overwrite=see - below, reason=None, **permissions)

This function is a coroutine.

Sets the channel specific permission overwrites for a target in the channel.

The target parameter should either be a Member or a Role that belongs to guild.

The overwrite parameter, if given, must either be None or PermissionOverwrite. For convenience, you can pass in keyword arguments denoting Permissions attributes. If this is done, then you cannot mix the keyword arguments with the overwrite parameter.

If the overwrite parameter is None, then the permission overwrites are deleted.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Note

This method replaces the old overwrites with the ones given.

Examples

Setting allow and deny:

await message.channel.set_permissions(message.author, read_messages=True,
                                                      send_messages=False)

Deleting overwrites

await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=None)

Using PermissionOverwrite

overwrite = discord.PermissionOverwrite()
overwrite.send_messages = False
overwrite.read_messages = True
await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=overwrite)

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • target (Union[Member, Role]) – The member or role to overwrite permissions for.

  • overwrite (Optional[PermissionOverwrite]) – The permissions to allow and deny to the target, or None to delete the overwrite.

  • **permissions – A keyword argument list of permissions to set for ease of use. Cannot be mixed with overwrite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit channel specific permissions.

  • HTTPException – Editing channel specific permissions failed.

  • NotFound – The role or member being edited is not part of the guild.

  • TypeError – The overwrite parameter was invalid or the target type was not Role or Member.

  • ValueError – The overwrite parameter and positions parameters were both unset.

await clone(*, name=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Clones this channel. This creates a channel with the same properties as this channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

New in version 1.1.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The name of the new channel. If not provided, defaults to this channel name.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for cloning this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

abc.GuildChannel

await move(**kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A rich interface to help move a channel relative to other channels.

If exact position movement is required, edit should be used instead.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Note

Voice channels will always be sorted below text channels. This is a Discord limitation.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • beginning (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the beginning of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with end, before, and after.

  • end (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the end of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with beginning, before, and after.

  • before (Snowflake) – The channel that should be before our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and after.

  • after (Snowflake) – The channel that should be after our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and before.

  • offset (int) – The number of channels to offset the move by. For example, an offset of 2 with beginning=True would move it 2 after the beginning. A positive number moves it below while a negative number moves it above. Note that this number is relative and computed after the beginning, end, before, and after parameters.

  • category (Optional[Snowflake]) – The category to move this channel under. If None is given then it moves it out of the category. This parameter is ignored if moving a category channel.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync the permissions with the category (if given).

  • reason (str) – The reason for the move.

Raises
  • ValueError – An invalid position was given.

  • TypeError – A bad mix of arguments were passed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to move the channel.

  • HTTPException – Moving the channel failed.

await create_invite(*, reason=None, max_age=0, max_uses=0, temporary=False, unique=True, target_type=None, target_user=None, target_application_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates an instant invite from a text or voice channel.

You must have create_instant_invite to do this.

Parameters
  • max_age (int) – How long the invite should last in seconds. If it’s 0 then the invite doesn’t expire. Defaults to 0.

  • max_uses (int) – How many uses the invite could be used for. If it’s 0 then there are unlimited uses. Defaults to 0.

  • temporary (bool) – Denotes that the invite grants temporary membership (i.e. they get kicked after they disconnect). Defaults to False.

  • unique (bool) – Indicates if a unique invite URL should be created. Defaults to True. If this is set to False then it will return a previously created invite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this invite. Shows up on the audit log.

  • target_type (Optional[InviteTarget]) –

    The type of target for the voice channel invite, if any.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_user (Optional[User]) –

    The user whose stream to display for this invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.stream. The user must be streaming in the channel.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_application_id:

    Optional[int]: The id of the embedded application for the invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.embedded_application.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Invite creation failed.

  • NotFound – The channel that was passed is a category or an invalid channel.

Returns

The invite that was created.

Return type

Invite

await invites()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all active instant invites from this channel.

You must have manage_channels to get this information.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The list of invites that are currently active.

Return type

List[Invite]

Messageable

Methods
class discord.abc.Messageable

An ABC that details the common operations on a model that can send messages.

The following classes implement this ABC:

async with typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

Connectable

Methods
class discord.abc.Connectable

An ABC that details the common operations on a channel that can connect to a voice server.

The following implement this ABC:

await connect(*, timeout=30.0, reconnect=True, cls=<class 'discord.voice_client.VoiceClient'>, self_deaf=False, self_mute=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Connects to voice and creates a VoiceClient to establish your connection to the voice server.

This requires voice_states.

Parameters
  • timeout (float) – The timeout in seconds to wait the connection to complete.

  • reconnect (bool) – Whether the bot should automatically attempt a reconnect if a part of the handshake fails or the gateway goes down.

  • cls (Type[VoiceProtocol]) – A type that subclasses VoiceProtocol to connect with. Defaults to VoiceClient.

  • self_mute (bool) –

    Indicates if the client should be self-muted.

    New in version 2.0.

  • self_deaf (bool) –

    Indicates if the client should be self-deafened.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
Returns

A voice client that is fully connected to the voice server.

Return type

VoiceProtocol

Discord Models

Models are classes that are received from Discord and are not meant to be created by the user of the library.

Danger

The classes listed below are not intended to be created by users and are also read-only.

For example, this means that you should not make your own User instances nor should you modify the User instance yourself.

If you want to get one of these model classes instances they’d have to be through the cache, and a common way of doing so is through the utils.find() function or attributes of model classes that you receive from the events specified in the Event Reference.

Note

Nearly all classes here have __slots__ defined which means that it is impossible to have dynamic attributes to the data classes.

ClientUser

class discord.ClientUser

Represents your Discord user.

x == y

Checks if two users are equal.

x != y

Checks if two users are not equal.

hash(x)

Return the user’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the user’s handle (e.g. name or name#discriminator).

name

The user’s username.

Type

str

id

The user’s unique ID.

Type

int

discriminator

The user’s discriminator. This is a legacy concept that is no longer used.

Type

str

global_name

The user’s global nickname, taking precedence over the username in display.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[str]

bot

Specifies if the user is a bot account.

Type

bool

system

Specifies if the user is a system user (i.e. represents Discord officially).

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

verified

Specifies if the user’s email is verified.

Type

bool

locale

The IETF language tag used to identify the language the user is using.

Type

Optional[str]

mfa_enabled

Specifies if the user has MFA turned on and working.

Type

bool

await edit(*, username=..., avatar=..., banner=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the current profile of the client.

Note

To upload an avatar, a bytes-like object must be passed in that represents the image being uploaded. If this is done through a file then the file must be opened via open('some_filename', 'rb') and the bytes-like object is given through the use of fp.read().

Changed in version 2.0: The edit is no longer in-place, instead the newly edited client user is returned.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • username (str) – The new username you wish to change to.

  • avatar (Optional[bytes]) – A bytes-like object representing the image to upload. Could be None to denote no avatar. Only image formats supported for uploading are JPEG, PNG, GIF, and WEBP.

  • banner (Optional[bytes]) –

    A bytes-like object representing the image to upload. Could be None to denote no banner. Only image formats supported for uploading are JPEG, PNG, GIF and WEBP.

    New in version 2.4.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited client user.

Return type

ClientUser

property mutual_guilds

The guilds that the user shares with the client.

Note

This will only return mutual guilds within the client’s internal cache.

New in version 1.7.

Type

List[Guild]

property accent_color

Returns the user’s accent color, if applicable.

A user’s accent color is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a color.

There is an alias for this named accent_colour.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property accent_colour

Returns the user’s accent colour, if applicable.

A user’s accent colour is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a colour.

There is an alias for this named accent_color.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property avatar

Returns an Asset for the avatar the user has.

If the user has not uploaded a global avatar, None is returned. If you want the avatar that a user has displayed, consider display_avatar.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration

Returns an Asset for the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration_sku_id

Returns the SKU ID of the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[int]

property banner

Returns the user’s banner asset, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Asset]

property color

A property that returns a color denoting the rendered color for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named colour.

Type

Colour

property colour

A property that returns a colour denoting the rendered colour for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named color.

Type

Colour

property created_at

Returns the user’s creation time in UTC.

This is when the user’s Discord account was created.

Type

datetime.datetime

property default_avatar

Returns the default avatar for a given user.

Type

Asset

property display_avatar

Returns the user’s display avatar.

For regular users this is just their default avatar or uploaded avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property display_name

Returns the user’s display name.

For regular users this is just their global name or their username, but if they have a guild specific nickname then that is returned instead.

Type

str

property mention

Returns a string that allows you to mention the given user.

Type

str

mentioned_in(message)

Checks if the user is mentioned in the specified message.

Parameters

message (Message) – The message to check if you’re mentioned in.

Returns

Indicates if the user is mentioned in the message.

Return type

bool

property public_flags

The publicly available flags the user has.

Type

PublicUserFlags

User

class discord.User

Represents a Discord user.

x == y

Checks if two users are equal.

x != y

Checks if two users are not equal.

hash(x)

Return the user’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the user’s handle (e.g. name or name#discriminator).

name

The user’s username.

Type

str

id

The user’s unique ID.

Type

int

discriminator

The user’s discriminator. This is a legacy concept that is no longer used.

Type

str

global_name

The user’s global nickname, taking precedence over the username in display.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[str]

bot

Specifies if the user is a bot account.

Type

bool

system

Specifies if the user is a system user (i.e. represents Discord officially).

Type

bool

async with typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property dm_channel

Returns the channel associated with this user if it exists.

If this returns None, you can create a DM channel by calling the create_dm() coroutine function.

Type

Optional[DMChannel]

property mutual_guilds

The guilds that the user shares with the client.

Note

This will only return mutual guilds within the client’s internal cache.

New in version 1.7.

Type

List[Guild]

property accent_color

Returns the user’s accent color, if applicable.

A user’s accent color is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a color.

There is an alias for this named accent_colour.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property accent_colour

Returns the user’s accent colour, if applicable.

A user’s accent colour is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a colour.

There is an alias for this named accent_color.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property avatar

Returns an Asset for the avatar the user has.

If the user has not uploaded a global avatar, None is returned. If you want the avatar that a user has displayed, consider display_avatar.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration

Returns an Asset for the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration_sku_id

Returns the SKU ID of the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[int]

property banner

Returns the user’s banner asset, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Asset]

property color

A property that returns a color denoting the rendered color for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named colour.

Type

Colour

property colour

A property that returns a colour denoting the rendered colour for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named color.

Type

Colour

await create_dm()

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a DMChannel with this user.

This should be rarely called, as this is done transparently for most people.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

DMChannel

property created_at

Returns the user’s creation time in UTC.

This is when the user’s Discord account was created.

Type

datetime.datetime

property default_avatar

Returns the default avatar for a given user.

Type

Asset

property display_avatar

Returns the user’s display avatar.

For regular users this is just their default avatar or uploaded avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property display_name

Returns the user’s display name.

For regular users this is just their global name or their username, but if they have a guild specific nickname then that is returned instead.

Type

str

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

property mention

Returns a string that allows you to mention the given user.

Type

str

mentioned_in(message)

Checks if the user is mentioned in the specified message.

Parameters

message (Message) – The message to check if you’re mentioned in.

Returns

Indicates if the user is mentioned in the message.

Return type

bool

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

property public_flags

The publicly available flags the user has.

Type

PublicUserFlags

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

AutoMod

class discord.AutoModRule

Represents an auto moderation rule.

New in version 2.0.

id

The ID of the rule.

Type

int

guild

The guild the rule is for.

Type

Guild

name

The name of the rule.

Type

str

creator_id

The ID of the user that created the rule.

Type

int

trigger

The rule’s trigger.

Type

AutoModTrigger

enabled

Whether the rule is enabled.

Type

bool

exempt_role_ids

The IDs of the roles that are exempt from the rule.

Type

Set[int]

exempt_channel_ids

The IDs of the channels that are exempt from the rule.

Type

Set[int]

event_type

The type of event that will trigger the the rule.

Type

AutoModRuleEventType

property creator

The member that created this rule.

Type

Optional[Member]

exempt_roles

The roles that are exempt from this rule.

Type

List[Role]

exempt_channels

The channels that are exempt from this rule.

Type

List[Union[abc.GuildChannel, Thread]]

actions

The actions that are taken when this rule is triggered.

Type

List[AutoModRuleAction]

is_exempt(obj, /)

Check if an object is exempt from the automod rule.

Parameters

obj (abc.Snowflake) – The role, channel, or thread to check.

Returns

Whether the object is exempt from the automod rule.

Return type

bool

await edit(*, name=..., event_type=..., actions=..., trigger=..., enabled=..., exempt_roles=..., exempt_channels=..., reason=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits this auto moderation rule.

You must have Permissions.manage_guild to edit rules.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new name to change to.

  • event_type (AutoModRuleEventType) – The new event type to change to.

  • actions (List[AutoModRuleAction]) – The new rule actions to update.

  • trigger (AutoModTrigger) – The new trigger to update. You can only change the trigger metadata, not the type.

  • enabled (bool) – Whether the rule should be enabled or not.

  • exempt_roles (Sequence[abc.Snowflake]) – The new roles to exempt from the rule.

  • exempt_channels (Sequence[abc.Snowflake]) – The new channels to exempt from the rule.

  • reason (str) – The reason for updating this rule. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
Returns

The updated auto moderation rule.

Return type

AutoModRule

await delete(*, reason=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the auto moderation rule.

You must have Permissions.manage_guild to delete rules.

Parameters

reason (str) – The reason for deleting this rule. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
class discord.AutoModAction

Represents an action that was taken as the result of a moderation rule.

New in version 2.0.

action

The action that was taken.

Type

AutoModRuleAction

message_id

The message ID that triggered the action. This is only available if the action is done on an edited message.

Type

Optional[int]

rule_id

The ID of the rule that was triggered.

Type

int

rule_trigger_type

The trigger type of the rule that was triggered.

Type

AutoModRuleTriggerType

guild_id

The ID of the guild where the rule was triggered.

Type

int

user_id

The ID of the user that triggered the rule.

Type

int

channel_id

The ID of the channel where the rule was triggered.

Type

int

alert_system_message_id

The ID of the system message that was sent to the predefined alert channel.

Type

Optional[int]

content

The content of the message that triggered the rule. Requires the Intents.message_content or it will always return an empty string.

Type

str

matched_keyword

The matched keyword from the triggering message.

Type

Optional[str]

matched_content

The matched content from the triggering message. Requires the Intents.message_content or it will always return None.

Type

Optional[str]

property guild

The guild this action was taken in.

Type

Guild

property channel

The channel this action was taken in.

Type

Optional[Union[abc.GuildChannel, Thread]]

property member

The member this action was taken against /who triggered this rule.

Type

Optional[Member]

await fetch_rule()

This function is a coroutine.

Fetch the rule whose action was taken.

You must have Permissions.manage_guild to do this.

Raises
Returns

The rule that was executed.

Return type

AutoModRule

Attachment

class discord.Attachment

Represents an attachment from Discord.

str(x)

Returns the URL of the attachment.

x == y

Checks if the attachment is equal to another attachment.

x != y

Checks if the attachment is not equal to another attachment.

hash(x)

Returns the hash of the attachment.

Changed in version 1.7: Attachment can now be casted to str and is hashable.

id

The attachment ID.

Type

int

size

The attachment size in bytes.

Type

int

height

The attachment’s height, in pixels. Only applicable to images and videos.

Type

Optional[int]

width

The attachment’s width, in pixels. Only applicable to images and videos.

Type

Optional[int]

filename

The attachment’s filename.

Type

str

url

The attachment URL. If the message this attachment was attached to is deleted, then this will 404.

Type

str

proxy_url

The proxy URL. This is a cached version of the url in the case of images. When the message is deleted, this URL might be valid for a few minutes or not valid at all.

Type

str

content_type

The attachment’s media type

New in version 1.7.

Type

Optional[str]

description

The attachment’s description. Only applicable to images.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

ephemeral

Whether the attachment is ephemeral.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

duration

The duration of the audio file in seconds. Returns None if it’s not a voice message.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[float]

waveform

The waveform (amplitudes) of the audio in bytes. Returns None if it’s not a voice message.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[bytes]

property flags

The attachment’s flags.

Type

AttachmentFlags

is_spoiler()

bool: Whether this attachment contains a spoiler.

is_voice_message()

bool: Whether this attachment is a voice message.

await save(fp, *, seek_begin=True, use_cached=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Saves this attachment into a file-like object.

Parameters
  • fp (Union[io.BufferedIOBase, os.PathLike]) – The file-like object to save this attachment to or the filename to use. If a filename is passed then a file is created with that filename and used instead.

  • seek_begin (bool) – Whether to seek to the beginning of the file after saving is successfully done.

  • use_cached (bool) – Whether to use proxy_url rather than url when downloading the attachment. This will allow attachments to be saved after deletion more often, compared to the regular URL which is generally deleted right after the message is deleted. Note that this can still fail to download deleted attachments if too much time has passed and it does not work on some types of attachments.

Raises
Returns

The number of bytes written.

Return type

int

await read(*, use_cached=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the content of this attachment as a bytes object.

New in version 1.1.

Parameters

use_cached (bool) – Whether to use proxy_url rather than url when downloading the attachment. This will allow attachments to be saved after deletion more often, compared to the regular URL which is generally deleted right after the message is deleted. Note that this can still fail to download deleted attachments if too much time has passed and it does not work on some types of attachments.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Downloading the attachment failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to access this attachment

  • NotFound – The attachment was deleted.

Returns

The contents of the attachment.

Return type

bytes

await to_file(*, filename=..., description=..., use_cached=False, spoiler=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Converts the attachment into a File suitable for sending via abc.Messageable.send().

New in version 1.3.

Parameters
  • filename (Optional[str]) –

    The filename to use for the file. If not specified then the filename of the attachment is used instead.

    New in version 2.0.

  • description (Optional[str]) –

    The description to use for the file. If not specified then the description of the attachment is used instead.

    New in version 2.0.

  • use_cached (bool) –

    Whether to use proxy_url rather than url when downloading the attachment. This will allow attachments to be saved after deletion more often, compared to the regular URL which is generally deleted right after the message is deleted. Note that this can still fail to download deleted attachments if too much time has passed and it does not work on some types of attachments.

    New in version 1.4.

  • spoiler (bool) –

    Whether the file is a spoiler.

    New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Downloading the attachment failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to access this attachment

  • NotFound – The attachment was deleted.

Returns

The attachment as a file suitable for sending.

Return type

File

Asset

Attributes
class discord.Asset

Represents a CDN asset on Discord.

str(x)

Returns the URL of the CDN asset.

len(x)

Returns the length of the CDN asset’s URL.

x == y

Checks if the asset is equal to another asset.

x != y

Checks if the asset is not equal to another asset.

hash(x)

Returns the hash of the asset.

property url

Returns the underlying URL of the asset.

Type

str

property key

Returns the identifying key of the asset.

Type

str

is_animated()

bool: Returns whether the asset is animated.

replace(*, size=..., format=..., static_format=...)

Returns a new asset with the passed components replaced.

Changed in version 2.0: static_format is now preferred over format if both are present and the asset is not animated.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • size (int) – The new size of the asset.

  • format (str) – The new format to change it to. Must be either ‘webp’, ‘jpeg’, ‘jpg’, ‘png’, or ‘gif’ if it’s animated.

  • static_format (str) – The new format to change it to if the asset isn’t animated. Must be either ‘webp’, ‘jpeg’, ‘jpg’, or ‘png’.

Raises

ValueError – An invalid size or format was passed.

Returns

The newly updated asset.

Return type

Asset

with_size(size, /)

Returns a new asset with the specified size.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

size (int) – The new size of the asset.

Raises

ValueError – The asset had an invalid size.

Returns

The new updated asset.

Return type

Asset

with_format(format, /)

Returns a new asset with the specified format.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

format (str) – The new format of the asset.

Raises

ValueError – The asset had an invalid format.

Returns

The new updated asset.

Return type

Asset

with_static_format(format, /)

Returns a new asset with the specified static format.

This only changes the format if the underlying asset is not animated. Otherwise, the asset is not changed.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

format (str) – The new static format of the asset.

Raises

ValueError – The asset had an invalid format.

Returns

The new updated asset.

Return type

Asset

await read()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the content of this asset as a bytes object.

Raises
Returns

The content of the asset.

Return type

bytes

await save(fp, *, seek_begin=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Saves this asset into a file-like object.

Parameters
  • fp (Union[io.BufferedIOBase, os.PathLike]) – The file-like object to save this asset to or the filename to use. If a filename is passed then a file is created with that filename and used instead.

  • seek_begin (bool) – Whether to seek to the beginning of the file after saving is successfully done.

Raises
Returns

The number of bytes written.

Return type

int

await to_file(*, filename=..., description=None, spoiler=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Converts the asset into a File suitable for sending via abc.Messageable.send().

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • filename (Optional[str]) – The filename of the file. If not provided, then the filename from the asset’s URL is used.

  • description (Optional[str]) – The description for the file.

  • spoiler (bool) – Whether the file is a spoiler.

Raises
Returns

The asset as a file suitable for sending.

Return type

File

Message

class discord.Message

Represents a message from Discord.

x == y

Checks if two messages are equal.

x != y

Checks if two messages are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the message’s hash.

tts

Specifies if the message was done with text-to-speech. This can only be accurately received in on_message() due to a discord limitation.

Type

bool

type

The type of message. In most cases this should not be checked, but it is helpful in cases where it might be a system message for system_content.

Type

MessageType

author

A Member that sent the message. If channel is a private channel or the user has the left the guild, then it is a User instead.

Type

Union[Member, abc.User]

content

The actual contents of the message. If Intents.message_content is not enabled this will always be an empty string unless the bot is mentioned or the message is a direct message.

Type

str

nonce

The value used by the discord guild and the client to verify that the message is successfully sent. This is not stored long term within Discord’s servers and is only used ephemerally.

Type

Optional[Union[str, int]]

embeds

A list of embeds the message has. If Intents.message_content is not enabled this will always be an empty list unless the bot is mentioned or the message is a direct message.

Type

List[Embed]

channel

The TextChannel or Thread that the message was sent from. Could be a DMChannel or GroupChannel if it’s a private message.

Type

Union[TextChannel, StageChannel, VoiceChannel, Thread, DMChannel, GroupChannel, PartialMessageable]

reference

The message that this message references. This is only applicable to messages of type MessageType.pins_add, crossposted messages created by a followed channel integration, or message replies.

New in version 1.5.

Type

Optional[MessageReference]

mention_everyone

Specifies if the message mentions everyone.

Note

This does not check if the @everyone or the @here text is in the message itself. Rather this boolean indicates if either the @everyone or the @here text is in the message and it did end up mentioning.

Type

bool

mentions

A list of Member that were mentioned. If the message is in a private message then the list will be of User instead. For messages that are not of type MessageType.default, this array can be used to aid in system messages. For more information, see system_content.

Warning

The order of the mentions list is not in any particular order so you should not rely on it. This is a Discord limitation, not one with the library.

Type

List[abc.User]

channel_mentions

A list of abc.GuildChannel or Thread that were mentioned. If the message is in a private message then the list is always empty.

Type

List[Union[abc.GuildChannel, Thread]]

role_mentions

A list of Role that were mentioned. If the message is in a private message then the list is always empty.

Type

List[Role]

id

The message ID.

Type

int

webhook_id

If this message was sent by a webhook, then this is the webhook ID’s that sent this message.

Type

Optional[int]

attachments

A list of attachments given to a message. If Intents.message_content is not enabled this will always be an empty list unless the bot is mentioned or the message is a direct message.

Type

List[Attachment]

pinned

Specifies if the message is currently pinned.

Type

bool

flags

Extra features of the message.

New in version 1.3.

Type

MessageFlags

reactions

Reactions to a message. Reactions can be either custom emoji or standard unicode emoji.

Type

List[Reaction]

activity

The activity associated with this message. Sent with Rich-Presence related messages that for example, request joining, spectating, or listening to or with another member.

It is a dictionary with the following optional keys:

  • type: An integer denoting the type of message activity being requested.

  • party_id: The party ID associated with the party.

Type

Optional[dict]

application

The rich presence enabled application associated with this message.

Changed in version 2.0: Type is now MessageApplication instead of dict.

Type

Optional[MessageApplication]

stickers

A list of sticker items given to the message.

New in version 1.6.

Type

List[StickerItem]

components

A list of components in the message. If Intents.message_content is not enabled this will always be an empty list unless the bot is mentioned or the message is a direct message.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[Union[ActionRow, Button, SelectMenu]]

interaction

The interaction that this message is a response to.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[MessageInteraction]

role_subscription

The data of the role subscription purchase or renewal that prompted this MessageType.role_subscription_purchase message.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[RoleSubscriptionInfo]

application_id

The application ID of the application that created this message if this message was sent by an application-owned webhook or an interaction.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[int]

position

A generally increasing integer with potentially gaps or duplicates that represents the approximate position of the message in a thread.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[int]

guild

The guild that the message belongs to, if applicable.

Type

Optional[Guild]

await add_reaction(emoji, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Adds a reaction to the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

You must have read_message_history to do this. If nobody else has reacted to the message using this emoji, add_reactions is required.

Changed in version 2.0: emoji parameter is now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

emoji (Union[Emoji, Reaction, PartialEmoji, str]) – The emoji to react with.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Adding the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to react to the message.

  • NotFound – The emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await clear_reaction(emoji)

This function is a coroutine.

Clears a specific reaction from the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

New in version 1.3.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

emoji (Union[Emoji, Reaction, PartialEmoji, str]) – The emoji to clear.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Clearing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to clear the reaction.

  • NotFound – The emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await clear_reactions()

This function is a coroutine.

Removes all the reactions from the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Removing the reactions failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to remove all the reactions.

await create_thread(*, name, auto_archive_duration=..., slowmode_delay=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a public thread from this message.

You must have create_public_threads in order to create a public thread from a message.

The channel this message belongs in must be a TextChannel.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the thread.

  • auto_archive_duration (int) –

    The duration in minutes before a thread is automatically hidden from the channel list. If not provided, the channel’s default auto archive duration is used.

    Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080, if provided.

  • slowmode_delay (Optional[int]) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. The maximum value possible is 21600. By default no slowmode rate limit if this is None.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating a new thread. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a thread.

  • HTTPException – Creating the thread failed.

  • ValueError – This message does not have guild info attached.

Returns

The created thread.

Return type

Thread

await delete(*, delay=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the message.

Your own messages could be deleted without any proper permissions. However to delete other people’s messages, you must have manage_messages.

Changed in version 1.1: Added the new delay keyword-only parameter.

Parameters

delay (Optional[float]) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message. If the deletion fails then it is silently ignored.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the message.

  • NotFound – The message was deleted already

  • HTTPException – Deleting the message failed.

await fetch()

This function is a coroutine.

Fetches the partial message to a full Message.

Raises
  • NotFound – The message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The full message.

Return type

Message

await fetch_thread()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the public thread attached to this message.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider thread instead.

New in version 2.4.

Raises
  • InvalidData – An unknown channel type was received from Discord or the guild the thread belongs to is not the same as the one in this object points to.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the thread failed.

  • NotFound – There is no thread attached to this message.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to fetch this channel.

Returns

The public thread attached to this message.

Return type

Thread

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to this message.

Type

str

await pin(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Pins the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this in a non-private channel context.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) –

The reason for pinning the message. Shows up on the audit log.

New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to pin the message.

  • NotFound – The message or channel was not found or deleted.

  • HTTPException – Pinning the message failed, probably due to the channel having more than 50 pinned messages.

await publish()

This function is a coroutine.

Publishes this message to the channel’s followers.

The message must have been sent in a news channel. You must have send_messages to do this.

If the message is not your own then manage_messages is also needed.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to publish this message or the channel is not a news channel.

  • HTTPException – Publishing the message failed.

raw_mentions

A property that returns an array of user IDs matched with the syntax of <@user_id> in the message content.

This allows you to receive the user IDs of mentioned users even in a private message context.

Type

List[int]

await remove_reaction(emoji, member)

This function is a coroutine.

Remove a reaction by the member from the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

If the reaction is not your own (i.e. member parameter is not you) then manage_messages is needed.

The member parameter must represent a member and meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
Raises
  • HTTPException – Removing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to remove the reaction.

  • NotFound – The member or emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await reply(content=None, **kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A shortcut method to abc.Messageable.send() to reply to the Message.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Sending the message failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to send the message.

  • ValueError – The files list is not of the appropriate size

  • TypeError – You specified both file and files.

Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

to_reference(*, fail_if_not_exists=True)

Creates a MessageReference from the current message.

New in version 1.6.

Parameters

fail_if_not_exists (bool) –

Whether replying using the message reference should raise HTTPException if the message no longer exists or Discord could not fetch the message.

New in version 1.7.

Returns

The reference to this message.

Return type

MessageReference

await unpin(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Unpins the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this in a non-private channel context.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) –

The reason for unpinning the message. Shows up on the audit log.

New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to unpin the message.

  • NotFound – The message or channel was not found or deleted.

  • HTTPException – Unpinning the message failed.

raw_channel_mentions

A property that returns an array of channel IDs matched with the syntax of <#channel_id> in the message content.

Type

List[int]

raw_role_mentions

A property that returns an array of role IDs matched with the syntax of <@&role_id> in the message content.

Type

List[int]

clean_content

A property that returns the content in a “cleaned up” manner. This basically means that mentions are transformed into the way the client shows it. e.g. <#id> will transform into #name.

This will also transform @everyone and @here mentions into non-mentions.

Note

This does not affect markdown. If you want to escape or remove markdown then use utils.escape_markdown() or utils.remove_markdown() respectively, along with this function.

Type

str

property created_at

The message’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property edited_at

An aware UTC datetime object containing the edited time of the message.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

property thread

The public thread created from this message, if it exists.

Note

For messages received via the gateway this does not retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal cache. Use fetch_thread() instead.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Thread]

is_system()

bool: Whether the message is a system message.

A system message is a message that is constructed entirely by the Discord API in response to something.

New in version 1.3.

system_content

A property that returns the content that is rendered regardless of the Message.type.

In the case of MessageType.default and MessageType.reply, this just returns the regular Message.content. Otherwise this returns an English message denoting the contents of the system message.

Type

str

await edit(*, content=..., embed=..., embeds=..., attachments=..., suppress=False, delete_after=None, allowed_mentions=..., view=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the message.

The content must be able to be transformed into a string via str(content).

Changed in version 1.3: The suppress keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.0: Edits are no longer in-place, the newly edited message is returned instead.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The new content to replace the message with. Could be None to remove the content.

  • embed (Optional[Embed]) – The new embed to replace the original with. Could be None to remove the embed.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    The new embeds to replace the original with. Must be a maximum of 10. To remove all embeds [] should be passed.

    New in version 2.0.

  • attachments (List[Union[Attachment, File]]) –

    A list of attachments to keep in the message as well as new files to upload. If [] is passed then all attachments are removed.

    Note

    New files will always appear after current attachments.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress (bool) – Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This removes all the embeds if set to True. If set to False this brings the embeds back if they were suppressed. Using this parameter requires manage_messages.

  • delete_after (Optional[float]) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just edited. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (Optional[AllowedMentions]) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • view (Optional[View]) – The updated view to update this message with. If None is passed then the view is removed.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Tried to suppress a message without permissions or edited a message’s content or embed that isn’t yours.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds

Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

Message

await add_files(*files)

This function is a coroutine.

Adds new files to the end of the message attachments.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

*files (File) – New files to add to the message.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

Message

await remove_attachments(*attachments)

This function is a coroutine.

Removes attachments from the message.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

*attachments (Attachment) – Attachments to remove from the message.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

Message

DeletedReferencedMessage

Attributes
class discord.DeletedReferencedMessage

A special sentinel type given when the resolved message reference points to a deleted message.

The purpose of this class is to separate referenced messages that could not be fetched and those that were previously fetched but have since been deleted.

New in version 1.6.

property id

The message ID of the deleted referenced message.

Type

int

property channel_id

The channel ID of the deleted referenced message.

Type

int

property guild_id

The guild ID of the deleted referenced message.

Type

Optional[int]

Reaction

class discord.Reaction

Represents a reaction to a message.

Depending on the way this object was created, some of the attributes can have a value of None.

x == y

Checks if two reactions are equal. This works by checking if the emoji is the same. So two messages with the same reaction will be considered “equal”.

x != y

Checks if two reactions are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the reaction’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the string form of the reaction’s emoji.

emoji

The reaction emoji. May be a custom emoji, or a unicode emoji.

Type

Union[Emoji, PartialEmoji, str]

count

Number of times this reaction was made. This is a sum of normal_count and burst_count.

Type

int

me

If the user sent this reaction.

Type

bool

message

Message this reaction is for.

Type

Message

me_burst

If the user sent this super reaction.

New in version 2.4.

Type

bool

normal_count

The number of times this reaction was made using normal reactions. This is not available in the gateway events such as on_reaction_add() or on_reaction_remove().

New in version 2.4.

Type

int

burst_count

The number of times this reaction was made using super reactions. This is not available in the gateway events such as on_reaction_add() or on_reaction_remove().

New in version 2.4.

Type

int

is_custom_emoji()

bool: If this is a custom emoji.

await remove(user)

This function is a coroutine.

Remove the reaction by the provided User from the message.

If the reaction is not your own (i.e. user parameter is not you) then manage_messages is needed.

The user parameter must represent a user or member and meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

Parameters

user (abc.Snowflake) – The user or member from which to remove the reaction.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Removing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to remove the reaction.

  • NotFound – The user you specified, or the reaction’s message was not found.

await clear()

This function is a coroutine.

Clears this reaction from the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

New in version 1.3.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Clearing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to clear the reaction.

  • NotFound – The emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

async for ... in users(*, limit=None, after=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator representing the users that have reacted to the message.

The after parameter must represent a member and meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

Changed in version 2.0: limit and after parameters are now keyword-only.

Examples

Usage

# I do not actually recommend doing this.
async for user in reaction.users():
    await channel.send(f'{user} has reacted with {reaction.emoji}!')

Flattening into a list:

users = [user async for user in reaction.users()]
# users is now a list of User...
winner = random.choice(users)
await channel.send(f'{winner} has won the raffle.')
Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The maximum number of results to return. If not provided, returns all the users who reacted to the message.

  • after (Optional[abc.Snowflake]) – For pagination, reactions are sorted by member.

Raises

HTTPException – Getting the users for the reaction failed.

Yields

Union[User, Member] – The member (if retrievable) or the user that has reacted to this message. The case where it can be a Member is in a guild message context. Sometimes it can be a User if the member has left the guild.

Guild

class discord.Guild

Represents a Discord guild.

This is referred to as a “server” in the official Discord UI.

x == y

Checks if two guilds are equal.

x != y

Checks if two guilds are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the guild’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the guild’s name.

name

The guild name.

Type

str

emojis

All emojis that the guild owns.

Type

Tuple[Emoji, …]

stickers

All stickers that the guild owns.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Tuple[GuildSticker, …]

afk_timeout

The number of seconds until someone is moved to the AFK channel.

Type

int

id

The guild’s ID.

Type

int

owner_id

The guild owner’s ID. Use Guild.owner instead.

Type

int

unavailable

Indicates if the guild is unavailable. If this is True then the reliability of other attributes outside of Guild.id is slim and they might all be None. It is best to not do anything with the guild if it is unavailable.

Check the on_guild_unavailable() and on_guild_available() events.

Type

bool

max_presences

The maximum amount of presences for the guild.

Type

Optional[int]

max_members

The maximum amount of members for the guild.

Note

This attribute is only available via Client.fetch_guild().

Type

Optional[int]

max_video_channel_users

The maximum amount of users in a video channel.

New in version 1.4.

Type

Optional[int]

description

The guild’s description.

Type

Optional[str]

verification_level

The guild’s verification level.

Type

VerificationLevel

vanity_url_code

The guild’s vanity url code, if any

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

explicit_content_filter

The guild’s explicit content filter.

Type

ContentFilter

default_notifications

The guild’s notification settings.

Type

NotificationLevel

features

A list of features that the guild has. The features that a guild can have are subject to arbitrary change by Discord. A list of guild features can be found in the Discord documentation.

Type

List[str]

premium_tier

The premium tier for this guild. Corresponds to “Nitro Server” in the official UI. The number goes from 0 to 3 inclusive.

Type

int

premium_subscription_count

The number of “boosts” this guild currently has.

Type

int

preferred_locale

The preferred locale for the guild. Used when filtering Server Discovery results to a specific language.

Changed in version 2.0: This field is now an enum instead of a str.

Type

Locale

nsfw_level

The guild’s NSFW level.

New in version 2.0.

Type

NSFWLevel

mfa_level

The guild’s Multi-Factor Authentication requirement level.

Changed in version 2.0: This field is now an enum instead of an int.

Type

MFALevel

approximate_member_count

The approximate number of members in the guild. This is None unless the guild is obtained using Client.fetch_guild() or Client.fetch_guilds() with with_counts=True.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[int]

approximate_presence_count

The approximate number of members currently active in the guild. Offline members are excluded. This is None unless the guild is obtained using Client.fetch_guild() or Client.fetch_guilds() with with_counts=True.

Changed in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[int]

premium_progress_bar_enabled

Indicates if the guild has premium AKA server boost level progress bar enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

widget_enabled

Indicates if the guild has widget enabled.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

max_stage_video_users

The maximum amount of users in a stage video channel.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[int]

property channels

A list of channels that belongs to this guild.

Type

Sequence[abc.GuildChannel]

property threads

A list of threads that you have permission to view.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Sequence[Thread]

property large

Indicates if the guild is a ‘large’ guild.

A large guild is defined as having more than large_threshold count members, which for this library is set to the maximum of 250.

Type

bool

property voice_channels

A list of voice channels that belongs to this guild.

This is sorted by the position and are in UI order from top to bottom.

Type

List[VoiceChannel]

property stage_channels

A list of stage channels that belongs to this guild.

New in version 1.7.

This is sorted by the position and are in UI order from top to bottom.

Type

List[StageChannel]

property me

Similar to Client.user except an instance of Member. This is essentially used to get the member version of yourself.

Type

Member

property voice_client

Returns the VoiceProtocol associated with this guild, if any.

Type

Optional[VoiceProtocol]

property text_channels

A list of text channels that belongs to this guild.

This is sorted by the position and are in UI order from top to bottom.

Type

List[TextChannel]

property categories

A list of categories that belongs to this guild.

This is sorted by the position and are in UI order from top to bottom.

Type

List[CategoryChannel]

property forums

A list of forum channels that belongs to this guild.

This is sorted by the position and are in UI order from top to bottom.

Type

List[ForumChannel]

by_category()

Returns every CategoryChannel and their associated channels.

These channels and categories are sorted in the official Discord UI order.

If the channels do not have a category, then the first element of the tuple is None.

Returns

The categories and their associated channels.

Return type

List[Tuple[Optional[CategoryChannel], List[abc.GuildChannel]]]

get_channel_or_thread(channel_id, /)

Returns a channel or thread with the given ID.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

channel_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The returned channel or thread or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Union[Thread, abc.GuildChannel]]

get_channel(channel_id, /)

Returns a channel with the given ID.

Note

This does not search for threads.

Changed in version 2.0: channel_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

channel_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The returned channel or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[abc.GuildChannel]

get_thread(thread_id, /)

Returns a thread with the given ID.

Note

This does not always retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal cache. Use fetch_channel() instead.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

thread_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The returned thread or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Thread]

get_emoji(emoji_id, /)

Returns an emoji with the given ID.

New in version 2.3.

Parameters

emoji_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The returned Emoji or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Emoji]

property afk_channel

The channel that denotes the AFK channel.

If no channel is set, then this returns None.

Type

Optional[Union[VoiceChannel, StageChannel]]

property system_channel

Returns the guild’s channel used for system messages.

If no channel is set, then this returns None.

Type

Optional[TextChannel]

property system_channel_flags

Returns the guild’s system channel settings.

Type

SystemChannelFlags

property rules_channel

Return’s the guild’s channel used for the rules. The guild must be a Community guild.

If no channel is set, then this returns None.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[TextChannel]

property public_updates_channel

Return’s the guild’s channel where admins and moderators of the guilds receive notices from Discord. The guild must be a Community guild.

If no channel is set, then this returns None.

New in version 1.4.

Type

Optional[TextChannel]

property safety_alerts_channel

Return’s the guild’s channel used for safety alerts, if set.

For example, this is used for the raid protection setting. The guild must have the COMMUNITY feature.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[TextChannel]

property widget_channel

Returns the widget channel of the guild.

If no channel is set, then this returns None.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[Union[TextChannel, ForumChannel, VoiceChannel, StageChannel]]

property emoji_limit

The maximum number of emoji slots this guild has.

Type

int

property sticker_limit

The maximum number of sticker slots this guild has.

New in version 2.0.

Type

int

property bitrate_limit

The maximum bitrate for voice channels this guild can have.

Type

float

property filesize_limit

The maximum number of bytes files can have when uploaded to this guild.

Type

int

property members

A list of members that belong to this guild.

Type

Sequence[Member]

get_member(user_id, /)

Returns a member with the given ID.

Changed in version 2.0: user_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

user_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The member or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Member]

property premium_subscribers

A list of members who have “boosted” this guild.

Type

List[Member]

property roles

Returns a sequence of the guild’s roles in hierarchy order.

The first element of this sequence will be the lowest role in the hierarchy.

Type

Sequence[Role]

get_role(role_id, /)

Returns a role with the given ID.

Changed in version 2.0: role_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

role_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The role or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Role]

property default_role

Gets the @everyone role that all members have by default.

Type

Role

property premium_subscriber_role

Gets the premium subscriber role, AKA “boost” role, in this guild.

New in version 1.6.

Type

Optional[Role]

property self_role

Gets the role associated with this client’s user, if any.

New in version 1.6.

Type

Optional[Role]

property stage_instances

Returns a sequence of the guild’s stage instances that are currently running.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Sequence[StageInstance]

get_stage_instance(stage_instance_id, /)

Returns a stage instance with the given ID.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

stage_instance_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The stage instance or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[StageInstance]

property scheduled_events

Returns a sequence of the guild’s scheduled events.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Sequence[ScheduledEvent]

get_scheduled_event(scheduled_event_id, /)

Returns a scheduled event with the given ID.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

scheduled_event_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The scheduled event or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[ScheduledEvent]

property owner

The member that owns the guild.

Type

Optional[Member]

property icon

Returns the guild’s icon asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property banner

Returns the guild’s banner asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property splash

Returns the guild’s invite splash asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property discovery_splash

Returns the guild’s discovery splash asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property member_count

Returns the member count if available.

Warning

Due to a Discord limitation, in order for this attribute to remain up-to-date and accurate, it requires Intents.members to be specified.

Changed in version 2.0: Now returns an Optional[int].

Type

Optional[int]

property chunked

Returns a boolean indicating if the guild is “chunked”.

A chunked guild means that member_count is equal to the number of members stored in the internal members cache.

If this value returns False, then you should request for offline members.

Type

bool

property shard_id

Returns the shard ID for this guild if applicable.

Type

int

property created_at

Returns the guild’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

get_member_named(name, /)

Returns the first member found that matches the name provided.

The name is looked up in the following order:

  • Username#Discriminator (deprecated)

  • Username#0 (deprecated, only gets users that migrated from their discriminator)

  • Nickname

  • Global name

  • Username

If no member is found, None is returned.

Changed in version 2.0: name parameter is now positional-only.

Deprecated since version 2.3: Looking up users via discriminator due to Discord API change.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the member to lookup.

Returns

The member in this guild with the associated name. If not found then None is returned.

Return type

Optional[Member]

await create_text_channel(name, *, reason=None, category=None, news=False, position=..., topic=..., slowmode_delay=..., nsfw=..., overwrites=..., default_auto_archive_duration=..., default_thread_slowmode_delay=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a TextChannel for the guild.

Note that you must have manage_channels to create the channel.

The overwrites parameter can be used to create a ‘secret’ channel upon creation. This parameter expects a dict of overwrites with the target (either a Member or a Role) as the key and a PermissionOverwrite as the value.

Note

Creating a channel of a specified position will not update the position of other channels to follow suit. A follow-up call to edit() will be required to update the position of the channel in the channel list.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Examples

Creating a basic channel:

channel = await guild.create_text_channel('cool-channel')

Creating a “secret” channel:

overwrites = {
    guild.default_role: discord.PermissionOverwrite(read_messages=False),
    guild.me: discord.PermissionOverwrite(read_messages=True)
}

channel = await guild.create_text_channel('secret', overwrites=overwrites)
Parameters
  • name (str) – The channel’s name.

  • overwrites (Dict[Union[Role, Member], PermissionOverwrite]) – A dict of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply upon creation of a channel. Useful for creating secret channels.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The category to place the newly created channel under. The permissions will be automatically synced to category if no overwrites are provided.

  • position (int) – The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

  • topic (str) – The new channel’s topic.

  • slowmode_delay (int) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. The maximum value possible is 21600.

  • nsfw (bool) – To mark the channel as NSFW or not.

  • news (bool) –

    Whether to create the text channel as a news channel.

    New in version 2.0.

  • default_auto_archive_duration (int) –

    The default auto archive duration for threads created in the text channel (in minutes). Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080.

    New in version 2.0.

  • default_thread_slowmode_delay (int) –

    The default slowmode delay in seconds for threads created in the text channel.

    New in version 2.3.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

TextChannel

await create_voice_channel(name, *, reason=None, category=None, position=..., bitrate=..., user_limit=..., rtc_region=..., video_quality_mode=..., overwrites=...)

This function is a coroutine.

This is similar to create_text_channel() except makes a VoiceChannel instead.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The channel’s name.

  • overwrites (Dict[Union[Role, Member], PermissionOverwrite]) – A dict of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply upon creation of a channel. Useful for creating secret channels.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The category to place the newly created channel under. The permissions will be automatically synced to category if no overwrites are provided.

  • position (int) – The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

  • bitrate (int) – The channel’s preferred audio bitrate in bits per second.

  • user_limit (int) – The channel’s limit for number of members that can be in a voice channel.

  • rtc_region (Optional[str]) –

    The region for the voice channel’s voice communication. A value of None indicates automatic voice region detection.

    New in version 1.7.

  • video_quality_mode (VideoQualityMode) –

    The camera video quality for the voice channel’s participants.

    New in version 2.0.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

VoiceChannel

await create_stage_channel(name, *, reason=None, category=None, position=..., bitrate=..., user_limit=..., rtc_region=..., video_quality_mode=..., overwrites=...)

This function is a coroutine.

This is similar to create_text_channel() except makes a StageChannel instead.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The channel’s name.

  • overwrites (Dict[Union[Role, Member], PermissionOverwrite]) – A dict of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply upon creation of a channel. Useful for creating secret channels.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The category to place the newly created channel under. The permissions will be automatically synced to category if no overwrites are provided.

  • position (int) – The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

  • bitrate (int) –

    The channel’s preferred audio bitrate in bits per second.

    New in version 2.2.

  • user_limit (int) –

    The channel’s limit for number of members that can be in a voice channel.

    New in version 2.2.

  • rtc_region (Optional[str]) –

    The region for the voice channel’s voice communication. A value of None indicates automatic voice region detection.

    New in version 2.2.

  • video_quality_mode (VideoQualityMode) –

    The camera video quality for the voice channel’s participants.

    New in version 2.2.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

StageChannel

await create_category(name, *, overwrites=..., reason=None, position=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Same as create_text_channel() except makes a CategoryChannel instead.

Note

The category parameter is not supported in this function since categories cannot have categories.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

CategoryChannel

await create_category_channel(name, *, overwrites=..., reason=None, position=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Same as create_text_channel() except makes a CategoryChannel instead.

Note

The category parameter is not supported in this function since categories cannot have categories.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

CategoryChannel

await create_forum(name, *, topic=..., position=..., category=None, slowmode_delay=..., nsfw=..., overwrites=..., reason=None, default_auto_archive_duration=..., default_thread_slowmode_delay=..., default_sort_order=..., default_reaction_emoji=..., default_layout=..., available_tags=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Similar to create_text_channel() except makes a ForumChannel instead.

The overwrites parameter can be used to create a ‘secret’ channel upon creation. This parameter expects a dict of overwrites with the target (either a Member or a Role) as the key and a PermissionOverwrite as the value.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The channel’s name.

  • overwrites (Dict[Union[Role, Member], PermissionOverwrite]) – A dict of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply upon creation of a channel. Useful for creating secret channels.

  • topic (str) – The channel’s topic.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The category to place the newly created channel under. The permissions will be automatically synced to category if no overwrites are provided.

  • position (int) – The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

  • nsfw (bool) – To mark the channel as NSFW or not.

  • slowmode_delay (int) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for users in this channel, in seconds. The maximum possible value is 21600.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this channel. Shows up in the audit log.

  • default_auto_archive_duration (int) – The default auto archive duration for threads created in the forum channel (in minutes). Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080.

  • default_thread_slowmode_delay (int) –

    The default slowmode delay in seconds for threads created in this forum.

    New in version 2.1.

  • default_sort_order (ForumOrderType) –

    The default sort order for posts in this forum channel.

    New in version 2.3.

  • default_reaction_emoji (Union[Emoji, PartialEmoji, str]) –

    The default reaction emoji for threads created in this forum to show in the add reaction button.

    New in version 2.3.

  • default_layout (ForumLayoutType) –

    The default layout for posts in this forum.

    New in version 2.3.

  • available_tags (Sequence[ForumTag]) –

    The available tags for this forum channel.

    New in version 2.1.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

ForumChannel

await leave()

This function is a coroutine.

Leaves the guild.

Note

You cannot leave the guild that you own, you must delete it instead via delete().

Raises

HTTPException – Leaving the guild failed.

await delete()

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the guild. You must be the guild owner to delete the guild.

Raises
await edit(*, reason=..., name=..., description=..., icon=..., banner=..., splash=..., discovery_splash=..., community=..., afk_channel=..., owner=..., afk_timeout=..., default_notifications=..., verification_level=..., explicit_content_filter=..., vanity_code=..., system_channel=..., system_channel_flags=..., preferred_locale=..., rules_channel=..., public_updates_channel=..., premium_progress_bar_enabled=..., discoverable=..., invites_disabled=..., widget_enabled=..., widget_channel=..., mfa_level=..., raid_alerts_disabled=..., safety_alerts_channel=..., invites_disabled_until=..., dms_disabled_until=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the guild.

You must have manage_guild to edit the guild.

Changed in version 2.0: The newly updated guild is returned.

Changed in version 2.0: The region keyword parameter has been removed.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new name of the guild.

  • description (Optional[str]) – The new description of the guild. Could be None for no description. This is only available to guilds that contain COMMUNITY in Guild.features.

  • icon (bytes) – A bytes-like object representing the icon. Only PNG/JPEG is supported. GIF is only available to guilds that contain ANIMATED_ICON in Guild.features. Could be None to denote removal of the icon.

  • banner (bytes) – A bytes-like object representing the banner. Could be None to denote removal of the banner. This is only available to guilds that contain BANNER in Guild.features.

  • splash (bytes) – A bytes-like object representing the invite splash. Only PNG/JPEG supported. Could be None to denote removing the splash. This is only available to guilds that contain INVITE_SPLASH in Guild.features.

  • discovery_splash (bytes) –

    A bytes-like object representing the discovery splash. Only PNG/JPEG supported. Could be None to denote removing the splash. This is only available to guilds that contain DISCOVERABLE in Guild.features.

    New in version 2.0.

  • community (bool) –

    Whether the guild should be a Community guild. If set to True, both rules_channel and public_updates_channel parameters are required.

    New in version 2.0.

  • afk_channel (Optional[VoiceChannel]) – The new channel that is the AFK channel. Could be None for no AFK channel.

  • afk_timeout (int) – The number of seconds until someone is moved to the AFK channel.

  • owner (Member) – The new owner of the guild to transfer ownership to. Note that you must be owner of the guild to do this.

  • verification_level (VerificationLevel) – The new verification level for the guild.

  • default_notifications (NotificationLevel) – The new default notification level for the guild.

  • explicit_content_filter (ContentFilter) – The new explicit content filter for the guild.

  • vanity_code (str) – The new vanity code for the guild.

  • system_channel (Optional[TextChannel]) – The new channel that is used for the system channel. Could be None for no system channel.

  • system_channel_flags (SystemChannelFlags) – The new system channel settings to use with the new system channel.

  • preferred_locale (Locale) –

    The new preferred locale for the guild. Used as the primary language in the guild.

    Changed in version 2.0: Now accepts an enum instead of str.

  • rules_channel (Optional[TextChannel]) –

    The new channel that is used for rules. This is only available to guilds that contain COMMUNITY in Guild.features. Could be None for no rules channel.

    New in version 1.4.

  • public_updates_channel (Optional[TextChannel]) –

    The new channel that is used for public updates from Discord. This is only available to guilds that contain COMMUNITY in Guild.features. Could be None for no public updates channel.

    New in version 1.4.

  • premium_progress_bar_enabled (bool) –

    Whether the premium AKA server boost level progress bar should be enabled for the guild.

    New in version 2.0.

  • discoverable (bool) –

    Whether server discovery is enabled for this guild.

    New in version 2.1.

  • invites_disabled (bool) –

    Whether joining via invites should be disabled for the guild.

    New in version 2.1.

  • widget_enabled (bool) –

    Whether to enable the widget for the guild.

    New in version 2.3.

  • widget_channel (Optional[abc.Snowflake]) –

    The new widget channel. None removes the widget channel.

    New in version 2.3.

  • mfa_level (MFALevel) –

    The new guild’s Multi-Factor Authentication requirement level. Note that you must be owner of the guild to do this.

    New in version 2.3.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this guild. Shows up on the audit log.

  • raid_alerts_disabled (bool) –

    Whether the alerts for raid protection should be disabled for the guild.

    New in version 2.3.

  • safety_alerts_channel (Optional[TextChannel]) –

    The new channel that is used for safety alerts. This is only available to guilds that contain COMMUNITY in Guild.features. Could be None for no safety alerts channel.

    New in version 2.3.

  • invites_disabled_until (Optional[datetime.datetime]) –

    The time when invites should be enabled again, or None to disable the action. This must be a timezone-aware datetime object. Consider using utils.utcnow().

    New in version 2.4.

  • dms_disabled_until (Optional[datetime.datetime]) –

    The time when direct messages should be allowed again, or None to disable the action. This must be a timezone-aware datetime object. Consider using utils.utcnow().

    New in version 2.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the guild.

  • HTTPException – Editing the guild failed.

  • ValueError – The image format passed in to icon is invalid. It must be PNG or JPG. This is also raised if you are not the owner of the guild and request an ownership transfer.

  • TypeError – The type passed to the default_notifications, rules_channel, public_updates_channel, safety_alerts_channel verification_level, explicit_content_filter, system_channel_flags, or mfa_level parameter was of the incorrect type.

Returns

The newly updated guild. Note that this has the same limitations as mentioned in Client.fetch_guild() and may not have full data.

Return type

Guild

await fetch_channels()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all abc.GuildChannel that the guild has.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider channels instead.

New in version 1.2.

Raises
Returns

All channels in the guild.

Return type

Sequence[abc.GuildChannel]

await active_threads()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of active Thread that the client can access.

This includes both private and public threads.

New in version 2.0.

Raises

HTTPException – The request to get the active threads failed.

Returns

The active threads

Return type

List[Thread]

async for ... in fetch_members(*, limit=1000, after=...)

Retrieves an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the guild’s members. In order to use this, Intents.members() must be enabled.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider members instead.

New in version 1.3.

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of members to retrieve. Defaults to 1000. Pass None to fetch all members. Note that this is potentially slow.

  • after (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve members after this date or object. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

Raises
Yields

Member – The member with the member data parsed.

Examples

Usage

async for member in guild.fetch_members(limit=150):
    print(member.name)
await fetch_member(member_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a Member from a guild ID, and a member ID.

Note

This method is an API call. If you have Intents.members and member cache enabled, consider get_member() instead.

Changed in version 2.0: member_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

member_id (int) – The member’s ID to fetch from.

Raises
Returns

The member from the member ID.

Return type

Member

await fetch_ban(user)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the BanEntry for a user.

You must have ban_members to get this information.

Parameters

user (abc.Snowflake) – The user to get ban information from.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • NotFound – This user is not banned.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The BanEntry object for the specified user.

Return type

BanEntry

await fetch_channel(channel_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a abc.GuildChannel or Thread with the specified ID.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider get_channel_or_thread() instead.

New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • InvalidData – An unknown channel type was received from Discord or the guild the channel belongs to is not the same as the one in this object points to.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the channel failed.

  • NotFound – Invalid Channel ID.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to fetch this channel.

Returns

The channel from the ID.

Return type

Union[abc.GuildChannel, Thread]

async for ... in bans(*, limit=1000, before=..., after=...)

Retrieves an asynchronous iterator of the users that are banned from the guild as a BanEntry.

You must have ban_members to get this information.

Changed in version 2.0: Due to a breaking change in Discord’s API, this now returns a paginated iterator instead of a list.

Examples

Usage

async for entry in guild.bans(limit=150):
    print(entry.user, entry.reason)

Flattening into a list

bans = [entry async for entry in guild.bans(limit=2000)]
# bans is now a list of BanEntry...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of bans to retrieve. If None, it retrieves every ban in the guild. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation. Defaults to 1000.

  • before (abc.Snowflake) – Retrieves bans before this user.

  • after (abc.Snowflake) – Retrieve bans after this user.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

  • TypeError – Both after and before were provided, as Discord does not support this type of pagination.

Yields

BanEntry – The ban entry of the banned user.

await prune_members(*, days, compute_prune_count=True, roles=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Prunes the guild from its inactive members.

The inactive members are denoted if they have not logged on in days number of days and they have no roles.

You must have both kick_members and manage_guild to do this.

To check how many members you would prune without actually pruning, see the estimate_pruned_members() function.

To prune members that have specific roles see the roles parameter.

Changed in version 1.4: The roles keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • days (int) – The number of days before counting as inactive.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

  • compute_prune_count (bool) – Whether to compute the prune count. This defaults to True which makes it prone to timeouts in very large guilds. In order to prevent timeouts, you must set this to False. If this is set to False, then this function will always return None.

  • roles (List[abc.Snowflake]) – A list of abc.Snowflake that represent roles to include in the pruning process. If a member has a role that is not specified, they’ll be excluded.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to prune members.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while pruning members.

  • TypeError – An integer was not passed for days.

Returns

The number of members pruned. If compute_prune_count is False then this returns None.

Return type

Optional[int]

await templates()

This function is a coroutine.

Gets the list of templates from this guild.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

New in version 1.7.

Raises

Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to get the templates.

Returns

The templates for this guild.

Return type

List[Template]

await webhooks()

This function is a coroutine.

Gets the list of webhooks from this guild.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

Raises

Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to get the webhooks.

Returns

The webhooks for this guild.

Return type

List[Webhook]

await estimate_pruned_members(*, days, roles=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Similar to prune_members() except instead of actually pruning members, it returns how many members it would prune from the guild had it been called.

Changed in version 2.0: The returned value can be None.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • days (int) – The number of days before counting as inactive.

  • roles (List[abc.Snowflake]) –

    A list of abc.Snowflake that represent roles to include in the estimate. If a member has a role that is not specified, they’ll be excluded.

    New in version 1.7.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to prune members.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the prune members estimate.

  • TypeError – An integer was not passed for days.

Returns

The number of members estimated to be pruned.

Return type

Optional[int]

await invites()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all active instant invites from the guild.

You must have manage_guild to get this information.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The list of invites that are currently active.

Return type

List[Invite]

await create_template(*, name, description=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a template for the guild.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

New in version 1.7.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the template.

  • description (str) – The description of the template.

await create_integration(*, type, id)

This function is a coroutine.

Attaches an integration to the guild.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters
  • type (str) – The integration type (e.g. Twitch).

  • id (int) – The integration ID.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to create the integration.

  • HTTPException – The account could not be found.

await integrations()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all integrations attached to the guild.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to create the integration.

  • HTTPException – Fetching the integrations failed.

Returns

The list of integrations that are attached to the guild.

Return type

List[Integration]

await fetch_stickers()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a list of all Stickers for the guild.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider stickers instead.

Raises

HTTPException – An error occurred fetching the stickers.

Returns

The retrieved stickers.

Return type

List[GuildSticker]

await fetch_sticker(sticker_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a custom Sticker from the guild.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider iterating over stickers instead.

Parameters

sticker_id (int) – The sticker’s ID.

Raises
  • NotFound – The sticker requested could not be found.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred fetching the sticker.

Returns

The retrieved sticker.

Return type

GuildSticker

await create_sticker(*, name, description, emoji, file, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a Sticker for the guild.

You must have manage_emojis_and_stickers to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The sticker name. Must be at least 2 characters.

  • description (str) – The sticker’s description.

  • emoji (str) – The name of a unicode emoji that represents the sticker’s expression.

  • file (File) – The file of the sticker to upload.

  • reason (str) – The reason for creating this sticker. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You are not allowed to create stickers.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred creating a sticker.

Returns

The created sticker.

Return type

GuildSticker

await delete_sticker(sticker, /, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the custom Sticker from the guild.

You must have manage_emojis_and_stickers to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • sticker (abc.Snowflake) – The sticker you are deleting.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this sticker. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You are not allowed to delete stickers.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred deleting the sticker.

await fetch_scheduled_events(*, with_counts=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a list of all scheduled events for the guild.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

with_counts (bool) – Whether to include the number of users that are subscribed to the event. Defaults to True.

Raises

HTTPException – Retrieving the scheduled events failed.

Returns

The scheduled events.

Return type

List[ScheduledEvent]

await fetch_scheduled_event(scheduled_event_id, /, *, with_counts=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a scheduled event from the guild.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • scheduled_event_id (int) – The scheduled event ID.

  • with_counts (bool) – Whether to include the number of users that are subscribed to the event. Defaults to True.

Raises
  • NotFound – The scheduled event was not found.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the scheduled event failed.

Returns

The scheduled event.

Return type

ScheduledEvent

await create_scheduled_event(*, name, start_time, entity_type=..., privacy_level=..., channel=..., location=..., end_time=..., description=..., image=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a scheduled event for the guild.

You must have manage_events to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the scheduled event.

  • description (str) – The description of the scheduled event.

  • channel (Optional[abc.Snowflake]) –

    The channel to send the scheduled event to. If the channel is a StageInstance or VoiceChannel then it automatically sets the entity type.

    Required if entity_type is either EntityType.voice or EntityType.stage_instance.

  • start_time (datetime.datetime) – The scheduled start time of the scheduled event. This must be a timezone-aware datetime object. Consider using utils.utcnow().

  • end_time (datetime.datetime) –

    The scheduled end time of the scheduled event. This must be a timezone-aware datetime object. Consider using utils.utcnow().

    Required if the entity type is EntityType.external.

  • privacy_level (PrivacyLevel) – The privacy level of the scheduled event.

  • entity_type (EntityType) – The entity type of the scheduled event. If the channel is a StageInstance or VoiceChannel then this is automatically set to the appropriate entity type. If no channel is passed then the entity type is assumed to be EntityType.external

  • image (bytes) – The image of the scheduled event.

  • location (str) –

    The location of the scheduled event.

    Required if the entity_type is EntityType.external.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this scheduled event. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
Returns

The created scheduled event.

Return type

ScheduledEvent

await fetch_emojis()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all custom Emojis from the guild.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider emojis instead.

Raises

HTTPException – An error occurred fetching the emojis.

Returns

The retrieved emojis.

Return type

List[Emoji]

await fetch_emoji(emoji_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a custom Emoji from the guild.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider iterating over emojis instead.

Changed in version 2.0: emoji_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

emoji_id (int) – The emoji’s ID.

Raises
  • NotFound – The emoji requested could not be found.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred fetching the emoji.

Returns

The retrieved emoji.

Return type

Emoji

await create_custom_emoji(*, name, image, roles=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a custom Emoji for the guild.

There is currently a limit of 50 static and animated emojis respectively per guild, unless the guild has the MORE_EMOJI feature which extends the limit to 200.

You must have manage_emojis to do this.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The emoji name. Must be at least 2 characters.

  • image (bytes) – The bytes-like object representing the image data to use. Only JPG, PNG and GIF images are supported.

  • roles (List[Role]) – A list of Roles that can use this emoji. Leave empty to make it available to everyone.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this emoji. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
Returns

The created emoji.

Return type

Emoji

await delete_emoji(emoji, /, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the custom Emoji from the guild.

You must have manage_emojis to do this.

Changed in version 2.0: emoji parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters
  • emoji (abc.Snowflake) – The emoji you are deleting.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this emoji. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
await fetch_roles()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all Role that the guild has.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider roles instead.

New in version 1.3.

Raises

HTTPException – Retrieving the roles failed.

Returns

All roles in the guild.

Return type

List[Role]

await create_role(*, name=..., permissions=..., color=..., colour=..., hoist=..., display_icon=..., mentionable=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a Role for the guild.

All fields are optional.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Changed in version 1.6: Can now pass int to colour keyword-only parameter.

New in version 2.0: The display_icon keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The role name. Defaults to ‘new role’.

  • permissions (Permissions) – The permissions to have. Defaults to no permissions.

  • colour (Union[Colour, int]) – The colour for the role. Defaults to Colour.default(). This is aliased to color as well.

  • hoist (bool) – Indicates if the role should be shown separately in the member list. Defaults to False.

  • display_icon (Union[bytes, str]) – A bytes-like object representing the icon or str representing unicode emoji that should be used as a role icon. Only PNG/JPEG is supported. This is only available to guilds that contain ROLE_ICONS in features.

  • mentionable (bool) – Indicates if the role should be mentionable by others. Defaults to False.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this role. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create the role.

  • HTTPException – Creating the role failed.

  • TypeError – An invalid keyword argument was given.

Returns

The newly created role.

Return type

Role

await edit_role_positions(positions, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Bulk edits a list of Role in the guild.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

New in version 1.4.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Example

positions = {
    bots_role: 1, # penultimate role
    tester_role: 2,
    admin_role: 6
}

await guild.edit_role_positions(positions=positions)
Parameters
  • positions – A dict of Role to int to change the positions of each given role.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing the role positions. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to move the roles.

  • HTTPException – Moving the roles failed.

  • TypeError – An invalid keyword argument was given.

Returns

A list of all the roles in the guild.

Return type

List[Role]

await welcome_screen()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns the guild’s welcome screen.

The guild must have COMMUNITY in features.

You must have manage_guild to do this.as well.

New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to get this.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the welcome screen failed.

Returns

The welcome screen.

Return type

WelcomeScreen

await edit_welcome_screen(*, description=..., welcome_channels=..., enabled=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

A shorthand method of WelcomeScreen.edit without needing to fetch the welcome screen beforehand.

The guild must have COMMUNITY in features.

You must have manage_guild to do this as well.

New in version 2.0.

Returns

The edited welcome screen.

Return type

WelcomeScreen

await kick(user, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Kicks a user from the guild.

The user must meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

You must have kick_members to do this.

Parameters
  • user (abc.Snowflake) – The user to kick from their guild.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason the user got kicked.

Raises
await ban(user, *, reason=None, delete_message_days=..., delete_message_seconds=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Bans a user from the guild.

The user must meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

You must have ban_members to do this.

Parameters
  • user (abc.Snowflake) – The user to ban from their guild.

  • delete_message_days (int) –

    The number of days worth of messages to delete from the user in the guild. The minimum is 0 and the maximum is 7. Defaults to 1 day if neither delete_message_days nor delete_message_seconds are passed.

    Deprecated since version 2.1.

  • delete_message_seconds (int) –

    The number of seconds worth of messages to delete from the user in the guild. The minimum is 0 and the maximum is 604800 (7 days). Defaults to 1 day if neither delete_message_days nor delete_message_seconds are passed.

    New in version 2.1.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason the user got banned.

Raises
  • NotFound – The requested user was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to ban.

  • HTTPException – Banning failed.

  • TypeError – You specified both delete_message_days and delete_message_seconds.

await unban(user, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Unbans a user from the guild.

The user must meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

You must have ban_members to do this.

Parameters
  • user (abc.Snowflake) – The user to unban.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
await bulk_ban(users, *, reason=None, delete_message_seconds=86400)

This function is a coroutine.

Bans multiple users from the guild.

The users must meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

You must have ban_members to do this.

New in version 2.4.

Parameters
  • users (Iterable[abc.Snowflake]) – The user to ban from their guild.

  • delete_message_seconds (int) – The number of seconds worth of messages to delete from the user in the guild. The minimum is 0 and the maximum is 604800 (7 days). Defaults to 1 day.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason the users got banned.

Raises
Returns

The result of the bulk ban operation.

Return type

BulkBanResult

property vanity_url

The Discord vanity invite URL for this guild, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

await vanity_invite()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns the guild’s special vanity invite.

The guild must have VANITY_URL in features.

You must have manage_guild to do this.as well.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to get this.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the vanity invite failed.

Returns

The special vanity invite. If None then the guild does not have a vanity invite set.

Return type

Optional[Invite]

async for ... in audit_logs(*, limit=100, before=..., after=..., oldest_first=..., user=..., action=...)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the guild’s audit logs.

You must have view_audit_log to do this.

Examples

Getting the first 100 entries:

async for entry in guild.audit_logs(limit=100):
    print(f'{entry.user} did {entry.action} to {entry.target}')

Getting entries for a specific action:

async for entry in guild.audit_logs(action=discord.AuditLogAction.ban):
    print(f'{entry.user} banned {entry.target}')

Getting entries made by a specific user:

entries = [entry async for entry in guild.audit_logs(limit=None, user=guild.me)]
await channel.send(f'I made {len(entries)} moderation actions.')
Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of entries to retrieve. If None retrieve all entries.

  • before (Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]) – Retrieve entries before this date or entry. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]) – Retrieve entries after this date or entry. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • oldest_first (bool) – If set to True, return entries in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

  • user (abc.Snowflake) – The moderator to filter entries from.

  • action (AuditLogAction) – The action to filter with.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You are not allowed to fetch audit logs

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the audit logs.

Yields

AuditLogEntry – The audit log entry.

await widget()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns the widget of the guild.

Note

The guild must have the widget enabled to get this information.

Raises
Returns

The guild’s widget.

Return type

Widget

await edit_widget(*, enabled=..., channel=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the widget of the guild. This can also be done with edit.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • enabled (bool) – Whether to enable the widget for the guild.

  • channel (Optional[Snowflake]) – The new widget channel. None removes the widget channel.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this widget. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
await chunk(*, cache=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Requests all members that belong to this guild. In order to use this, Intents.members() must be enabled.

This is a websocket operation and can be slow.

New in version 1.5.

Parameters

cache (bool) – Whether to cache the members as well.

Raises

ClientException – The members intent is not enabled.

Returns

The list of members in the guild.

Return type

List[Member]

await query_members(query=None, *, limit=5, user_ids=None, presences=False, cache=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Request members of this guild whose username or nickname starts with the given query. This is a websocket operation.

New in version 1.3.

Parameters
  • query (Optional[str]) – The string that the username or nickname should start with.

  • limit (int) – The maximum number of members to send back. This must be a number between 5 and 100.

  • presences (bool) –

    Whether to request for presences to be provided. This defaults to False.

    New in version 1.6.

  • cache (bool) – Whether to cache the members internally. This makes operations such as get_member() work for those that matched.

  • user_ids (Optional[List[int]]) –

    List of user IDs to search for. If the user ID is not in the guild then it won’t be returned.

    New in version 1.4.

Raises
Returns

The list of members that have matched the query.

Return type

List[Member]

await change_voice_state(*, channel, self_mute=False, self_deaf=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Changes client’s voice state in the guild.

New in version 1.4.

Parameters
  • channel (Optional[abc.Snowflake]) – Channel the client wants to join. Use None to disconnect.

  • self_mute (bool) – Indicates if the client should be self-muted.

  • self_deaf (bool) – Indicates if the client should be self-deafened.

await fetch_automod_rule(automod_rule_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Fetches an active automod rule from the guild.

You must have Permissions.manage_guild to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

automod_rule_id (int) – The ID of the automod rule to fetch.

Raises

Forbidden – You do not have permission to view the automod rule.

Returns

The automod rule that was fetched.

Return type

AutoModRule

await fetch_automod_rules()

This function is a coroutine.

Fetches all automod rules from the guild.

You must have Permissions.manage_guild to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to view the automod rule.

  • NotFound – There are no automod rules within this guild.

Returns

The automod rules that were fetched.

Return type

List[AutoModRule]

await create_automod_rule(*, name, event_type, trigger, actions, enabled=False, exempt_roles=..., exempt_channels=..., reason=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Create an automod rule.

You must have Permissions.manage_guild to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the automod rule.

  • event_type (AutoModRuleEventType) – The type of event that the automod rule will trigger on.

  • trigger (AutoModTrigger) – The trigger that will trigger the automod rule.

  • actions (List[AutoModRuleAction]) – The actions that will be taken when the automod rule is triggered.

  • enabled (bool) – Whether the automod rule is enabled. Defaults to False.

  • exempt_roles (Sequence[abc.Snowflake]) – A list of roles that will be exempt from the automod rule.

  • exempt_channels (Sequence[abc.Snowflake]) – A list of channels that will be exempt from the automod rule.

  • reason (str) – The reason for creating this automod rule. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create an automod rule.

  • HTTPException – Creating the automod rule failed.

Returns

The automod rule that was created.

Return type

AutoModRule

property invites_paused_until

If invites are paused, returns when invites will get enabled in UTC, otherwise returns None.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

property dms_paused_until

If DMs are paused, returns when DMs will get enabled in UTC, otherwise returns None.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

invites_paused()

bool: Whether invites are paused in the guild.

New in version 2.4.

dms_paused()

bool: Whether DMs are paused in the guild.

New in version 2.4.

class discord.BanEntry

A namedtuple which represents a ban returned from bans().

reason

The reason this user was banned.

Type

Optional[str]

user

The User that was banned.

Type

User

class discord.BulkBanResult

A namedtuple which represents the result returned from bulk_ban().

New in version 2.4.

banned

The list of users that were banned. The inner Object of the list has the Object.type set to User.

Type

List[Object]

failed

The list of users that could not be banned. The inner Object of the list has the Object.type set to User.

Type

List[Object]

ScheduledEvent

class discord.ScheduledEvent

Represents a scheduled event in a guild.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two scheduled events are equal.

x != y

Checks if two scheduled events are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the scheduled event’s hash.

id

The scheduled event’s ID.

Type

int

name

The name of the scheduled event.

Type

str

description

The description of the scheduled event.

Type

Optional[str]

entity_type

The type of entity this event is for.

Type

EntityType

entity_id

The ID of the entity this event is for if available.

Type

Optional[int]

start_time

The time that the scheduled event will start in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

end_time

The time that the scheduled event will end in UTC.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

privacy_level

The privacy level of the scheduled event.

Type

PrivacyLevel

status

The status of the scheduled event.

Type

EventStatus

user_count

The number of users subscribed to the scheduled event.

Type

int

creator

The user that created the scheduled event.

Type

Optional[User]

creator_id

The ID of the user that created the scheduled event.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[int]

location

The location of the scheduled event.

Type

Optional[str]

property cover_image

The scheduled event’s cover image.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property guild

The guild this scheduled event is in.

Type

Optional[Guild]

property channel

The channel this scheduled event is in.

Type

Optional[Union[VoiceChannel, StageChannel]]

property url

The url for the scheduled event.

Type

str

await start(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Starts the scheduled event.

Shorthand for:

await event.edit(status=EventStatus.active)
Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for starting the scheduled event.

Raises
  • ValueError – The scheduled event has already started or has ended.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to start the scheduled event.

  • HTTPException – The scheduled event could not be started.

Returns

The scheduled event that was started.

Return type

ScheduledEvent

await end(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Ends the scheduled event.

Shorthand for:

await event.edit(status=EventStatus.completed)
Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for ending the scheduled event.

Raises
  • ValueError – The scheduled event is not active or has already ended.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to end the scheduled event.

  • HTTPException – The scheduled event could not be ended.

Returns

The scheduled event that was ended.

Return type

ScheduledEvent

await cancel(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Cancels the scheduled event.

Shorthand for:

await event.edit(status=EventStatus.cancelled)
Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for cancelling the scheduled event.

Raises
  • ValueError – The scheduled event is already running.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to cancel the scheduled event.

  • HTTPException – The scheduled event could not be cancelled.

Returns

The scheduled event that was cancelled.

Return type

ScheduledEvent

await edit(*, name=..., description=..., channel=..., start_time=..., end_time=..., privacy_level=..., entity_type=..., status=..., image=..., location=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the scheduled event.

You must have manage_events to do this.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the scheduled event.

  • description (str) – The description of the scheduled event.

  • channel (Optional[Snowflake]) –

    The channel to put the scheduled event in. If the channel is a StageInstance or VoiceChannel then it automatically sets the entity type.

    Required if the entity type is either EntityType.voice or EntityType.stage_instance.

  • start_time (datetime.datetime) – The time that the scheduled event will start. This must be a timezone-aware datetime object. Consider using utils.utcnow().

  • end_time (Optional[datetime.datetime]) –

    The time that the scheduled event will end. This must be a timezone-aware datetime object. Consider using utils.utcnow().

    If the entity type is either EntityType.voice or EntityType.stage_instance, the end_time can be cleared by passing None.

    Required if the entity type is EntityType.external.

  • privacy_level (PrivacyLevel) – The privacy level of the scheduled event.

  • entity_type (EntityType) – The new entity type. If the channel is a StageInstance or VoiceChannel then this is automatically set to the appropriate entity type.

  • status (EventStatus) – The new status of the scheduled event.

  • image (Optional[bytes]) – The new image of the scheduled event or None to remove the image.

  • location (str) –

    The new location of the scheduled event.

    Required if the entity type is EntityType.external.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing the scheduled event. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • TypeErrorimage was not a bytes-like object, or privacy_level was not a PrivacyLevel, or entity_type was not an EntityType, status was not an EventStatus, or an argument was provided that was incompatible with the scheduled event’s entity type.

  • ValueErrorstart_time or end_time was not a timezone-aware datetime object.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the scheduled event.

  • HTTPException – Editing the scheduled event failed.

Returns

The edited scheduled event.

Return type

ScheduledEvent

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the scheduled event.

You must have manage_events to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting the scheduled event. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to delete the scheduled event.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the scheduled event failed.

async for ... in users(*, limit=None, before=None, after=None, oldest_first=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all User that are subscribed to this event.

This requires Intents.members to get information about members other than yourself.

Raises

HTTPException – Retrieving the members failed.

Returns

All subscribed users of this event.

Return type

List[User]

Integration

Methods
class discord.Integration

Represents a guild integration.

New in version 1.4.

id

The integration ID.

Type

int

name

The integration name.

Type

str

guild

The guild of the integration.

Type

Guild

type

The integration type (i.e. Twitch).

Type

str

enabled

Whether the integration is currently enabled.

Type

bool

account

The account linked to this integration.

Type

IntegrationAccount

user

The user that added this integration.

Type

User

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the integration.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

Parameters

reason (str) –

The reason the integration was deleted. Shows up on the audit log.

New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to delete the integration.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the integration failed.

Attributes
class discord.IntegrationAccount

Represents an integration account.

New in version 1.4.

id

The account ID.

Type

str

name

The account name.

Type

str

class discord.BotIntegration

Represents a bot integration on discord.

New in version 2.0.

id

The integration ID.

Type

int

name

The integration name.

Type

str

guild

The guild of the integration.

Type

Guild

type

The integration type (i.e. Twitch).

Type

str

enabled

Whether the integration is currently enabled.

Type

bool

user

The user that added this integration.

Type

User

account

The integration account information.

Type

IntegrationAccount

application

The application tied to this integration.

Type

IntegrationApplication

class discord.IntegrationApplication

Represents an application for a bot integration.

New in version 2.0.

id

The ID for this application.

Type

int

name

The application’s name.

Type

str

icon

The application’s icon hash.

Type

Optional[str]

description

The application’s description. Can be an empty string.

Type

str

summary

The summary of the application. Can be an empty string.

Type

str

user

The bot user on this application.

Type

Optional[User]

class discord.StreamIntegration

Represents a stream integration for Twitch or YouTube.

New in version 2.0.

id

The integration ID.

Type

int

name

The integration name.

Type

str

guild

The guild of the integration.

Type

Guild

type

The integration type (i.e. Twitch).

Type

str

enabled

Whether the integration is currently enabled.

Type

bool

syncing

Where the integration is currently syncing.

Type

bool

enable_emoticons

Whether emoticons should be synced for this integration (currently twitch only).

Type

Optional[bool]

expire_behaviour

The behaviour of expiring subscribers. Aliased to expire_behavior as well.

Type

ExpireBehaviour

expire_grace_period

The grace period (in days) for expiring subscribers.

Type

int

user

The user for the integration.

Type

User

account

The integration account information.

Type

IntegrationAccount

synced_at

An aware UTC datetime representing when the integration was last synced.

Type

datetime.datetime

property expire_behavior

An alias for expire_behaviour.

Type

ExpireBehaviour

property role

Optional[Role] The role which the integration uses for subscribers.

await edit(*, expire_behaviour=..., expire_grace_period=..., enable_emoticons=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the integration.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • expire_behaviour (ExpireBehaviour) – The behaviour when an integration subscription lapses. Aliased to expire_behavior as well.

  • expire_grace_period (int) – The period (in days) where the integration will ignore lapsed subscriptions.

  • enable_emoticons (bool) – Where emoticons should be synced for this integration (currently twitch only).

Raises
await sync()

This function is a coroutine.

Syncs the integration.

You must have manage_guild to do this.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to sync the integration.

  • HTTPException – Syncing the integration failed.

class discord.PartialIntegration

Represents a partial guild integration.

New in version 2.0.

id

The integration ID.

Type

int

name

The integration name.

Type

str

guild

The guild of the integration.

Type

Guild

type

The integration type (i.e. Twitch).

Type

str

account

The account linked to this integration.

Type

IntegrationAccount

application_id

The id of the application this integration belongs to.

Type

Optional[int]

Member

class discord.Member

Represents a Discord member to a Guild.

This implements a lot of the functionality of User.

x == y

Checks if two members are equal. Note that this works with User instances too.

x != y

Checks if two members are not equal. Note that this works with User instances too.

hash(x)

Returns the member’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the member’s handle (e.g. name or name#discriminator).

joined_at

An aware datetime object that specifies the date and time in UTC that the member joined the guild. If the member left and rejoined the guild, this will be the latest date. In certain cases, this can be None.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

activities

The activities that the user is currently doing.

Note

Due to a Discord API limitation, a user’s Spotify activity may not appear if they are listening to a song with a title longer than 128 characters. See GH-1738 for more information.

Type

Tuple[Union[BaseActivity, Spotify]]

guild

The guild that the member belongs to.

Type

Guild

nick

The guild specific nickname of the user. Takes precedence over the global name.

Type

Optional[str]

pending

Whether the member is pending member verification.

New in version 1.6.

Type

bool

premium_since

An aware datetime object that specifies the date and time in UTC when the member used their “Nitro boost” on the guild, if available. This could be None.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

timed_out_until

An aware datetime object that specifies the date and time in UTC that the member’s time out will expire. This will be set to None if the user is not timed out.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

async with typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property name

Equivalent to User.name

property id

Equivalent to User.id

property discriminator

Equivalent to User.discriminator

property global_name

Equivalent to User.global_name

property bot

Equivalent to User.bot

property system

Equivalent to User.system

property created_at

Equivalent to User.created_at

property default_avatar

Equivalent to User.default_avatar

property avatar

Equivalent to User.avatar

property dm_channel

Equivalent to User.dm_channel

await create_dm()

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a DMChannel with this user.

This should be rarely called, as this is done transparently for most people.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

DMChannel

property mutual_guilds

Equivalent to User.mutual_guilds

property public_flags

Equivalent to User.public_flags

property banner

Equivalent to User.banner

property accent_color

Equivalent to User.accent_color

property accent_colour

Equivalent to User.accent_colour

property avatar_decoration

Equivalent to User.avatar_decoration

property avatar_decoration_sku_id

Equivalent to User.avatar_decoration_sku_id

property raw_status

The member’s overall status as a string value.

New in version 1.5.

Type

str

property status

The member’s overall status. If the value is unknown, then it will be a str instead.

Type

Status

property mobile_status

The member’s status on a mobile device, if applicable.

Type

Status

property desktop_status

The member’s status on the desktop client, if applicable.

Type

Status

property web_status

The member’s status on the web client, if applicable.

Type

Status

is_on_mobile()

bool: A helper function that determines if a member is active on a mobile device.

property colour

A property that returns a colour denoting the rendered colour for the member. If the default colour is the one rendered then an instance of Colour.default() is returned.

There is an alias for this named color.

Type

Colour

property color

A property that returns a color denoting the rendered color for the member. If the default color is the one rendered then an instance of Colour.default() is returned.

There is an alias for this named colour.

Type

Colour

property roles

A list of Role that the member belongs to. Note that the first element of this list is always the default @everyone’ role.

These roles are sorted by their position in the role hierarchy.

Type

List[Role]

property display_icon

A property that returns the role icon that is rendered for this member. If no icon is shown then None is returned.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Union[str, Asset]]

property mention

Returns a string that allows you to mention the member.

Type

str

property display_name

Returns the user’s display name.

For regular users this is just their global name or their username, but if they have a guild specific nickname then that is returned instead.

Type

str

property display_avatar

Returns the member’s display avatar.

For regular members this is just their avatar, but if they have a guild specific avatar then that is returned instead.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property guild_avatar

Returns an Asset for the guild avatar the member has. If unavailable, None is returned.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property activity

Returns the primary activity the user is currently doing. Could be None if no activity is being done.

Note

Due to a Discord API limitation, this may be None if the user is listening to a song on Spotify with a title longer than 128 characters. See GH-1738 for more information.

Note

A user may have multiple activities, these can be accessed under activities.

Type

Optional[Union[BaseActivity, Spotify]]

mentioned_in(message)

Checks if the member is mentioned in the specified message.

Parameters

message (Message) – The message to check if you’re mentioned in.

Returns

Indicates if the member is mentioned in the message.

Return type

bool

property top_role

Returns the member’s highest role.

This is useful for figuring where a member stands in the role hierarchy chain.

Type

Role

property guild_permissions

Returns the member’s guild permissions.

This only takes into consideration the guild permissions and not most of the implied permissions or any of the channel permission overwrites. For 100% accurate permission calculation, please use abc.GuildChannel.permissions_for().

This does take into consideration guild ownership, the administrator implication, and whether the member is timed out.

Changed in version 2.0: Member timeouts are taken into consideration.

Type

Permissions

property resolved_permissions

Returns the member’s resolved permissions from an interaction.

This is only available in interaction contexts and represents the resolved permissions of the member in the channel the interaction was executed in. This is more or less equivalent to calling abc.GuildChannel.permissions_for() but stored and returned as an attribute by the Discord API rather than computed.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Permissions]

property voice

Returns the member’s current voice state.

Type

Optional[VoiceState]

property flags

Returns the member’s flags.

New in version 2.2.

Type

MemberFlags

await ban(*, delete_message_days=..., delete_message_seconds=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Bans this member. Equivalent to Guild.ban().

await unban(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Unbans this member. Equivalent to Guild.unban().

await kick(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Kicks this member. Equivalent to Guild.kick().

await edit(*, nick=..., mute=..., deafen=..., suppress=..., roles=..., voice_channel=..., timed_out_until=..., bypass_verification=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the member’s data.

Depending on the parameter passed, this requires different permissions listed below:

All parameters are optional.

Changed in version 1.1: Can now pass None to voice_channel to kick a member from voice.

Changed in version 2.0: The newly updated member is now optionally returned, if applicable.

Parameters
  • nick (Optional[str]) – The member’s new nickname. Use None to remove the nickname.

  • mute (bool) – Indicates if the member should be guild muted or un-muted.

  • deafen (bool) – Indicates if the member should be guild deafened or un-deafened.

  • suppress (bool) –

    Indicates if the member should be suppressed in stage channels.

    New in version 1.7.

  • roles (List[Role]) – The member’s new list of roles. This replaces the roles.

  • voice_channel (Optional[Union[VoiceChannel, StageChannel]]) – The voice channel to move the member to. Pass None to kick them from voice.

  • timed_out_until (Optional[datetime.datetime]) –

    The date the member’s timeout should expire, or None to remove the timeout. This must be a timezone-aware datetime object. Consider using utils.utcnow().

    New in version 2.0.

  • bypass_verification (bool) –

    Indicates if the member should be allowed to bypass the guild verification requirements.

    New in version 2.2.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this member. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to do the action requested.

  • HTTPException – The operation failed.

  • TypeError – The datetime object passed to timed_out_until was not timezone-aware.

Returns

The newly updated member, if applicable. This is not returned if certain fields are passed, such as suppress.

Return type

Optional[Member]

await request_to_speak()

This function is a coroutine.

Request to speak in the connected channel.

Only applies to stage channels.

Note

Requesting members that are not the client is equivalent to edit providing suppress as False.

New in version 1.7.

Raises
await move_to(channel, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Moves a member to a new voice channel (they must be connected first).

You must have move_members to do this.

This raises the same exceptions as edit().

Changed in version 1.1: Can now pass None to kick a member from voice.

Parameters
  • channel (Optional[Union[VoiceChannel, StageChannel]]) – The new voice channel to move the member to. Pass None to kick them from voice.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

await timeout(until, /, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Applies a time out to a member until the specified date time or for the given datetime.timedelta.

You must have moderate_members to do this.

This raises the same exceptions as edit().

Parameters
  • until (Optional[Union[datetime.timedelta, datetime.datetime]]) – If this is a datetime.timedelta then it represents the amount of time the member should be timed out for. If this is a datetime.datetime then it’s when the member’s timeout should expire. If None is passed then the timeout is removed. Note that the API only allows for timeouts up to 28 days.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises

TypeError – The until parameter was the wrong type or the datetime was not timezone-aware.

await add_roles(*roles, reason=None, atomic=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Gives the member a number of Roles.

You must have manage_roles to use this, and the added Roles must appear lower in the list of roles than the highest role of the member.

Parameters
  • *roles (abc.Snowflake) – An argument list of abc.Snowflake representing a Role to give to the member.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for adding these roles. Shows up on the audit log.

  • atomic (bool) – Whether to atomically add roles. This will ensure that multiple operations will always be applied regardless of the current state of the cache.

Raises
await remove_roles(*roles, reason=None, atomic=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Removes Roles from this member.

You must have manage_roles to use this, and the removed Roles must appear lower in the list of roles than the highest role of the member.

Parameters
  • *roles (abc.Snowflake) – An argument list of abc.Snowflake representing a Role to remove from the member.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for removing these roles. Shows up on the audit log.

  • atomic (bool) – Whether to atomically remove roles. This will ensure that multiple operations will always be applied regardless of the current state of the cache.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to remove these roles.

  • HTTPException – Removing the roles failed.

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

get_role(role_id, /)

Returns a role with the given ID from roles which the member has.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

role_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The role or None if not found in the member’s roles.

Return type

Optional[Role]

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

is_timed_out()

Returns whether this member is timed out.

New in version 2.0.

Returns

True if the member is timed out. False otherwise.

Return type

bool

Spotify

class discord.Spotify

Represents a Spotify listening activity from Discord. This is a special case of Activity that makes it easier to work with the Spotify integration.

x == y

Checks if two activities are equal.

x != y

Checks if two activities are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the activity’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the string ‘Spotify’.

property type

Returns the activity’s type. This is for compatibility with Activity.

It always returns ActivityType.listening.

Type

ActivityType

property created_at

When the user started listening in UTC.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

property colour

Returns the Spotify integration colour, as a Colour.

There is an alias for this named color

Type

Colour

property color

Returns the Spotify integration colour, as a Colour.

There is an alias for this named colour

Type

Colour

property name

The activity’s name. This will always return “Spotify”.

Type

str

property title

The title of the song being played.

Type

str

property artists

The artists of the song being played.

Type

List[str]

property artist

The artist of the song being played.

This does not attempt to split the artist information into multiple artists. Useful if there’s only a single artist.

Type

str

property album

The album that the song being played belongs to.

Type

str

property album_cover_url

The album cover image URL from Spotify’s CDN.

Type

str

property track_id

The track ID used by Spotify to identify this song.

Type

str

property track_url

The track URL to listen on Spotify.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property start

When the user started playing this song in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property end

When the user will stop playing this song in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property duration

The duration of the song being played.

Type

datetime.timedelta

property party_id

The party ID of the listening party.

Type

str

VoiceState

class discord.VoiceState

Represents a Discord user’s voice state.

deaf

Indicates if the user is currently deafened by the guild.

Type

bool

mute

Indicates if the user is currently muted by the guild.

Type

bool

self_mute

Indicates if the user is currently muted by their own accord.

Type

bool

self_deaf

Indicates if the user is currently deafened by their own accord.

Type

bool

self_stream

Indicates if the user is currently streaming via ‘Go Live’ feature.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

self_video

Indicates if the user is currently broadcasting video.

Type

bool

suppress

Indicates if the user is suppressed from speaking.

Only applies to stage channels.

New in version 1.7.

Type

bool

requested_to_speak_at

An aware datetime object that specifies the date and time in UTC that the member requested to speak. It will be None if they are not requesting to speak anymore or have been accepted to speak.

Only applicable to stage channels.

New in version 1.7.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

afk

Indicates if the user is currently in the AFK channel in the guild.

Type

bool

channel

The voice channel that the user is currently connected to. None if the user is not currently in a voice channel.

Type

Optional[Union[VoiceChannel, StageChannel]]

Emoji

class discord.Emoji

Represents a custom emoji.

Depending on the way this object was created, some of the attributes can have a value of None.

x == y

Checks if two emoji are the same.

x != y

Checks if two emoji are not the same.

hash(x)

Return the emoji’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (field, value) pairs. This allows this class to be used as an iterable in list/dict/etc constructions.

str(x)

Returns the emoji rendered for discord.

name

The name of the emoji.

Type

str

id

The emoji’s ID.

Type

int

require_colons

If colons are required to use this emoji in the client (:PJSalt: vs PJSalt).

Type

bool

animated

Whether an emoji is animated or not.

Type

bool

managed

If this emoji is managed by a Twitch integration.

Type

bool

guild_id

The guild ID the emoji belongs to.

Type

int

available

Whether the emoji is available for use.

Type

bool

user

The user that created the emoji. This can only be retrieved using Guild.fetch_emoji() and having manage_emojis.

Type

Optional[User]

property created_at

Returns the emoji’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property url

Returns the URL of the emoji.

Type

str

property roles

A list of roles that is allowed to use this emoji.

If roles is empty, the emoji is unrestricted.

Type

List[Role]

property guild

The guild this emoji belongs to.

Type

Guild

is_usable()

bool: Whether the bot can use this emoji.

New in version 1.3.

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the custom emoji.

You must have manage_emojis to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this emoji. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
await edit(*, name=..., roles=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the custom emoji.

You must have manage_emojis to do this.

Changed in version 2.0: The newly updated emoji is returned.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new emoji name.

  • roles (List[Snowflake]) – A list of roles that can use this emoji. An empty list can be passed to make it available to everyone.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this emoji. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
Returns

The newly updated emoji.

Return type

Emoji

await read()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the content of this asset as a bytes object.

Raises
Returns

The content of the asset.

Return type

bytes

await save(fp, *, seek_begin=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Saves this asset into a file-like object.

Parameters
  • fp (Union[io.BufferedIOBase, os.PathLike]) – The file-like object to save this asset to or the filename to use. If a filename is passed then a file is created with that filename and used instead.

  • seek_begin (bool) – Whether to seek to the beginning of the file after saving is successfully done.

Raises
Returns

The number of bytes written.

Return type

int

await to_file(*, filename=..., description=None, spoiler=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Converts the asset into a File suitable for sending via abc.Messageable.send().

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • filename (Optional[str]) – The filename of the file. If not provided, then the filename from the asset’s URL is used.

  • description (Optional[str]) – The description for the file.

  • spoiler (bool) – Whether the file is a spoiler.

Raises
Returns

The asset as a file suitable for sending.

Return type

File

PartialEmoji

class discord.PartialEmoji

Represents a “partial” emoji.

This model will be given in two scenarios:

x == y

Checks if two emoji are the same.

x != y

Checks if two emoji are not the same.

hash(x)

Return the emoji’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the emoji rendered for discord.

name

The custom emoji name, if applicable, or the unicode codepoint of the non-custom emoji. This can be None if the emoji got deleted (e.g. removing a reaction with a deleted emoji).

Type

Optional[str]

animated

Whether the emoji is animated or not.

Type

bool

id

The ID of the custom emoji, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

classmethod from_str(value)

Converts a Discord string representation of an emoji to a PartialEmoji.

The formats accepted are:

  • a:name:id

  • <a:name:id>

  • name:id

  • <:name:id>

If the format does not match then it is assumed to be a unicode emoji.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

value (str) – The string representation of an emoji.

Returns

The partial emoji from this string.

Return type

PartialEmoji

is_custom_emoji()

bool: Checks if this is a custom non-Unicode emoji.

is_unicode_emoji()

bool: Checks if this is a Unicode emoji.

property created_at

Returns the emoji’s creation time in UTC, or None if Unicode emoji.

New in version 1.6.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

property url

Returns the URL of the emoji, if it is custom.

If this isn’t a custom emoji then an empty string is returned

Type

str

await read()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the content of this asset as a bytes object.

Raises
Returns

The content of the asset.

Return type

bytes

await save(fp, *, seek_begin=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Saves this asset into a file-like object.

Parameters
  • fp (Union[io.BufferedIOBase, os.PathLike]) – The file-like object to save this asset to or the filename to use. If a filename is passed then a file is created with that filename and used instead.

  • seek_begin (bool) – Whether to seek to the beginning of the file after saving is successfully done.

Raises
Returns

The number of bytes written.

Return type

int

await to_file(*, filename=..., description=None, spoiler=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Converts the asset into a File suitable for sending via abc.Messageable.send().

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • filename (Optional[str]) – The filename of the file. If not provided, then the filename from the asset’s URL is used.

  • description (Optional[str]) – The description for the file.

  • spoiler (bool) – Whether the file is a spoiler.

Raises
Returns

The asset as a file suitable for sending.

Return type

File

Role

class discord.Role

Represents a Discord role in a Guild.

x == y

Checks if two roles are equal.

x != y

Checks if two roles are not equal.

x > y

Checks if a role is higher than another in the hierarchy.

x < y

Checks if a role is lower than another in the hierarchy.

x >= y

Checks if a role is higher or equal to another in the hierarchy.

x <= y

Checks if a role is lower or equal to another in the hierarchy.

hash(x)

Return the role’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the role’s name.

id

The ID for the role.

Type

int

name

The name of the role.

Type

str

guild

The guild the role belongs to.

Type

Guild

hoist

Indicates if the role will be displayed separately from other members.

Type

bool

position

The position of the role. This number is usually positive. The bottom role has a position of 0.

Warning

Multiple roles can have the same position number. As a consequence of this, comparing via role position is prone to subtle bugs if checking for role hierarchy. The recommended and correct way to compare for roles in the hierarchy is using the comparison operators on the role objects themselves.

Type

int

unicode_emoji

The role’s unicode emoji, if available.

Note

If icon is not None, it is displayed as role icon instead of the unicode emoji under this attribute.

If you want the icon that a role has displayed, consider using display_icon.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

managed

Indicates if the role is managed by the guild through some form of integrations such as Twitch.

Type

bool

mentionable

Indicates if the role can be mentioned by users.

Type

bool

tags

The role tags associated with this role.

Type

Optional[RoleTags]

is_default()

bool: Checks if the role is the default role.

is_bot_managed()

bool: Whether the role is associated with a bot.

New in version 1.6.

is_premium_subscriber()

bool: Whether the role is the premium subscriber, AKA “boost”, role for the guild.

New in version 1.6.

is_integration()

bool: Whether the role is managed by an integration.

New in version 1.6.

is_assignable()

bool: Whether the role is able to be assigned or removed by the bot.

New in version 2.0.

property permissions

Returns the role’s permissions.

Type

Permissions

property colour

Returns the role colour. An alias exists under color.

Type

Colour

property color

Returns the role color. An alias exists under colour.

Type

Colour

property icon

Returns the role’s icon asset, if available.

Note

If this is None, the role might instead have unicode emoji as its icon if unicode_emoji is not None.

If you want the icon that a role has displayed, consider using display_icon.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property display_icon

Returns the role’s display icon, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Union[Asset, str]]

property created_at

Returns the role’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property mention

Returns a string that allows you to mention a role.

Type

str

property members

Returns all the members with this role.

Type

List[Member]

property flags

Returns the role’s flags.

New in version 2.4.

Type

RoleFlags

await edit(*, name=..., permissions=..., colour=..., color=..., hoist=..., display_icon=..., mentionable=..., position=..., reason=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the role.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

All fields are optional.

Changed in version 1.4: Can now pass int to colour keyword-only parameter.

Changed in version 2.0: Edits are no longer in-place, the newly edited role is returned instead.

New in version 2.0: The display_icon keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new role name to change to.

  • permissions (Permissions) – The new permissions to change to.

  • colour (Union[Colour, int]) – The new colour to change to. (aliased to color as well)

  • hoist (bool) – Indicates if the role should be shown separately in the member list.

  • display_icon (Optional[Union[bytes, str]]) – A bytes-like object representing the icon or str representing unicode emoji that should be used as a role icon. Could be None to denote removal of the icon. Only PNG/JPEG is supported. This is only available to guilds that contain ROLE_ICONS in Guild.features.

  • mentionable (bool) – Indicates if the role should be mentionable by others.

  • position (int) – The new role’s position. This must be below your top role’s position or it will fail.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this role. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to change the role.

  • HTTPException – Editing the role failed.

  • ValueError – An invalid position was given or the default role was asked to be moved.

Returns

The newly edited role.

Return type

Role

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the role.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this role. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises

RoleTags

class discord.RoleTags

Represents tags on a role.

A role tag is a piece of extra information attached to a managed role that gives it context for the reason the role is managed.

While this can be accessed, a useful interface is also provided in the Role and Guild classes as well.

New in version 1.6.

bot_id

The bot’s user ID that manages this role.

Type

Optional[int]

integration_id

The integration ID that manages the role.

Type

Optional[int]

subscription_listing_id

The ID of this role’s subscription SKU and listing.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[int]

is_bot_managed()

bool: Whether the role is associated with a bot.

is_premium_subscriber()

bool: Whether the role is the premium subscriber, AKA “boost”, role for the guild.

is_integration()

bool: Whether the role is managed by an integration.

is_available_for_purchase()

bool: Whether the role is available for purchase.

New in version 2.2.

is_guild_connection()

bool: Whether the role is a guild’s linked role.

New in version 2.2.

PartialMessageable

class discord.PartialMessageable

Represents a partial messageable to aid with working messageable channels when only a channel ID is present.

The only way to construct this class is through Client.get_partial_messageable().

Note that this class is trimmed down and has no rich attributes.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two partial messageables are equal.

x != y

Checks if two partial messageables are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the partial messageable’s hash.

id

The channel ID associated with this partial messageable.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild ID associated with this partial messageable.

Type

Optional[int]

type

The channel type associated with this partial messageable, if given.

Type

Optional[ChannelType]

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property guild

The guild this partial messageable is in.

Type

Optional[Guild]

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

Type

str

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

permissions_for(obj=None, /)

Handles permission resolution for a User.

This function is there for compatibility with other channel types.

Since partial messageables cannot reasonably have the concept of permissions, this will always return Permissions.none().

Parameters

obj (User) – The user to check permissions for. This parameter is ignored but kept for compatibility with other permissions_for methods.

Returns

The resolved permissions.

Return type

Permissions

get_partial_message(message_id, /)

Creates a PartialMessage from the message ID.

This is useful if you want to work with a message and only have its ID without doing an unnecessary API call.

Parameters

message_id (int) – The message ID to create a partial message for.

Returns

The partial message.

Return type

PartialMessage

TextChannel

class discord.TextChannel

Represents a Discord guild text channel.

x == y

Checks if two channels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two channels are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the channel’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the channel’s name.

name

The channel name.

Type

str

guild

The guild the channel belongs to.

Type

Guild

id

The channel ID.

Type

int

category_id

The category channel ID this channel belongs to, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

topic

The channel’s topic. None if it doesn’t exist.

Type

Optional[str]

position

The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

Type

int

last_message_id

The last message ID of the message sent to this channel. It may not point to an existing or valid message.

Type

Optional[int]

slowmode_delay

The number of seconds a member must wait between sending messages in this channel. A value of 0 denotes that it is disabled. Bots and users with manage_channels or manage_messages bypass slowmode.

Type

int

nsfw

If the channel is marked as “not safe for work” or “age restricted”.

Type

bool

default_auto_archive_duration

The default auto archive duration in minutes for threads created in this channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

int

default_thread_slowmode_delay

The default slowmode delay in seconds for threads created in this channel.

New in version 2.3.

Type

int

async with typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for the Member or Role.

This function takes into consideration the following cases:

  • Guild owner

  • Guild roles

  • Channel overrides

  • Member overrides

  • Implicit permissions

  • Member timeout

If a Role is passed, then it checks the permissions someone with that role would have, which is essentially:

  • The default role permissions

  • The permissions of the role used as a parameter

  • The default role permission overwrites

  • The permission overwrites of the role used as a parameter

Changed in version 2.0: The object passed in can now be a role object.

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

obj (Union[Member, Role]) – The object to resolve permissions for. This could be either a member or a role. If it’s a role then member overwrites are not computed.

Returns

The resolved permissions for the member or role.

Return type

Permissions

property members

Returns all members that can see this channel.

Type

List[Member]

property threads

Returns all the threads that you can see.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[Thread]

is_nsfw()

bool: Checks if the channel is NSFW.

is_news()

bool: Checks if the channel is a news channel.

property last_message

Retrieves the last message from this channel in cache.

The message might not be valid or point to an existing message.

Reliable Fetching

For a slightly more reliable method of fetching the last message, consider using either history() or fetch_message() with the last_message_id attribute.

Returns

The last message in this channel or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Message]

await edit(*, reason=None, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Changed in version 1.3: The overwrites keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 1.4: The type keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.0: Edits are no longer in-place, the newly edited channel is returned instead.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new channel name.

  • topic (str) – The new channel’s topic.

  • position (int) – The new channel’s position.

  • nsfw (bool) – To mark the channel as NSFW or not.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync permissions with the channel’s new or pre-existing category. Defaults to False.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The new category for this channel. Can be None to remove the category.

  • slowmode_delay (int) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. A value of 0 disables slowmode. The maximum value possible is 21600.

  • type (ChannelType) – Change the type of this text channel. Currently, only conversion between ChannelType.text and ChannelType.news is supported. This is only available to guilds that contain NEWS in Guild.features.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

  • overwrites (Mapping) – A Mapping of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply to the channel.

  • default_auto_archive_duration (int) –

    The new default auto archive duration in minutes for threads created in this channel. Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080.

    New in version 2.0.

  • default_thread_slowmode_delay (int) –

    The new default slowmode delay in seconds for threads created in this channel.

    New in version 2.3.

Raises
  • ValueError – The new position is less than 0 or greater than the number of channels.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the channel.

  • HTTPException – Editing the channel failed.

Returns

The newly edited text channel. If the edit was only positional then None is returned instead.

Return type

Optional[TextChannel]

await clone(*, name=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Clones this channel. This creates a channel with the same properties as this channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

New in version 1.1.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The name of the new channel. If not provided, defaults to this channel name.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for cloning this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

abc.GuildChannel

await delete_messages(messages, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes a list of messages. This is similar to Message.delete() except it bulk deletes multiple messages.

As a special case, if the number of messages is 0, then nothing is done. If the number of messages is 1 then single message delete is done. If it’s more than two, then bulk delete is used.

You cannot bulk delete more than 100 messages or messages that are older than 14 days old.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

Changed in version 2.0: messages parameter is now positional-only.

The reason keyword-only parameter was added.

Parameters
  • messages (Iterable[abc.Snowflake]) – An iterable of messages denoting which ones to bulk delete.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • ClientException – The number of messages to delete was more than 100.

  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the messages.

  • NotFound – If single delete, then the message was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the messages failed.

await purge(*, limit=100, check=..., before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None, bulk=True, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Purges a list of messages that meet the criteria given by the predicate check. If a check is not provided then all messages are deleted without discrimination.

You must have manage_messages to delete messages even if they are your own. Having read_message_history is also needed to retrieve message history.

Changed in version 2.0: The reason keyword-only parameter was added.

Examples

Deleting bot’s messages

def is_me(m):
    return m.author == client.user

deleted = await channel.purge(limit=100, check=is_me)
await channel.send(f'Deleted {len(deleted)} message(s)')
Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to search through. This is not the number of messages that will be deleted, though it can be.

  • check (Callable[[Message], bool]) – The function used to check if a message should be deleted. It must take a Message as its sole parameter.

  • before (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as before in history().

  • after (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as after in history().

  • around (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as around in history().

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – Same as oldest_first in history().

  • bulk (bool) – If True, use bulk delete. Setting this to False is useful for mass-deleting a bot’s own messages without Permissions.manage_messages. When True, will fall back to single delete if messages are older than two weeks.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for purging the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to do the actions required.

  • HTTPException – Purging the messages failed.

Returns

The list of messages that were deleted.

Return type

List[Message]

await webhooks()

This function is a coroutine.

Gets the list of webhooks from this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

Raises

Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to get the webhooks.

Returns

The webhooks for this channel.

Return type

List[Webhook]

await create_webhook(*, name, avatar=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a webhook for this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

Changed in version 1.1: Added the reason keyword-only parameter.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The webhook’s name.

  • avatar (Optional[bytes]) – A bytes-like object representing the webhook’s default avatar. This operates similarly to edit().

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this webhook. Shows up in the audit logs.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Creating the webhook failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a webhook.

Returns

The created webhook.

Return type

Webhook

await follow(*, destination, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Follows a channel using a webhook.

Only news channels can be followed.

Note

The webhook returned will not provide a token to do webhook actions, as Discord does not provide it.

New in version 1.3.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • destination (TextChannel) – The channel you would like to follow from.

  • reason (Optional[str]) –

    The reason for following the channel. Shows up on the destination guild’s audit log.

    New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Following the channel failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions to create a webhook.

  • ClientException – The channel is not a news channel.

  • TypeError – The destination channel is not a text channel.

Returns

The created webhook.

Return type

Webhook

get_partial_message(message_id, /)

Creates a PartialMessage from the message ID.

This is useful if you want to work with a message and only have its ID without doing an unnecessary API call.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: message_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

message_id (int) – The message ID to create a partial message for.

Returns

The partial message.

Return type

PartialMessage

get_thread(thread_id, /)

Returns a thread with the given ID.

Note

This does not always retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal cache. Use Guild.fetch_channel() instead.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

thread_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The returned thread or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Thread]

await create_thread(*, name, message=None, auto_archive_duration=..., type=None, reason=None, invitable=True, slowmode_delay=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a thread in this text channel.

To create a public thread, you must have create_public_threads. For a private thread, create_private_threads is needed instead.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the thread.

  • message (Optional[abc.Snowflake]) – A snowflake representing the message to create the thread with. If None is passed then a private thread is created. Defaults to None.

  • auto_archive_duration (int) –

    The duration in minutes before a thread is automatically hidden from the channel list. If not provided, the channel’s default auto archive duration is used.

    Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080, if provided.

  • type (Optional[ChannelType]) – The type of thread to create. If a message is passed then this parameter is ignored, as a thread created with a message is always a public thread. By default this creates a private thread if this is None.

  • reason (str) – The reason for creating a new thread. Shows up on the audit log.

  • invitable (bool) – Whether non-moderators can add users to the thread. Only applicable to private threads. Defaults to True.

  • slowmode_delay (Optional[int]) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. The maximum value possible is 21600. By default no slowmode rate limit if this is None.

Raises
Returns

The created thread

Return type

Thread

async for ... in archived_threads(*, private=False, joined=False, limit=100, before=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that iterates over all archived threads in this text channel, in order of decreasing ID for joined threads, and decreasing Thread.archive_timestamp otherwise.

You must have read_message_history to do this. If iterating over private threads then manage_threads is also required.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[bool]) – The number of threads to retrieve. If None, retrieves every archived thread in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve archived channels before the given date or ID.

  • private (bool) – Whether to retrieve private archived threads.

  • joined (bool) – Whether to retrieve private archived threads that you’ve joined. You cannot set joined to True and private to False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get archived threads.

  • HTTPException – The request to get the archived threads failed.

  • ValueErrorjoined was set to True and private was set to False. You cannot retrieve public archived threads that you have joined.

Yields

Thread – The archived threads.

property category

The category this channel belongs to.

If there is no category then this is None.

Type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

property changed_roles

Returns a list of roles that have been overridden from their default values in the roles attribute.

Type

List[Role]

await create_invite(*, reason=None, max_age=0, max_uses=0, temporary=False, unique=True, target_type=None, target_user=None, target_application_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates an instant invite from a text or voice channel.

You must have create_instant_invite to do this.

Parameters
  • max_age (int) – How long the invite should last in seconds. If it’s 0 then the invite doesn’t expire. Defaults to 0.

  • max_uses (int) – How many uses the invite could be used for. If it’s 0 then there are unlimited uses. Defaults to 0.

  • temporary (bool) – Denotes that the invite grants temporary membership (i.e. they get kicked after they disconnect). Defaults to False.

  • unique (bool) – Indicates if a unique invite URL should be created. Defaults to True. If this is set to False then it will return a previously created invite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this invite. Shows up on the audit log.

  • target_type (Optional[InviteTarget]) –

    The type of target for the voice channel invite, if any.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_user (Optional[User]) –

    The user whose stream to display for this invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.stream. The user must be streaming in the channel.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_application_id:

    Optional[int]: The id of the embedded application for the invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.embedded_application.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Invite creation failed.

  • NotFound – The channel that was passed is a category or an invalid channel.

Returns

The invite that was created.

Return type

Invite

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the channel.

  • NotFound – The channel was not found or was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the channel failed.

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await invites()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all active instant invites from this channel.

You must have manage_channels to get this information.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The list of invites that are currently active.

Return type

List[Invite]

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

await move(**kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A rich interface to help move a channel relative to other channels.

If exact position movement is required, edit should be used instead.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Note

Voice channels will always be sorted below text channels. This is a Discord limitation.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • beginning (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the beginning of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with end, before, and after.

  • end (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the end of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with beginning, before, and after.

  • before (Snowflake) – The channel that should be before our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and after.

  • after (Snowflake) – The channel that should be after our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and before.

  • offset (int) – The number of channels to offset the move by. For example, an offset of 2 with beginning=True would move it 2 after the beginning. A positive number moves it below while a negative number moves it above. Note that this number is relative and computed after the beginning, end, before, and after parameters.

  • category (Optional[Snowflake]) – The category to move this channel under. If None is given then it moves it out of the category. This parameter is ignored if moving a category channel.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync the permissions with the category (if given).

  • reason (str) – The reason for the move.

Raises
  • ValueError – An invalid position was given.

  • TypeError – A bad mix of arguments were passed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to move the channel.

  • HTTPException – Moving the channel failed.

property overwrites

Returns all of the channel’s overwrites.

This is returned as a dictionary where the key contains the target which can be either a Role or a Member and the value is the overwrite as a PermissionOverwrite.

Changed in version 2.0: Overwrites can now be type-aware Object in case of cache lookup failure

Returns

The channel’s permission overwrites.

Return type

Dict[Union[Role, Member, Object], PermissionOverwrite]

overwrites_for(obj)

Returns the channel-specific overwrites for a member or a role.

Parameters

obj (Union[Role, User, Object]) – The role or user denoting whose overwrite to get.

Returns

The permission overwrites for this object.

Return type

PermissionOverwrite

property permissions_synced

Whether or not the permissions for this channel are synced with the category it belongs to.

If there is no category then this is False.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

await set_permissions(target, *, overwrite=see - below, reason=None, **permissions)

This function is a coroutine.

Sets the channel specific permission overwrites for a target in the channel.

The target parameter should either be a Member or a Role that belongs to guild.

The overwrite parameter, if given, must either be None or PermissionOverwrite. For convenience, you can pass in keyword arguments denoting Permissions attributes. If this is done, then you cannot mix the keyword arguments with the overwrite parameter.

If the overwrite parameter is None, then the permission overwrites are deleted.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Note

This method replaces the old overwrites with the ones given.

Examples

Setting allow and deny:

await message.channel.set_permissions(message.author, read_messages=True,
                                                      send_messages=False)

Deleting overwrites

await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=None)

Using PermissionOverwrite

overwrite = discord.PermissionOverwrite()
overwrite.send_messages = False
overwrite.read_messages = True
await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=overwrite)

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • target (Union[Member, Role]) – The member or role to overwrite permissions for.

  • overwrite (Optional[PermissionOverwrite]) – The permissions to allow and deny to the target, or None to delete the overwrite.

  • **permissions – A keyword argument list of permissions to set for ease of use. Cannot be mixed with overwrite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit channel specific permissions.

  • HTTPException – Editing channel specific permissions failed.

  • NotFound – The role or member being edited is not part of the guild.

  • TypeError – The overwrite parameter was invalid or the target type was not Role or Member.

  • ValueError – The overwrite parameter and positions parameters were both unset.

ForumChannel

class discord.ForumChannel

Represents a Discord guild forum channel.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two forums are equal.

x != y

Checks if two forums are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the forum’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the forum’s name.

name

The forum name.

Type

str

guild

The guild the forum belongs to.

Type

Guild

id

The forum ID.

Type

int

category_id

The category channel ID this forum belongs to, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

topic

The forum’s topic. None if it doesn’t exist. Called “Guidelines” in the UI. Can be up to 4096 characters long.

Type

Optional[str]

position

The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

Type

int

last_message_id

The last thread ID that was created on this forum. This technically also coincides with the message ID that started the thread that was created. It may not point to an existing or valid thread or message.

Type

Optional[int]

slowmode_delay

The number of seconds a member must wait between creating threads in this forum. A value of 0 denotes that it is disabled. Bots and users with manage_channels or manage_messages bypass slowmode.

Type

int

nsfw

If the forum is marked as “not safe for work” or “age restricted”.

Type

bool

default_auto_archive_duration

The default auto archive duration in minutes for threads created in this forum.

Type

int

default_thread_slowmode_delay

The default slowmode delay in seconds for threads created in this forum.

New in version 2.1.

Type

int

default_reaction_emoji

The default reaction emoji for threads created in this forum to show in the add reaction button.

New in version 2.1.

Type

Optional[PartialEmoji]

default_layout

The default layout for posts in this forum channel. Defaults to ForumLayoutType.not_set.

New in version 2.2.

Type

ForumLayoutType

default_sort_order

The default sort order for posts in this forum channel.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[ForumOrderType]

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for the Member or Role.

This function takes into consideration the following cases:

  • Guild owner

  • Guild roles

  • Channel overrides

  • Member overrides

  • Implicit permissions

  • Member timeout

If a Role is passed, then it checks the permissions someone with that role would have, which is essentially:

  • The default role permissions

  • The permissions of the role used as a parameter

  • The default role permission overwrites

  • The permission overwrites of the role used as a parameter

Changed in version 2.0: The object passed in can now be a role object.

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

obj (Union[Member, Role]) – The object to resolve permissions for. This could be either a member or a role. If it’s a role then member overwrites are not computed.

Returns

The resolved permissions for the member or role.

Return type

Permissions

get_thread(thread_id, /)

Returns a thread with the given ID.

Note

This does not always retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal cache. Use Guild.fetch_channel() instead.

New in version 2.2.

Parameters

thread_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The returned thread or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Thread]

property threads

Returns all the threads that you can see.

Type

List[Thread]

property flags

The flags associated with this thread.

New in version 2.1.

Type

ChannelFlags

property available_tags

Returns all the available tags for this forum.

New in version 2.1.

Type

Sequence[ForumTag]

get_tag(tag_id, /)

Returns the tag with the given ID.

New in version 2.1.

Parameters

tag_id (int) – The ID to search for.

Returns

The tag with the given ID, or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[ForumTag]

is_nsfw()

bool: Checks if the forum is NSFW.

is_media()

bool: Checks if the channel is a media channel.

New in version 2.4.

await clone(*, name=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Clones this channel. This creates a channel with the same properties as this channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

New in version 1.1.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The name of the new channel. If not provided, defaults to this channel name.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for cloning this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

abc.GuildChannel

await edit(*, reason=None, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the forum.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new forum name.

  • topic (str) – The new forum’s topic.

  • position (int) – The new forum’s position.

  • nsfw (bool) – To mark the forum as NSFW or not.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync permissions with the forum’s new or pre-existing category. Defaults to False.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The new category for this forum. Can be None to remove the category.

  • slowmode_delay (int) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this forum, in seconds. A value of 0 disables slowmode. The maximum value possible is 21600.

  • type (ChannelType) – Change the type of this text forum. Currently, only conversion between ChannelType.text and ChannelType.news is supported. This is only available to guilds that contain NEWS in Guild.features.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this forum. Shows up on the audit log.

  • overwrites (Mapping) – A Mapping of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply to the forum.

  • default_auto_archive_duration (int) – The new default auto archive duration in minutes for threads created in this channel. Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080.

  • available_tags (Sequence[ForumTag]) –

    The new available tags for this forum.

    New in version 2.1.

  • default_thread_slowmode_delay (int) –

    The new default slowmode delay for threads in this channel.

    New in version 2.1.

  • default_reaction_emoji (Optional[Union[Emoji, PartialEmoji, str]]) –

    The new default reaction emoji for threads in this channel.

    New in version 2.1.

  • default_layout (ForumLayoutType) –

    The new default layout for posts in this forum.

    New in version 2.2.

  • default_sort_order (Optional[ForumOrderType]) –

    The new default sort order for posts in this forum.

    New in version 2.3.

  • require_tag (bool) –

    Whether to require a tag for threads in this channel or not.

    New in version 2.1.

Raises
  • ValueError – The new position is less than 0 or greater than the number of channels.

  • TypeError – The permission overwrite information is not in proper form or a type is not the expected type.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the forum.

  • HTTPException – Editing the forum failed.

Returns

The newly edited forum channel. If the edit was only positional then None is returned instead.

Return type

Optional[ForumChannel]

await create_tag(*, name, emoji=None, moderated=False, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a new tag in this forum.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the tag. Can only be up to 20 characters.

  • emoji (Optional[Union[str, PartialEmoji]]) – The emoji to use for the tag.

  • moderated (bool) – Whether the tag can only be applied by moderators.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this tag. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a tag in this forum.

  • HTTPException – Creating the tag failed.

Returns

The newly created tag.

Return type

ForumTag

await create_thread(*, name, auto_archive_duration=..., slowmode_delay=None, content=None, tts=False, embed=..., embeds=..., file=..., files=..., stickers=..., allowed_mentions=..., mention_author=..., applied_tags=..., view=..., suppress_embeds=False, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a thread in this forum.

This thread is a public thread with the initial message given. Currently in order to start a thread in this forum, the user needs send_messages.

You must send at least one of content, embed, embeds, file, files, or view to create a thread in a forum, since forum channels must have a starter message.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the thread.

  • auto_archive_duration (int) –

    The duration in minutes before a thread is automatically hidden from the channel list. If not provided, the channel’s default auto archive duration is used.

    Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080, if provided.

  • slowmode_delay (Optional[int]) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. The maximum value possible is 21600. By default no slowmode rate limit if this is None.

  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send with the thread.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) – A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) – Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

  • mention_author (bool) – If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

  • applied_tags (List[discord.ForumTag]) – A list of tags to apply to the thread.

  • view (discord.ui.View) – A Discord UI View to add to the message.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) – A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) – Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

  • reason (str) – The reason for creating a new thread. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a thread.

  • HTTPException – Starting the thread failed.

  • ValueError – The files or embeds list is not of the appropriate size.

  • TypeError – You specified both file and files, or you specified both embed and embeds.

Returns

The created thread with the created message. This is also accessible as a namedtuple with thread and message fields.

Return type

Tuple[Thread, Message]

await webhooks()

This function is a coroutine.

Gets the list of webhooks from this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

Raises

Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to get the webhooks.

Returns

The webhooks for this channel.

Return type

List[Webhook]

await create_webhook(*, name, avatar=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a webhook for this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The webhook’s name.

  • avatar (Optional[bytes]) – A bytes-like object representing the webhook’s default avatar. This operates similarly to edit().

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this webhook. Shows up in the audit logs.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Creating the webhook failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a webhook.

Returns

The created webhook.

Return type

Webhook

async for ... in archived_threads(*, limit=100, before=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that iterates over all archived threads in this forum in order of decreasing Thread.archive_timestamp.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[bool]) – The number of threads to retrieve. If None, retrieves every archived thread in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve archived channels before the given date or ID.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get archived threads.

  • HTTPException – The request to get the archived threads failed.

Yields

Thread – The archived threads.

property category

The category this channel belongs to.

If there is no category then this is None.

Type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

property changed_roles

Returns a list of roles that have been overridden from their default values in the roles attribute.

Type

List[Role]

await create_invite(*, reason=None, max_age=0, max_uses=0, temporary=False, unique=True, target_type=None, target_user=None, target_application_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates an instant invite from a text or voice channel.

You must have create_instant_invite to do this.

Parameters
  • max_age (int) – How long the invite should last in seconds. If it’s 0 then the invite doesn’t expire. Defaults to 0.

  • max_uses (int) – How many uses the invite could be used for. If it’s 0 then there are unlimited uses. Defaults to 0.

  • temporary (bool) – Denotes that the invite grants temporary membership (i.e. they get kicked after they disconnect). Defaults to False.

  • unique (bool) – Indicates if a unique invite URL should be created. Defaults to True. If this is set to False then it will return a previously created invite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this invite. Shows up on the audit log.

  • target_type (Optional[InviteTarget]) –

    The type of target for the voice channel invite, if any.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_user (Optional[User]) –

    The user whose stream to display for this invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.stream. The user must be streaming in the channel.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_application_id:

    Optional[int]: The id of the embedded application for the invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.embedded_application.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Invite creation failed.

  • NotFound – The channel that was passed is a category or an invalid channel.

Returns

The invite that was created.

Return type

Invite

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the channel.

  • NotFound – The channel was not found or was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the channel failed.

await invites()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all active instant invites from this channel.

You must have manage_channels to get this information.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The list of invites that are currently active.

Return type

List[Invite]

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

await move(**kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A rich interface to help move a channel relative to other channels.

If exact position movement is required, edit should be used instead.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Note

Voice channels will always be sorted below text channels. This is a Discord limitation.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • beginning (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the beginning of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with end, before, and after.

  • end (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the end of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with beginning, before, and after.

  • before (Snowflake) – The channel that should be before our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and after.

  • after (Snowflake) – The channel that should be after our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and before.

  • offset (int) – The number of channels to offset the move by. For example, an offset of 2 with beginning=True would move it 2 after the beginning. A positive number moves it below while a negative number moves it above. Note that this number is relative and computed after the beginning, end, before, and after parameters.

  • category (Optional[Snowflake]) – The category to move this channel under. If None is given then it moves it out of the category. This parameter is ignored if moving a category channel.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync the permissions with the category (if given).

  • reason (str) – The reason for the move.

Raises
  • ValueError – An invalid position was given.

  • TypeError – A bad mix of arguments were passed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to move the channel.

  • HTTPException – Moving the channel failed.

property overwrites

Returns all of the channel’s overwrites.

This is returned as a dictionary where the key contains the target which can be either a Role or a Member and the value is the overwrite as a PermissionOverwrite.

Changed in version 2.0: Overwrites can now be type-aware Object in case of cache lookup failure

Returns

The channel’s permission overwrites.

Return type

Dict[Union[Role, Member, Object], PermissionOverwrite]

overwrites_for(obj)

Returns the channel-specific overwrites for a member or a role.

Parameters

obj (Union[Role, User, Object]) – The role or user denoting whose overwrite to get.

Returns

The permission overwrites for this object.

Return type

PermissionOverwrite

property permissions_synced

Whether or not the permissions for this channel are synced with the category it belongs to.

If there is no category then this is False.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

await set_permissions(target, *, overwrite=see - below, reason=None, **permissions)

This function is a coroutine.

Sets the channel specific permission overwrites for a target in the channel.

The target parameter should either be a Member or a Role that belongs to guild.

The overwrite parameter, if given, must either be None or PermissionOverwrite. For convenience, you can pass in keyword arguments denoting Permissions attributes. If this is done, then you cannot mix the keyword arguments with the overwrite parameter.

If the overwrite parameter is None, then the permission overwrites are deleted.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Note

This method replaces the old overwrites with the ones given.

Examples

Setting allow and deny:

await message.channel.set_permissions(message.author, read_messages=True,
                                                      send_messages=False)

Deleting overwrites

await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=None)

Using PermissionOverwrite

overwrite = discord.PermissionOverwrite()
overwrite.send_messages = False
overwrite.read_messages = True
await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=overwrite)

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • target (Union[Member, Role]) – The member or role to overwrite permissions for.

  • overwrite (Optional[PermissionOverwrite]) – The permissions to allow and deny to the target, or None to delete the overwrite.

  • **permissions – A keyword argument list of permissions to set for ease of use. Cannot be mixed with overwrite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit channel specific permissions.

  • HTTPException – Editing channel specific permissions failed.

  • NotFound – The role or member being edited is not part of the guild.

  • TypeError – The overwrite parameter was invalid or the target type was not Role or Member.

  • ValueError – The overwrite parameter and positions parameters were both unset.

Thread

class discord.Thread

Represents a Discord thread.

x == y

Checks if two threads are equal.

x != y

Checks if two threads are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the thread’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the thread’s name.

New in version 2.0.

name

The thread name.

Type

str

guild

The guild the thread belongs to.

Type

Guild

id

The thread ID. This is the same as the thread starter message ID.

Type

int

parent_id

The parent TextChannel or ForumChannel ID this thread belongs to.

Type

int

owner_id

The user’s ID that created this thread.

Type

int

last_message_id

The last message ID of the message sent to this thread. It may not point to an existing or valid message.

Type

Optional[int]

slowmode_delay

The number of seconds a member must wait between sending messages in this thread. A value of 0 denotes that it is disabled. Bots and users with manage_channels or manage_messages bypass slowmode.

Type

int

message_count

An approximate number of messages in this thread.

Type

int

member_count

An approximate number of members in this thread. This caps at 50.

Type

int

me

A thread member representing yourself, if you’ve joined the thread. This could not be available.

Type

Optional[ThreadMember]

archived

Whether the thread is archived.

Type

bool

locked

Whether the thread is locked.

Type

bool

invitable

Whether non-moderators can add other non-moderators to this thread. This is always True for public threads.

Type

bool

archiver_id

The user’s ID that archived this thread.

Type

Optional[int]

auto_archive_duration

The duration in minutes until the thread is automatically hidden from the channel list. Usually a value of 60, 1440, 4320 and 10080.

Type

int

archive_timestamp

An aware timestamp of when the thread’s archived status was last updated in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

async with typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

property parent

The parent channel this thread belongs to.

Type

Optional[Union[ForumChannel, TextChannel]]

property flags

The flags associated with this thread.

Type

ChannelFlags

property owner

The member this thread belongs to.

Type

Optional[Member]

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the thread.

Type

str

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the thread.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property members

A list of thread members in this thread.

This requires Intents.members to be properly filled. Most of the time however, this data is not provided by the gateway and a call to fetch_members() is needed.

Type

List[ThreadMember]

property applied_tags

A list of tags applied to this thread.

New in version 2.1.

Type

List[ForumTag]

property starter_message

Returns the thread starter message from the cache.

The message might not be cached, valid, or point to an existing message.

Note that the thread starter message ID is the same ID as the thread.

Returns

The thread starter message or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Message]

property last_message

Returns the last message from this thread from the cache.

The message might not be valid or point to an existing message.

Reliable Fetching

For a slightly more reliable method of fetching the last message, consider using either history() or fetch_message() with the last_message_id attribute.

Returns

The last message in this channel or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Message]

property category

The category channel the parent channel belongs to, if applicable.

Raises

ClientException – The parent channel was not cached and returned None.

Returns

The parent channel’s category.

Return type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

property category_id

The category channel ID the parent channel belongs to, if applicable.

Raises

ClientException – The parent channel was not cached and returned None.

Returns

The parent channel’s category ID.

Return type

Optional[int]

property created_at

An aware timestamp of when the thread was created in UTC.

Note

This timestamp only exists for threads created after 9 January 2022, otherwise returns None.

is_private()

bool: Whether the thread is a private thread.

A private thread is only viewable by those that have been explicitly invited or have manage_threads.

is_news()

bool: Whether the thread is a news thread.

A news thread is a thread that has a parent that is a news channel, i.e. TextChannel.is_news() is True.

is_nsfw()

bool: Whether the thread is NSFW or not.

An NSFW thread is a thread that has a parent that is an NSFW channel, i.e. TextChannel.is_nsfw() is True.

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for the Member or Role.

Since threads do not have their own permissions, they mostly inherit them from the parent channel with some implicit permissions changed.

Parameters

obj (Union[Member, Role]) – The object to resolve permissions for. This could be either a member or a role. If it’s a role then member overwrites are not computed.

Raises

ClientException – The parent channel was not cached and returned None

Returns

The resolved permissions for the member or role.

Return type

Permissions

await delete_messages(messages, /, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes a list of messages. This is similar to Message.delete() except it bulk deletes multiple messages.

As a special case, if the number of messages is 0, then nothing is done. If the number of messages is 1 then single message delete is done. If it’s more than two, then bulk delete is used.

You cannot bulk delete more than 100 messages or messages that are older than 14 days old.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

Parameters
  • messages (Iterable[abc.Snowflake]) – An iterable of messages denoting which ones to bulk delete.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • ClientException – The number of messages to delete was more than 100.

  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the messages or you’re not using a bot account.

  • NotFound – If single delete, then the message was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the messages failed.

await purge(*, limit=100, check=..., before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None, bulk=True, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Purges a list of messages that meet the criteria given by the predicate check. If a check is not provided then all messages are deleted without discrimination.

You must have manage_messages to delete messages even if they are your own. Having read_message_history is also needed to retrieve message history.

Examples

Deleting bot’s messages

def is_me(m):
    return m.author == client.user

deleted = await thread.purge(limit=100, check=is_me)
await thread.send(f'Deleted {len(deleted)} message(s)')
Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to search through. This is not the number of messages that will be deleted, though it can be.

  • check (Callable[[Message], bool]) – The function used to check if a message should be deleted. It must take a Message as its sole parameter.

  • before (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as before in history().

  • after (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as after in history().

  • around (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as around in history().

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – Same as oldest_first in history().

  • bulk (bool) – If True, use bulk delete. Setting this to False is useful for mass-deleting a bot’s own messages without Permissions.manage_messages. When True, will fall back to single delete if messages are older than two weeks.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for purging the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to do the actions required.

  • HTTPException – Purging the messages failed.

Returns

The list of messages that were deleted.

Return type

List[Message]

await edit(*, name=..., archived=..., locked=..., invitable=..., pinned=..., slowmode_delay=..., auto_archive_duration=..., applied_tags=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the thread.

Editing the thread requires Permissions.manage_threads. The thread creator can also edit name, archived or auto_archive_duration. Note that if the thread is locked then only those with Permissions.manage_threads can unarchive a thread.

The thread must be unarchived to be edited.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new name of the thread.

  • archived (bool) – Whether to archive the thread or not.

  • locked (bool) – Whether to lock the thread or not.

  • pinned (bool) – Whether to pin the thread or not. This only works if the thread is part of a forum.

  • invitable (bool) – Whether non-moderators can add other non-moderators to this thread. Only available for private threads.

  • auto_archive_duration (int) – The new duration in minutes before a thread is automatically hidden from the channel list. Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080.

  • slowmode_delay (int) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this thread, in seconds. A value of 0 disables slowmode. The maximum value possible is 21600.

  • applied_tags (Sequence[ForumTag]) –

    The new tags to apply to the thread. There can only be up to 5 tags applied to a thread.

    New in version 2.1.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this thread. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
Returns

The newly edited thread.

Return type

Thread

await add_tags(*tags, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Adds the given forum tags to a thread.

You must have manage_threads to use this or the thread must be owned by you.

Tags that have ForumTag.moderated set to True require manage_threads to be added.

The maximum number of tags that can be added to a thread is 5.

The parent channel must be a ForumChannel.

New in version 2.1.

Parameters
Raises
await remove_tags(*tags, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Remove the given forum tags to a thread.

You must have manage_threads to use this or the thread must be owned by you.

The parent channel must be a ForumChannel.

New in version 2.1.

Parameters
Raises
await join()

This function is a coroutine.

Joins this thread.

You must have send_messages_in_threads to join a thread. If the thread is private, manage_threads is also needed.

Raises
await leave()

This function is a coroutine.

Leaves this thread.

Raises

HTTPException – Leaving the thread failed.

await add_user(user, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Adds a user to this thread.

You must have send_messages_in_threads to add a user to a thread. If the thread is private and invitable is False then manage_messages is required to add a user to the thread.

Parameters

user (abc.Snowflake) – The user to add to the thread.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to add the user to the thread.

  • HTTPException – Adding the user to the thread failed.

await remove_user(user, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Removes a user from this thread.

You must have manage_threads or be the creator of the thread to remove a user.

Parameters

user (abc.Snowflake) – The user to remove from the thread.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to remove the user from the thread.

  • HTTPException – Removing the user from the thread failed.

await fetch_member(user_id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a ThreadMember for the given user ID.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified user is not a member of this thread.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the member failed.

Returns

The thread member from the user ID.

Return type

ThreadMember

await fetch_members()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all ThreadMember that are in this thread.

This requires Intents.members to get information about members other than yourself.

Raises

HTTPException – Retrieving the members failed.

Returns

All thread members in the thread.

Return type

List[ThreadMember]

await delete()

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes this thread.

You must have manage_threads to delete threads.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to delete this thread.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the thread failed.

get_partial_message(message_id, /)

Creates a PartialMessage from the message ID.

This is useful if you want to work with a message and only have its ID without doing an unnecessary API call.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

message_id (int) – The message ID to create a partial message for.

Returns

The partial message.

Return type

PartialMessage

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

ThreadMember

class discord.ThreadMember

Represents a Discord thread member.

x == y

Checks if two thread members are equal.

x != y

Checks if two thread members are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the thread member’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the thread member’s name.

New in version 2.0.

id

The thread member’s ID.

Type

int

thread_id

The thread’s ID.

Type

int

joined_at

The time the member joined the thread in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property thread

The thread this member belongs to.

Type

Thread

VoiceChannel

class discord.VoiceChannel

Represents a Discord guild voice channel.

x == y

Checks if two channels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two channels are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the channel’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the channel’s name.

name

The channel name.

Type

str

guild

The guild the channel belongs to.

Type

Guild

id

The channel ID.

Type

int

nsfw

If the channel is marked as “not safe for work” or “age restricted”.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

category_id

The category channel ID this channel belongs to, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

position

The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

Type

int

bitrate

The channel’s preferred audio bitrate in bits per second.

Type

int

user_limit

The channel’s limit for number of members that can be in a voice channel.

Type

int

rtc_region

The region for the voice channel’s voice communication. A value of None indicates automatic voice region detection.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: The type of this attribute has changed to str.

Type

Optional[str]

video_quality_mode

The camera video quality for the voice channel’s participants.

New in version 2.0.

Type

VideoQualityMode

last_message_id

The last message ID of the message sent to this channel. It may not point to an existing or valid message.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[int]

slowmode_delay

The number of seconds a member must wait between sending messages in this channel. A value of 0 denotes that it is disabled. Bots and users with manage_channels or manage_messages bypass slowmode.

New in version 2.2.

Type

int

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

await clone(*, name=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Clones this channel. This creates a channel with the same properties as this channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

New in version 1.1.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The name of the new channel. If not provided, defaults to this channel name.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for cloning this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

abc.GuildChannel

await edit(*, reason=None, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Changed in version 1.3: The overwrites keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.0: Edits are no longer in-place, the newly edited channel is returned instead.

Changed in version 2.0: The region parameter now accepts str instead of an enum.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new channel’s name.

  • bitrate (int) – The new channel’s bitrate.

  • nsfw (bool) – To mark the channel as NSFW or not.

  • user_limit (int) – The new channel’s user limit.

  • position (int) – The new channel’s position.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync permissions with the channel’s new or pre-existing category. Defaults to False.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The new category for this channel. Can be None to remove the category.

  • slowmode_delay (int) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. A value of 0 disables slowmode. The maximum value possible is 21600.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

  • overwrites (Mapping) – A Mapping of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply to the channel.

  • rtc_region (Optional[str]) –

    The new region for the voice channel’s voice communication. A value of None indicates automatic voice region detection.

    New in version 1.7.

  • video_quality_mode (VideoQualityMode) –

    The camera video quality for the voice channel’s participants.

    New in version 2.0.

  • status (Optional[str]) –

    The new voice channel status. It can be up to 500 characters. Can be None to remove the status.

    New in version 2.4.

Raises
  • TypeError – If the permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the channel.

  • HTTPException – Editing the channel failed.

Returns

The newly edited voice channel. If the edit was only positional then None is returned instead.

Return type

Optional[VoiceChannel]

property category

The category this channel belongs to.

If there is no category then this is None.

Type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

property changed_roles

Returns a list of roles that have been overridden from their default values in the roles attribute.

Type

List[Role]

await connect(*, timeout=30.0, reconnect=True, cls=<class 'discord.voice_client.VoiceClient'>, self_deaf=False, self_mute=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Connects to voice and creates a VoiceClient to establish your connection to the voice server.

This requires voice_states.

Parameters
  • timeout (float) – The timeout in seconds to wait the connection to complete.

  • reconnect (bool) – Whether the bot should automatically attempt a reconnect if a part of the handshake fails or the gateway goes down.

  • cls (Type[VoiceProtocol]) – A type that subclasses VoiceProtocol to connect with. Defaults to VoiceClient.

  • self_mute (bool) –

    Indicates if the client should be self-muted.

    New in version 2.0.

  • self_deaf (bool) –

    Indicates if the client should be self-deafened.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
Returns

A voice client that is fully connected to the voice server.

Return type

VoiceProtocol

await create_invite(*, reason=None, max_age=0, max_uses=0, temporary=False, unique=True, target_type=None, target_user=None, target_application_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates an instant invite from a text or voice channel.

You must have create_instant_invite to do this.

Parameters
  • max_age (int) – How long the invite should last in seconds. If it’s 0 then the invite doesn’t expire. Defaults to 0.

  • max_uses (int) – How many uses the invite could be used for. If it’s 0 then there are unlimited uses. Defaults to 0.

  • temporary (bool) – Denotes that the invite grants temporary membership (i.e. they get kicked after they disconnect). Defaults to False.

  • unique (bool) – Indicates if a unique invite URL should be created. Defaults to True. If this is set to False then it will return a previously created invite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this invite. Shows up on the audit log.

  • target_type (Optional[InviteTarget]) –

    The type of target for the voice channel invite, if any.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_user (Optional[User]) –

    The user whose stream to display for this invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.stream. The user must be streaming in the channel.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_application_id:

    Optional[int]: The id of the embedded application for the invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.embedded_application.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Invite creation failed.

  • NotFound – The channel that was passed is a category or an invalid channel.

Returns

The invite that was created.

Return type

Invite

await create_webhook(*, name, avatar=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a webhook for this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The webhook’s name.

  • avatar (Optional[bytes]) – A bytes-like object representing the webhook’s default avatar. This operates similarly to edit().

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this webhook. Shows up in the audit logs.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Creating the webhook failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a webhook.

Returns

The created webhook.

Return type

Webhook

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the channel.

  • NotFound – The channel was not found or was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the channel failed.

await delete_messages(messages, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes a list of messages. This is similar to Message.delete() except it bulk deletes multiple messages.

As a special case, if the number of messages is 0, then nothing is done. If the number of messages is 1 then single message delete is done. If it’s more than two, then bulk delete is used.

You cannot bulk delete more than 100 messages or messages that are older than 14 days old.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • messages (Iterable[abc.Snowflake]) – An iterable of messages denoting which ones to bulk delete.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • ClientException – The number of messages to delete was more than 100.

  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the messages.

  • NotFound – If single delete, then the message was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the messages failed.

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

get_partial_message(message_id, /)

Creates a PartialMessage from the message ID.

This is useful if you want to work with a message and only have its ID without doing an unnecessary API call.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

message_id (int) – The message ID to create a partial message for.

Returns

The partial message.

Return type

PartialMessage

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await invites()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all active instant invites from this channel.

You must have manage_channels to get this information.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The list of invites that are currently active.

Return type

List[Invite]

is_nsfw()

bool: Checks if the channel is NSFW.

New in version 2.0.

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property last_message

Retrieves the last message from this channel in cache.

The message might not be valid or point to an existing message.

New in version 2.0.

Reliable Fetching

For a slightly more reliable method of fetching the last message, consider using either history() or fetch_message() with the last_message_id attribute.

Returns

The last message in this channel or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Message]

property members

Returns all members that are currently inside this voice channel.

Type

List[Member]

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

await move(**kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A rich interface to help move a channel relative to other channels.

If exact position movement is required, edit should be used instead.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Note

Voice channels will always be sorted below text channels. This is a Discord limitation.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • beginning (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the beginning of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with end, before, and after.

  • end (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the end of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with beginning, before, and after.

  • before (Snowflake) – The channel that should be before our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and after.

  • after (Snowflake) – The channel that should be after our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and before.

  • offset (int) – The number of channels to offset the move by. For example, an offset of 2 with beginning=True would move it 2 after the beginning. A positive number moves it below while a negative number moves it above. Note that this number is relative and computed after the beginning, end, before, and after parameters.

  • category (Optional[Snowflake]) – The category to move this channel under. If None is given then it moves it out of the category. This parameter is ignored if moving a category channel.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync the permissions with the category (if given).

  • reason (str) – The reason for the move.

Raises
  • ValueError – An invalid position was given.

  • TypeError – A bad mix of arguments were passed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to move the channel.

  • HTTPException – Moving the channel failed.

property overwrites

Returns all of the channel’s overwrites.

This is returned as a dictionary where the key contains the target which can be either a Role or a Member and the value is the overwrite as a PermissionOverwrite.

Changed in version 2.0: Overwrites can now be type-aware Object in case of cache lookup failure

Returns

The channel’s permission overwrites.

Return type

Dict[Union[Role, Member, Object], PermissionOverwrite]

overwrites_for(obj)

Returns the channel-specific overwrites for a member or a role.

Parameters

obj (Union[Role, User, Object]) – The role or user denoting whose overwrite to get.

Returns

The permission overwrites for this object.

Return type

PermissionOverwrite

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for the Member or Role.

This function takes into consideration the following cases:

  • Guild owner

  • Guild roles

  • Channel overrides

  • Member overrides

  • Implicit permissions

  • Member timeout

If a Role is passed, then it checks the permissions someone with that role would have, which is essentially:

  • The default role permissions

  • The permissions of the role used as a parameter

  • The default role permission overwrites

  • The permission overwrites of the role used as a parameter

Changed in version 2.0: The object passed in can now be a role object.

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

obj (Union[Member, Role]) – The object to resolve permissions for. This could be either a member or a role. If it’s a role then member overwrites are not computed.

Returns

The resolved permissions for the member or role.

Return type

Permissions

property permissions_synced

Whether or not the permissions for this channel are synced with the category it belongs to.

If there is no category then this is False.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await purge(*, limit=100, check=..., before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None, bulk=True, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Purges a list of messages that meet the criteria given by the predicate check. If a check is not provided then all messages are deleted without discrimination.

You must have manage_messages to delete messages even if they are your own. Having read_message_history is also needed to retrieve message history.

New in version 2.0.

Examples

Deleting bot’s messages

def is_me(m):
    return m.author == client.user

deleted = await channel.purge(limit=100, check=is_me)
await channel.send(f'Deleted {len(deleted)} message(s)')
Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to search through. This is not the number of messages that will be deleted, though it can be.

  • check (Callable[[Message], bool]) – The function used to check if a message should be deleted. It must take a Message as its sole parameter.

  • before (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as before in history().

  • after (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as after in history().

  • around (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as around in history().

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – Same as oldest_first in history().

  • bulk (bool) – If True, use bulk delete. Setting this to False is useful for mass-deleting a bot’s own messages without Permissions.manage_messages. When True, will fall back to single delete if messages are older than two weeks.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for purging the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to do the actions required.

  • HTTPException – Purging the messages failed.

Returns

The list of messages that were deleted.

Return type

List[Message]

property scheduled_events

Returns all scheduled events for this channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[ScheduledEvent]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

await set_permissions(target, *, overwrite=see - below, reason=None, **permissions)

This function is a coroutine.

Sets the channel specific permission overwrites for a target in the channel.

The target parameter should either be a Member or a Role that belongs to guild.

The overwrite parameter, if given, must either be None or PermissionOverwrite. For convenience, you can pass in keyword arguments denoting Permissions attributes. If this is done, then you cannot mix the keyword arguments with the overwrite parameter.

If the overwrite parameter is None, then the permission overwrites are deleted.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Note

This method replaces the old overwrites with the ones given.

Examples

Setting allow and deny:

await message.channel.set_permissions(message.author, read_messages=True,
                                                      send_messages=False)

Deleting overwrites

await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=None)

Using PermissionOverwrite

overwrite = discord.PermissionOverwrite()
overwrite.send_messages = False
overwrite.read_messages = True
await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=overwrite)

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • target (Union[Member, Role]) – The member or role to overwrite permissions for.

  • overwrite (Optional[PermissionOverwrite]) – The permissions to allow and deny to the target, or None to delete the overwrite.

  • **permissions – A keyword argument list of permissions to set for ease of use. Cannot be mixed with overwrite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit channel specific permissions.

  • HTTPException – Editing channel specific permissions failed.

  • NotFound – The role or member being edited is not part of the guild.

  • TypeError – The overwrite parameter was invalid or the target type was not Role or Member.

  • ValueError – The overwrite parameter and positions parameters were both unset.

typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property voice_states

Returns a mapping of member IDs who have voice states in this channel.

New in version 1.3.

Note

This function is intentionally low level to replace members when the member cache is unavailable.

Returns

The mapping of member ID to a voice state.

Return type

Mapping[int, VoiceState]

await webhooks()

This function is a coroutine.

Gets the list of webhooks from this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Raises

Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to get the webhooks.

Returns

The webhooks for this channel.

Return type

List[Webhook]

StageChannel

class discord.StageChannel

Represents a Discord guild stage channel.

New in version 1.7.

x == y

Checks if two channels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two channels are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the channel’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the channel’s name.

name

The channel name.

Type

str

guild

The guild the channel belongs to.

Type

Guild

id

The channel ID.

Type

int

nsfw

If the channel is marked as “not safe for work” or “age restricted”.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

topic

The channel’s topic. None if it isn’t set.

Type

Optional[str]

category_id

The category channel ID this channel belongs to, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

position

The position in the channel list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top channel is position 0.

Type

int

bitrate

The channel’s preferred audio bitrate in bits per second.

Type

int

user_limit

The channel’s limit for number of members that can be in a stage channel.

Type

int

rtc_region

The region for the stage channel’s voice communication. A value of None indicates automatic voice region detection.

Type

Optional[str]

video_quality_mode

The camera video quality for the stage channel’s participants.

New in version 2.0.

Type

VideoQualityMode

last_message_id

The last message ID of the message sent to this channel. It may not point to an existing or valid message.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[int]

slowmode_delay

The number of seconds a member must wait between sending messages in this channel. A value of 0 denotes that it is disabled. Bots and users with manage_channels or manage_messages bypass slowmode.

New in version 2.2.

Type

int

property requesting_to_speak

A list of members who are requesting to speak in the stage channel.

Type

List[Member]

property speakers

A list of members who have been permitted to speak in the stage channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[Member]

property listeners

A list of members who are listening in the stage channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[Member]

property moderators

A list of members who are moderating the stage channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[Member]

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

await clone(*, name=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Clones this channel. This creates a channel with the same properties as this channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

New in version 1.1.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The name of the new channel. If not provided, defaults to this channel name.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for cloning this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

abc.GuildChannel

property instance

The running stage instance of the stage channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[StageInstance]

await create_instance(*, topic, privacy_level=..., send_start_notification=False, scheduled_event=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Create a stage instance.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • topic (str) – The stage instance’s topic.

  • privacy_level (PrivacyLevel) – The stage instance’s privacy level. Defaults to PrivacyLevel.guild_only.

  • send_start_notification (bool) –

    Whether to send a start notification. This sends a push notification to @everyone if True. Defaults to False. You must have mention_everyone to do this.

    New in version 2.3.

  • scheduled_event (Snowflake) –

    The guild scheduled event associated with the stage instance.

    New in version 2.4.

  • reason (str) – The reason the stage instance was created. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • TypeError – If the privacy_level parameter is not the proper type.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a stage instance.

  • HTTPException – Creating a stage instance failed.

Returns

The newly created stage instance.

Return type

StageInstance

await fetch_instance()

This function is a coroutine.

Gets the running StageInstance.

New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • NotFound – The stage instance or channel could not be found.

  • HTTPException – Getting the stage instance failed.

Returns

The stage instance.

Return type

StageInstance

await edit(*, reason=None, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Changed in version 2.0: The topic parameter must now be set via create_instance.

Changed in version 2.0: Edits are no longer in-place, the newly edited channel is returned instead.

Changed in version 2.0: The region parameter now accepts str instead of an enum.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new channel’s name.

  • position (int) – The new channel’s position.

  • nsfw (bool) – To mark the channel as NSFW or not.

  • user_limit (int) – The new channel’s user limit.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync permissions with the channel’s new or pre-existing category. Defaults to False.

  • category (Optional[CategoryChannel]) – The new category for this channel. Can be None to remove the category.

  • slowmode_delay (int) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. A value of 0 disables slowmode. The maximum value possible is 21600.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

  • overwrites (Mapping) – A Mapping of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply to the channel.

  • rtc_region (Optional[str]) – The new region for the stage channel’s voice communication. A value of None indicates automatic voice region detection.

  • video_quality_mode (VideoQualityMode) –

    The camera video quality for the stage channel’s participants.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • ValueError – If the permission overwrite information is not in proper form.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the channel.

  • HTTPException – Editing the channel failed.

Returns

The newly edited stage channel. If the edit was only positional then None is returned instead.

Return type

Optional[StageChannel]

property category

The category this channel belongs to.

If there is no category then this is None.

Type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

property changed_roles

Returns a list of roles that have been overridden from their default values in the roles attribute.

Type

List[Role]

await connect(*, timeout=30.0, reconnect=True, cls=<class 'discord.voice_client.VoiceClient'>, self_deaf=False, self_mute=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Connects to voice and creates a VoiceClient to establish your connection to the voice server.

This requires voice_states.

Parameters
  • timeout (float) – The timeout in seconds to wait the connection to complete.

  • reconnect (bool) – Whether the bot should automatically attempt a reconnect if a part of the handshake fails or the gateway goes down.

  • cls (Type[VoiceProtocol]) – A type that subclasses VoiceProtocol to connect with. Defaults to VoiceClient.

  • self_mute (bool) –

    Indicates if the client should be self-muted.

    New in version 2.0.

  • self_deaf (bool) –

    Indicates if the client should be self-deafened.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
Returns

A voice client that is fully connected to the voice server.

Return type

VoiceProtocol

await create_invite(*, reason=None, max_age=0, max_uses=0, temporary=False, unique=True, target_type=None, target_user=None, target_application_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates an instant invite from a text or voice channel.

You must have create_instant_invite to do this.

Parameters
  • max_age (int) – How long the invite should last in seconds. If it’s 0 then the invite doesn’t expire. Defaults to 0.

  • max_uses (int) – How many uses the invite could be used for. If it’s 0 then there are unlimited uses. Defaults to 0.

  • temporary (bool) – Denotes that the invite grants temporary membership (i.e. they get kicked after they disconnect). Defaults to False.

  • unique (bool) – Indicates if a unique invite URL should be created. Defaults to True. If this is set to False then it will return a previously created invite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this invite. Shows up on the audit log.

  • target_type (Optional[InviteTarget]) –

    The type of target for the voice channel invite, if any.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_user (Optional[User]) –

    The user whose stream to display for this invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.stream. The user must be streaming in the channel.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_application_id:

    Optional[int]: The id of the embedded application for the invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.embedded_application.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Invite creation failed.

  • NotFound – The channel that was passed is a category or an invalid channel.

Returns

The invite that was created.

Return type

Invite

await create_webhook(*, name, avatar=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a webhook for this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The webhook’s name.

  • avatar (Optional[bytes]) – A bytes-like object representing the webhook’s default avatar. This operates similarly to edit().

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this webhook. Shows up in the audit logs.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Creating the webhook failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a webhook.

Returns

The created webhook.

Return type

Webhook

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the channel.

  • NotFound – The channel was not found or was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the channel failed.

await delete_messages(messages, *, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes a list of messages. This is similar to Message.delete() except it bulk deletes multiple messages.

As a special case, if the number of messages is 0, then nothing is done. If the number of messages is 1 then single message delete is done. If it’s more than two, then bulk delete is used.

You cannot bulk delete more than 100 messages or messages that are older than 14 days old.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • messages (Iterable[abc.Snowflake]) – An iterable of messages denoting which ones to bulk delete.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • ClientException – The number of messages to delete was more than 100.

  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the messages.

  • NotFound – If single delete, then the message was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the messages failed.

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

get_partial_message(message_id, /)

Creates a PartialMessage from the message ID.

This is useful if you want to work with a message and only have its ID without doing an unnecessary API call.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

message_id (int) – The message ID to create a partial message for.

Returns

The partial message.

Return type

PartialMessage

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await invites()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all active instant invites from this channel.

You must have manage_channels to get this information.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The list of invites that are currently active.

Return type

List[Invite]

is_nsfw()

bool: Checks if the channel is NSFW.

New in version 2.0.

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property last_message

Retrieves the last message from this channel in cache.

The message might not be valid or point to an existing message.

New in version 2.0.

Reliable Fetching

For a slightly more reliable method of fetching the last message, consider using either history() or fetch_message() with the last_message_id attribute.

Returns

The last message in this channel or None if not found.

Return type

Optional[Message]

property members

Returns all members that are currently inside this voice channel.

Type

List[Member]

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

await move(**kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A rich interface to help move a channel relative to other channels.

If exact position movement is required, edit should be used instead.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Note

Voice channels will always be sorted below text channels. This is a Discord limitation.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • beginning (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the beginning of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with end, before, and after.

  • end (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the end of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with beginning, before, and after.

  • before (Snowflake) – The channel that should be before our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and after.

  • after (Snowflake) – The channel that should be after our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and before.

  • offset (int) – The number of channels to offset the move by. For example, an offset of 2 with beginning=True would move it 2 after the beginning. A positive number moves it below while a negative number moves it above. Note that this number is relative and computed after the beginning, end, before, and after parameters.

  • category (Optional[Snowflake]) – The category to move this channel under. If None is given then it moves it out of the category. This parameter is ignored if moving a category channel.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync the permissions with the category (if given).

  • reason (str) – The reason for the move.

Raises
  • ValueError – An invalid position was given.

  • TypeError – A bad mix of arguments were passed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to move the channel.

  • HTTPException – Moving the channel failed.

property overwrites

Returns all of the channel’s overwrites.

This is returned as a dictionary where the key contains the target which can be either a Role or a Member and the value is the overwrite as a PermissionOverwrite.

Changed in version 2.0: Overwrites can now be type-aware Object in case of cache lookup failure

Returns

The channel’s permission overwrites.

Return type

Dict[Union[Role, Member, Object], PermissionOverwrite]

overwrites_for(obj)

Returns the channel-specific overwrites for a member or a role.

Parameters

obj (Union[Role, User, Object]) – The role or user denoting whose overwrite to get.

Returns

The permission overwrites for this object.

Return type

PermissionOverwrite

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for the Member or Role.

This function takes into consideration the following cases:

  • Guild owner

  • Guild roles

  • Channel overrides

  • Member overrides

  • Implicit permissions

  • Member timeout

If a Role is passed, then it checks the permissions someone with that role would have, which is essentially:

  • The default role permissions

  • The permissions of the role used as a parameter

  • The default role permission overwrites

  • The permission overwrites of the role used as a parameter

Changed in version 2.0: The object passed in can now be a role object.

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

obj (Union[Member, Role]) – The object to resolve permissions for. This could be either a member or a role. If it’s a role then member overwrites are not computed.

Returns

The resolved permissions for the member or role.

Return type

Permissions

property permissions_synced

Whether or not the permissions for this channel are synced with the category it belongs to.

If there is no category then this is False.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await purge(*, limit=100, check=..., before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None, bulk=True, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Purges a list of messages that meet the criteria given by the predicate check. If a check is not provided then all messages are deleted without discrimination.

You must have manage_messages to delete messages even if they are your own. Having read_message_history is also needed to retrieve message history.

New in version 2.0.

Examples

Deleting bot’s messages

def is_me(m):
    return m.author == client.user

deleted = await channel.purge(limit=100, check=is_me)
await channel.send(f'Deleted {len(deleted)} message(s)')
Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to search through. This is not the number of messages that will be deleted, though it can be.

  • check (Callable[[Message], bool]) – The function used to check if a message should be deleted. It must take a Message as its sole parameter.

  • before (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as before in history().

  • after (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as after in history().

  • around (Optional[Union[abc.Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Same as around in history().

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – Same as oldest_first in history().

  • bulk (bool) – If True, use bulk delete. Setting this to False is useful for mass-deleting a bot’s own messages without Permissions.manage_messages. When True, will fall back to single delete if messages are older than two weeks.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for purging the messages. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to do the actions required.

  • HTTPException – Purging the messages failed.

Returns

The list of messages that were deleted.

Return type

List[Message]

property scheduled_events

Returns all scheduled events for this channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[ScheduledEvent]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

await set_permissions(target, *, overwrite=see - below, reason=None, **permissions)

This function is a coroutine.

Sets the channel specific permission overwrites for a target in the channel.

The target parameter should either be a Member or a Role that belongs to guild.

The overwrite parameter, if given, must either be None or PermissionOverwrite. For convenience, you can pass in keyword arguments denoting Permissions attributes. If this is done, then you cannot mix the keyword arguments with the overwrite parameter.

If the overwrite parameter is None, then the permission overwrites are deleted.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Note

This method replaces the old overwrites with the ones given.

Examples

Setting allow and deny:

await message.channel.set_permissions(message.author, read_messages=True,
                                                      send_messages=False)

Deleting overwrites

await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=None)

Using PermissionOverwrite

overwrite = discord.PermissionOverwrite()
overwrite.send_messages = False
overwrite.read_messages = True
await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=overwrite)

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • target (Union[Member, Role]) – The member or role to overwrite permissions for.

  • overwrite (Optional[PermissionOverwrite]) – The permissions to allow and deny to the target, or None to delete the overwrite.

  • **permissions – A keyword argument list of permissions to set for ease of use. Cannot be mixed with overwrite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit channel specific permissions.

  • HTTPException – Editing channel specific permissions failed.

  • NotFound – The role or member being edited is not part of the guild.

  • TypeError – The overwrite parameter was invalid or the target type was not Role or Member.

  • ValueError – The overwrite parameter and positions parameters were both unset.

typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property voice_states

Returns a mapping of member IDs who have voice states in this channel.

New in version 1.3.

Note

This function is intentionally low level to replace members when the member cache is unavailable.

Returns

The mapping of member ID to a voice state.

Return type

Mapping[int, VoiceState]

await webhooks()

This function is a coroutine.

Gets the list of webhooks from this channel.

You must have manage_webhooks to do this.

New in version 2.0.

Raises

Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to get the webhooks.

Returns

The webhooks for this channel.

Return type

List[Webhook]

StageInstance

class discord.StageInstance

Represents a stage instance of a stage channel in a guild.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two stage instances are equal.

x != y

Checks if two stage instances are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the stage instance’s hash.

id

The stage instance’s ID.

Type

int

guild

The guild that the stage instance is running in.

Type

Guild

channel_id

The ID of the channel that the stage instance is running in.

Type

int

topic

The topic of the stage instance.

Type

str

privacy_level

The privacy level of the stage instance.

Type

PrivacyLevel

discoverable_disabled

Whether discoverability for the stage instance is disabled.

Type

bool

scheduled_event_id

The ID of scheduled event that belongs to the stage instance if any.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[int]

channel

The channel that stage instance is running in.

Type

Optional[StageChannel]

scheduled_event

The scheduled event that belongs to the stage instance.

Type

Optional[ScheduledEvent]

await edit(*, topic=..., privacy_level=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the stage instance.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters
  • topic (str) – The stage instance’s new topic.

  • privacy_level (PrivacyLevel) – The stage instance’s new privacy level.

  • reason (str) – The reason the stage instance was edited. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • TypeError – If the privacy_level parameter is not the proper type.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the stage instance.

  • HTTPException – Editing a stage instance failed.

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the stage instance.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (str) – The reason the stage instance was deleted. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to delete the stage instance.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the stage instance failed.

CategoryChannel

class discord.CategoryChannel

Represents a Discord channel category.

These are useful to group channels to logical compartments.

x == y

Checks if two channels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two channels are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the category’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the category’s name.

name

The category name.

Type

str

guild

The guild the category belongs to.

Type

Guild

id

The category channel ID.

Type

int

position

The position in the category list. This is a number that starts at 0. e.g. the top category is position 0.

Type

int

nsfw

If the channel is marked as “not safe for work”.

Note

To check if the channel or the guild of that channel are marked as NSFW, consider is_nsfw() instead.

Type

bool

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

is_nsfw()

bool: Checks if the category is NSFW.

await clone(*, name=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Clones this channel. This creates a channel with the same properties as this channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

New in version 1.1.

Parameters
  • name (Optional[str]) – The name of the new channel. If not provided, defaults to this channel name.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for cloning this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to create this channel.

  • HTTPException – Creating the channel failed.

Returns

The channel that was created.

Return type

abc.GuildChannel

await edit(*, reason=None, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Changed in version 1.3: The overwrites keyword-only parameter was added.

Changed in version 2.0: Edits are no longer in-place, the newly edited channel is returned instead.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The new category’s name.

  • position (int) – The new category’s position.

  • nsfw (bool) – To mark the category as NSFW or not.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing this category. Shows up on the audit log.

  • overwrites (Mapping) – A Mapping of target (either a role or a member) to PermissionOverwrite to apply to the channel.

Raises
  • ValueError – If position is less than 0 or greater than the number of categories.

  • TypeError – The overwrite information is not in proper form.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit the category.

  • HTTPException – Editing the category failed.

Returns

The newly edited category channel. If the edit was only positional then None is returned instead.

Return type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

await move(**kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A rich interface to help move a channel relative to other channels.

If exact position movement is required, edit should be used instead.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Note

Voice channels will always be sorted below text channels. This is a Discord limitation.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • beginning (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the beginning of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with end, before, and after.

  • end (bool) – Whether to move the channel to the end of the channel list (or category if given). This is mutually exclusive with beginning, before, and after.

  • before (Snowflake) – The channel that should be before our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and after.

  • after (Snowflake) – The channel that should be after our current channel. This is mutually exclusive with beginning, end, and before.

  • offset (int) – The number of channels to offset the move by. For example, an offset of 2 with beginning=True would move it 2 after the beginning. A positive number moves it below while a negative number moves it above. Note that this number is relative and computed after the beginning, end, before, and after parameters.

  • category (Optional[Snowflake]) – The category to move this channel under. If None is given then it moves it out of the category. This parameter is ignored if moving a category channel.

  • sync_permissions (bool) – Whether to sync the permissions with the category (if given).

  • reason (str) – The reason for the move.

Raises
  • ValueError – An invalid position was given.

  • TypeError – A bad mix of arguments were passed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to move the channel.

  • HTTPException – Moving the channel failed.

property channels

Returns the channels that are under this category.

These are sorted by the official Discord UI, which places voice channels below the text channels.

Type

List[abc.GuildChannel]

property text_channels

Returns the text channels that are under this category.

Type

List[TextChannel]

property voice_channels

Returns the voice channels that are under this category.

Type

List[VoiceChannel]

property stage_channels

Returns the stage channels that are under this category.

New in version 1.7.

Type

List[StageChannel]

property forums

Returns the forum channels that are under this category.

New in version 2.4.

Type

List[ForumChannel]

await create_text_channel(name, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

A shortcut method to Guild.create_text_channel() to create a TextChannel in the category.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

TextChannel

await create_voice_channel(name, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

A shortcut method to Guild.create_voice_channel() to create a VoiceChannel in the category.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

VoiceChannel

await create_stage_channel(name, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

A shortcut method to Guild.create_stage_channel() to create a StageChannel in the category.

New in version 1.7.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

StageChannel

await create_forum(name, **options)

This function is a coroutine.

A shortcut method to Guild.create_forum() to create a ForumChannel in the category.

New in version 2.0.

Returns

The channel that was just created.

Return type

ForumChannel

property category

The category this channel belongs to.

If there is no category then this is None.

Type

Optional[CategoryChannel]

property changed_roles

Returns a list of roles that have been overridden from their default values in the roles attribute.

Type

List[Role]

await create_invite(*, reason=None, max_age=0, max_uses=0, temporary=False, unique=True, target_type=None, target_user=None, target_application_id=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates an instant invite from a text or voice channel.

You must have create_instant_invite to do this.

Parameters
  • max_age (int) – How long the invite should last in seconds. If it’s 0 then the invite doesn’t expire. Defaults to 0.

  • max_uses (int) – How many uses the invite could be used for. If it’s 0 then there are unlimited uses. Defaults to 0.

  • temporary (bool) – Denotes that the invite grants temporary membership (i.e. they get kicked after they disconnect). Defaults to False.

  • unique (bool) – Indicates if a unique invite URL should be created. Defaults to True. If this is set to False then it will return a previously created invite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating this invite. Shows up on the audit log.

  • target_type (Optional[InviteTarget]) –

    The type of target for the voice channel invite, if any.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_user (Optional[User]) –

    The user whose stream to display for this invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.stream. The user must be streaming in the channel.

    New in version 2.0.

  • target_application_id:

    Optional[int]: The id of the embedded application for the invite, required if target_type is InviteTarget.embedded_application.

    New in version 2.0.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Invite creation failed.

  • NotFound – The channel that was passed is a category or an invalid channel.

Returns

The invite that was created.

Return type

Invite

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the channel.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this channel. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the channel.

  • NotFound – The channel was not found or was already deleted.

  • HTTPException – Deleting the channel failed.

await invites()

This function is a coroutine.

Returns a list of all active instant invites from this channel.

You must have manage_channels to get this information.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to get the information.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred while fetching the information.

Returns

The list of invites that are currently active.

Return type

List[Invite]

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

property overwrites

Returns all of the channel’s overwrites.

This is returned as a dictionary where the key contains the target which can be either a Role or a Member and the value is the overwrite as a PermissionOverwrite.

Changed in version 2.0: Overwrites can now be type-aware Object in case of cache lookup failure

Returns

The channel’s permission overwrites.

Return type

Dict[Union[Role, Member, Object], PermissionOverwrite]

overwrites_for(obj)

Returns the channel-specific overwrites for a member or a role.

Parameters

obj (Union[Role, User, Object]) – The role or user denoting whose overwrite to get.

Returns

The permission overwrites for this object.

Return type

PermissionOverwrite

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for the Member or Role.

This function takes into consideration the following cases:

  • Guild owner

  • Guild roles

  • Channel overrides

  • Member overrides

  • Implicit permissions

  • Member timeout

If a Role is passed, then it checks the permissions someone with that role would have, which is essentially:

  • The default role permissions

  • The permissions of the role used as a parameter

  • The default role permission overwrites

  • The permission overwrites of the role used as a parameter

Changed in version 2.0: The object passed in can now be a role object.

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

obj (Union[Member, Role]) – The object to resolve permissions for. This could be either a member or a role. If it’s a role then member overwrites are not computed.

Returns

The resolved permissions for the member or role.

Return type

Permissions

property permissions_synced

Whether or not the permissions for this channel are synced with the category it belongs to.

If there is no category then this is False.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

await set_permissions(target, *, overwrite=see - below, reason=None, **permissions)

This function is a coroutine.

Sets the channel specific permission overwrites for a target in the channel.

The target parameter should either be a Member or a Role that belongs to guild.

The overwrite parameter, if given, must either be None or PermissionOverwrite. For convenience, you can pass in keyword arguments denoting Permissions attributes. If this is done, then you cannot mix the keyword arguments with the overwrite parameter.

If the overwrite parameter is None, then the permission overwrites are deleted.

You must have manage_roles to do this.

Note

This method replaces the old overwrites with the ones given.

Examples

Setting allow and deny:

await message.channel.set_permissions(message.author, read_messages=True,
                                                      send_messages=False)

Deleting overwrites

await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=None)

Using PermissionOverwrite

overwrite = discord.PermissionOverwrite()
overwrite.send_messages = False
overwrite.read_messages = True
await channel.set_permissions(member, overwrite=overwrite)

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • target (Union[Member, Role]) – The member or role to overwrite permissions for.

  • overwrite (Optional[PermissionOverwrite]) – The permissions to allow and deny to the target, or None to delete the overwrite.

  • **permissions – A keyword argument list of permissions to set for ease of use. Cannot be mixed with overwrite.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for doing this action. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to edit channel specific permissions.

  • HTTPException – Editing channel specific permissions failed.

  • NotFound – The role or member being edited is not part of the guild.

  • TypeError – The overwrite parameter was invalid or the target type was not Role or Member.

  • ValueError – The overwrite parameter and positions parameters were both unset.

DMChannel

class discord.DMChannel

Represents a Discord direct message channel.

x == y

Checks if two channels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two channels are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the channel’s hash.

str(x)

Returns a string representation of the channel

recipient

The user you are participating with in the direct message channel. If this channel is received through the gateway, the recipient information may not be always available.

Type

Optional[User]

me

The user presenting yourself.

Type

ClientUser

id

The direct message channel ID.

Type

int

async with typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

property guild

The guild this DM channel belongs to. Always None.

This is mainly provided for compatibility purposes in duck typing.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Guild]

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

property created_at

Returns the direct message channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

permissions_for(obj=None, /)

Handles permission resolution for a User.

This function is there for compatibility with other channel types.

Actual direct messages do not really have the concept of permissions.

This returns all the Text related permissions set to True except:

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.1: Thread related permissions are now set to False.

Parameters

obj (User) – The user to check permissions for. This parameter is ignored but kept for compatibility with other permissions_for methods.

Returns

The resolved permissions.

Return type

Permissions

get_partial_message(message_id, /)

Creates a PartialMessage from the message ID.

This is useful if you want to work with a message and only have its ID without doing an unnecessary API call.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: message_id parameter is now positional-only.

Parameters

message_id (int) – The message ID to create a partial message for.

Returns

The partial message.

Return type

PartialMessage

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

GroupChannel

class discord.GroupChannel

Represents a Discord group channel.

x == y

Checks if two channels are equal.

x != y

Checks if two channels are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the channel’s hash.

str(x)

Returns a string representation of the channel

recipients

The users you are participating with in the group channel.

Type

List[User]

me

The user presenting yourself.

Type

ClientUser

id

The group channel ID.

Type

int

owner

The user that owns the group channel.

Type

Optional[User]

owner_id

The owner ID that owns the group channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

int

name

The group channel’s name if provided.

Type

Optional[str]

async with typing()

Returns an asynchronous context manager that allows you to send a typing indicator to the destination for an indefinite period of time, or 10 seconds if the context manager is called using await.

Example Usage:

async with channel.typing():
    # simulate something heavy
    await asyncio.sleep(20)

await channel.send('Done!')

Example Usage:

await channel.typing()
# Do some computational magic for about 10 seconds
await channel.send('Done!')

Changed in version 2.0: This no longer works with the with syntax, async with must be used instead.

Changed in version 2.0: Added functionality to await the context manager to send a typing indicator for 10 seconds.

property type

The channel’s Discord type.

Type

ChannelType

property guild

The guild this group channel belongs to. Always None.

This is mainly provided for compatibility purposes in duck typing.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Guild]

property icon

Returns the channel’s icon asset if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

permissions_for(obj, /)

Handles permission resolution for a User.

This function is there for compatibility with other channel types.

Actual direct messages do not really have the concept of permissions.

This returns all the Text related permissions set to True except:

This also checks the kick_members permission if the user is the owner.

Changed in version 2.0: obj parameter is now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.1: Thread related permissions are now set to False.

Parameters

obj (Snowflake) – The user to check permissions for.

Returns

The resolved permissions for the user.

Return type

Permissions

await fetch_message(id, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves a single Message from the destination.

Parameters

id (int) – The message ID to look for.

Raises
  • NotFound – The specified message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The message asked for.

Return type

Message

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)

Returns an asynchronous iterator that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have read_message_history to do this.

Examples

Usage

counter = 0
async for message in channel.history(limit=200):
    if message.author == client.user:
        counter += 1

Flattening into a list:

messages = [message async for message in channel.history(limit=123)]
# messages is now a list of Message...

All parameters are optional.

Parameters
  • limit (Optional[int]) – The number of messages to retrieve. If None, retrieves every message in the channel. Note, however, that this would make it a slow operation.

  • before (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages before this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • after (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages after this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time.

  • around (Optional[Union[Snowflake, datetime.datetime]]) – Retrieve messages around this date or message. If a datetime is provided, it is recommended to use a UTC aware datetime. If the datetime is naive, it is assumed to be local time. When using this argument, the maximum limit is 101. Note that if the limit is an even number then this will return at most limit + 1 messages.

  • oldest_first (Optional[bool]) – If set to True, return messages in oldest->newest order. Defaults to True if after is specified, otherwise False.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to get channel message history.

  • HTTPException – The request to get message history failed.

Yields

Message – The message with the message data parsed.

await leave()

This function is a coroutine.

Leave the group.

If you are the only one in the group, this deletes it as well.

Raises

HTTPException – Leaving the group failed.

await pins()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves all messages that are currently pinned in the channel.

Note

Due to a limitation with the Discord API, the Message objects returned by this method do not contain complete Message.reactions data.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the permission to retrieve pinned messages.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the pinned messages failed.

Returns

The messages that are currently pinned.

Return type

List[Message]

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, mention_author=None, view=None, suppress_embeds=False, silent=False)

This function is a coroutine.

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through str(content). If the content is set to None (the default), then the embed parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the file parameter should be used with a single File object. To upload multiple files, the files parameter should be used with a list of File objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

To upload a single embed, the embed parameter should be used with a single Embed object. To upload multiple embeds, the embeds parameter should be used with a list of Embed objects. Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The content of the message to send.

  • tts (bool) – Indicates if the message should be sent using text-to-speech.

  • embed (Embed) – The rich embed for the content.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    A list of embeds to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

    New in version 2.0.

  • file (File) – The file to upload.

  • files (List[File]) – A list of files to upload. Must be a maximum of 10.

  • nonce (int) – The nonce to use for sending this message. If the message was successfully sent, then the message will have a nonce with this value.

  • delete_after (float) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just sent. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (AllowedMentions) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • reference (Union[Message, MessageReference, PartialMessage]) –

    A reference to the Message to which you are replying, this can be created using to_reference() or passed directly as a Message. You can control whether this mentions the author of the referenced message using the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions or by setting mention_author.

    New in version 1.6.

  • mention_author (Optional[bool]) –

    If set, overrides the replied_user attribute of allowed_mentions.

    New in version 1.6.

  • view (discord.ui.View) –

    A Discord UI View to add to the message.

    New in version 2.0.

  • stickers (Sequence[Union[GuildSticker, StickerItem]]) –

    A list of stickers to upload. Must be a maximum of 3.

    New in version 2.0.

  • suppress_embeds (bool) –

    Whether to suppress embeds for the message. This sends the message without any embeds if set to True.

    New in version 2.0.

  • silent (bool) –

    Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.

    New in version 2.2.

Raises
Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

PartialInviteGuild

class discord.PartialInviteGuild

Represents a “partial” invite guild.

This model will be given when the user is not part of the guild the Invite resolves to.

x == y

Checks if two partial guilds are the same.

x != y

Checks if two partial guilds are not the same.

hash(x)

Return the partial guild’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the partial guild’s name.

name

The partial guild’s name.

Type

str

id

The partial guild’s ID.

Type

int

verification_level

The partial guild’s verification level.

Type

VerificationLevel

features

A list of features the guild has. See Guild.features for more information.

Type

List[str]

description

The partial guild’s description.

Type

Optional[str]

nsfw_level

The partial guild’s NSFW level.

New in version 2.0.

Type

NSFWLevel

vanity_url_code

The partial guild’s vanity URL code, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

premium_subscription_count

The number of “boosts” the partial guild currently has.

New in version 2.0.

Type

int

property created_at

Returns the guild’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property vanity_url

The Discord vanity invite URL for this partial guild, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

property icon

Returns the guild’s icon asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property banner

Returns the guild’s banner asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property splash

Returns the guild’s invite splash asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

PartialInviteChannel

class discord.PartialInviteChannel

Represents a “partial” invite channel.

This model will be given when the user is not part of the guild the Invite resolves to.

x == y

Checks if two partial channels are the same.

x != y

Checks if two partial channels are not the same.

hash(x)

Return the partial channel’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the partial channel’s name.

name

The partial channel’s name.

Type

str

id

The partial channel’s ID.

Type

int

type

The partial channel’s type.

Type

ChannelType

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

Invite

class discord.Invite

Represents a Discord Guild or abc.GuildChannel invite.

Depending on the way this object was created, some of the attributes can have a value of None.

x == y

Checks if two invites are equal.

x != y

Checks if two invites are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the invite hash.

str(x)

Returns the invite URL.

The following table illustrates what methods will obtain the attributes:

If it’s not in the table above then it is available by all methods.

max_age

How long before the invite expires in seconds. A value of 0 indicates that it doesn’t expire.

Type

Optional[int]

code

The URL fragment used for the invite.

Type

str

guild

The guild the invite is for. Can be None if it’s from a group direct message.

Type

Optional[Union[Guild, Object, PartialInviteGuild]]

revoked

Indicates if the invite has been revoked.

Type

Optional[bool]

created_at

An aware UTC datetime object denoting the time the invite was created.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

temporary

Indicates that the invite grants temporary membership. If True, members who joined via this invite will be kicked upon disconnect.

Type

Optional[bool]

uses

How many times the invite has been used.

Type

Optional[int]

max_uses

How many times the invite can be used. A value of 0 indicates that it has unlimited uses.

Type

Optional[int]

inviter

The user who created the invite.

Type

Optional[User]

approximate_member_count

The approximate number of members in the guild.

Type

Optional[int]

approximate_presence_count

The approximate number of members currently active in the guild. This includes idle, dnd, online, and invisible members. Offline members are excluded.

Type

Optional[int]

expires_at

The expiration date of the invite. If the value is None when received through Client.fetch_invite() with with_expiration enabled, the invite will never expire.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

channel

The channel the invite is for.

Type

Optional[Union[abc.GuildChannel, Object, PartialInviteChannel]]

target_type

The type of target for the voice channel invite.

New in version 2.0.

Type

InviteTarget

target_user

The user whose stream to display for this invite, if any.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[User]

target_application

The embedded application the invite targets, if any.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[PartialAppInfo]

scheduled_event

The scheduled event associated with this invite, if any.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[ScheduledEvent]

scheduled_event_id

The ID of the scheduled event associated with this invite, if any.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[int]

property id

Returns the proper code portion of the invite.

Type

str

property url

A property that retrieves the invite URL.

Type

str

set_scheduled_event(scheduled_event, /)

Sets the scheduled event for this invite.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters

scheduled_event (Snowflake) – The ID of the scheduled event.

Returns

The invite with the new scheduled event.

Return type

Invite

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Revokes the instant invite.

You must have manage_channels to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this invite. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to revoke invites.

  • NotFound – The invite is invalid or expired.

  • HTTPException – Revoking the invite failed.

Template

class discord.Template

Represents a Discord template.

New in version 1.4.

code

The template code.

Type

str

uses

How many times the template has been used.

Type

int

name

The name of the template.

Type

str

description

The description of the template.

Type

str

creator

The creator of the template.

Type

User

created_at

An aware datetime in UTC representing when the template was created.

Type

datetime.datetime

updated_at

An aware datetime in UTC representing when the template was last updated. This is referred to as “last synced” in the official Discord client.

Type

datetime.datetime

source_guild

The guild snapshot that represents the data that this template currently holds.

Type

Guild

is_dirty

Whether the template has unsynced changes.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[bool]

await create_guild(name, icon=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a Guild using the template.

Bot accounts in more than 10 guilds are not allowed to create guilds.

Changed in version 2.0: The region parameter has been removed.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
Raises
Returns

The guild created. This is not the same guild that is added to cache.

Return type

Guild

await sync()

This function is a coroutine.

Sync the template to the guild’s current state.

You must have manage_guild in the source guild to do this.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: The template is no longer edited in-place, instead it is returned.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the template failed.

  • Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to edit the template.

  • NotFound – This template does not exist.

Returns

The newly edited template.

Return type

Template

await edit(*, name=..., description=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edit the template metadata.

You must have manage_guild in the source guild to do this.

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: The template is no longer edited in-place, instead it is returned.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The template’s new name.

  • description (Optional[str]) – The template’s new description.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the template failed.

  • Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to edit the template.

  • NotFound – This template does not exist.

Returns

The newly edited template.

Return type

Template

await delete()

This function is a coroutine.

Delete the template.

You must have manage_guild in the source guild to do this.

New in version 1.7.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the template failed.

  • Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to edit the template.

  • NotFound – This template does not exist.

property url

The template url.

New in version 2.0.

Type

str

WelcomeScreen

Methods
class discord.WelcomeScreen

Represents a Guild welcome screen.

New in version 2.0.

description

The description shown on the welcome screen.

Type

str

welcome_channels

The channels shown on the welcome screen.

Type

List[WelcomeChannel]

property enabled

Whether the welcome screen is displayed.

This is equivalent to checking if WELCOME_SCREEN_ENABLED is present in Guild.features.

Type

bool

await edit(*, description=..., welcome_channels=..., enabled=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edit the welcome screen.

Welcome channels can only accept custom emojis if Guild.premium_tier is level 2 or above.

You must have manage_guild in the guild to do this.

Usage:

rules_channel = guild.get_channel(12345678)
announcements_channel = guild.get_channel(87654321)

custom_emoji = utils.get(guild.emojis, name='loudspeaker')

await welcome_screen.edit(
    description='This is a very cool community server!',
    welcome_channels=[
        WelcomeChannel(channel=rules_channel, description='Read the rules!', emoji='👨‍🏫'),
        WelcomeChannel(channel=announcements_channel, description='Watch out for announcements!', emoji=custom_emoji),
    ]
)
Parameters
  • description (Optional[str]) – The welcome screen’s description.

  • welcome_channels (Optional[List[WelcomeChannel]]) – The welcome channels, in their respective order.

  • enabled (Optional[bool]) – Whether the welcome screen should be displayed.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for editing the welcome screen. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the welcome screen failed.

  • Forbidden – You don’t have permissions to edit the welcome screen.

  • NotFound – This welcome screen does not exist.

WelcomeChannel

class discord.WelcomeChannel

Represents a WelcomeScreen welcome channel.

New in version 2.0.

channel

The guild channel that is being referenced.

Type

abc.Snowflake

description

The description shown of the channel.

Type

str

emoji

The emoji used beside the channel description.

Type

Optional[PartialEmoji, Emoji, str]

WidgetChannel

class discord.WidgetChannel

Represents a “partial” widget channel.

x == y

Checks if two partial channels are the same.

x != y

Checks if two partial channels are not the same.

hash(x)

Return the partial channel’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the partial channel’s name.

id

The channel’s ID.

Type

int

name

The channel’s name.

Type

str

position

The channel’s position

Type

int

property mention

The string that allows you to mention the channel.

Type

str

property created_at

Returns the channel’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

WidgetMember

class discord.WidgetMember

Represents a “partial” member of the widget’s guild.

x == y

Checks if two widget members are the same.

x != y

Checks if two widget members are not the same.

hash(x)

Return the widget member’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the widget member’s handle (e.g. name or name#discriminator).

id

The member’s ID.

Type

int

name

The member’s username.

Type

str

discriminator

The member’s discriminator. This is a legacy concept that is no longer used.

Type

str

global_name

The member’s global nickname, taking precedence over the username in display.

New in version 2.3.

Type

Optional[str]

bot

Whether the member is a bot.

Type

bool

status

The member’s status.

Type

Status

nick

The member’s guild-specific nickname. Takes precedence over the global name.

Type

Optional[str]

avatar

The member’s avatar hash.

Type

Optional[str]

activity

The member’s activity.

Type

Optional[Union[BaseActivity, Spotify]]

deafened

Whether the member is currently deafened.

Type

Optional[bool]

muted

Whether the member is currently muted.

Type

Optional[bool]

suppress

Whether the member is currently being suppressed.

Type

Optional[bool]

connected_channel

Which channel the member is connected to.

Type

Optional[WidgetChannel]

property display_name

Returns the member’s display name.

Type

str

property accent_color

Returns the user’s accent color, if applicable.

A user’s accent color is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a color.

There is an alias for this named accent_colour.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property accent_colour

Returns the user’s accent colour, if applicable.

A user’s accent colour is only shown if they do not have a banner. This will only be available if the user explicitly sets a colour.

There is an alias for this named accent_color.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Colour]

property avatar_decoration

Returns an Asset for the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property avatar_decoration_sku_id

Returns the SKU ID of the avatar decoration the user has.

If the user has not set an avatar decoration, None is returned.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[int]

property banner

Returns the user’s banner asset, if available.

New in version 2.0.

Note

This information is only available via Client.fetch_user().

Type

Optional[Asset]

property color

A property that returns a color denoting the rendered color for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named colour.

Type

Colour

property colour

A property that returns a colour denoting the rendered colour for the user. This always returns Colour.default().

There is an alias for this named color.

Type

Colour

property created_at

Returns the user’s creation time in UTC.

This is when the user’s Discord account was created.

Type

datetime.datetime

property default_avatar

Returns the default avatar for a given user.

Type

Asset

property display_avatar

Returns the user’s display avatar.

For regular users this is just their default avatar or uploaded avatar.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Asset

property mention

Returns a string that allows you to mention the given user.

Type

str

mentioned_in(message)

Checks if the user is mentioned in the specified message.

Parameters

message (Message) – The message to check if you’re mentioned in.

Returns

Indicates if the user is mentioned in the message.

Return type

bool

property public_flags

The publicly available flags the user has.

Type

PublicUserFlags

Widget

class discord.Widget

Represents a Guild widget.

x == y

Checks if two widgets are the same.

x != y

Checks if two widgets are not the same.

str(x)

Returns the widget’s JSON URL.

id

The guild’s ID.

Type

int

name

The guild’s name.

Type

str

channels

The accessible voice channels in the guild.

Type

List[WidgetChannel]

members

The online members in the guild. Offline members do not appear in the widget.

Note

Due to a Discord limitation, if this data is available the users will be “anonymized” with linear IDs and discriminator information being incorrect. Likewise, the number of members retrieved is capped.

Type

List[WidgetMember]

presence_count

The approximate number of online members in the guild. Offline members are not included in this count.

New in version 2.0.

Type

int

property created_at

Returns the member’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property json_url

The JSON URL of the widget.

Type

str

property invite_url

The invite URL for the guild, if available.

Type

Optional[str]

await fetch_invite(*, with_counts=True)

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves an Invite from the widget’s invite URL. This is the same as Client.fetch_invite(); the invite code is abstracted away.

Parameters

with_counts (bool) – Whether to include count information in the invite. This fills the Invite.approximate_member_count and Invite.approximate_presence_count fields.

Returns

The invite from the widget’s invite URL, if available.

Return type

Optional[Invite]

StickerPack

class discord.StickerPack

Represents a sticker pack.

New in version 2.0.

str(x)

Returns the name of the sticker pack.

x == y

Checks if the sticker pack is equal to another sticker pack.

x != y

Checks if the sticker pack is not equal to another sticker pack.

name

The name of the sticker pack.

Type

str

description

The description of the sticker pack.

Type

str

id

The id of the sticker pack.

Type

int

stickers

The stickers of this sticker pack.

Type

List[StandardSticker]

sku_id

The SKU ID of the sticker pack.

Type

int

cover_sticker_id

The ID of the sticker used for the cover of the sticker pack.

Type

Optional[int]

cover_sticker

The sticker used for the cover of the sticker pack.

Type

Optional[StandardSticker]

property banner

The banner asset of the sticker pack.

Type

Asset

StickerItem

Attributes
Methods
class discord.StickerItem

Represents a sticker item.

New in version 2.0.

str(x)

Returns the name of the sticker item.

x == y

Checks if the sticker item is equal to another sticker item.

x != y

Checks if the sticker item is not equal to another sticker item.

name

The sticker’s name.

Type

str

id

The id of the sticker.

Type

int

format

The format for the sticker’s image.

Type

StickerFormatType

url

The URL for the sticker’s image.

Type

str

await fetch()

This function is a coroutine.

Attempts to retrieve the full sticker data of the sticker item.

Raises

HTTPException – Retrieving the sticker failed.

Returns

The retrieved sticker.

Return type

Union[StandardSticker, GuildSticker]

Sticker

class discord.Sticker

Represents a sticker.

New in version 1.6.

str(x)

Returns the name of the sticker.

x == y

Checks if the sticker is equal to another sticker.

x != y

Checks if the sticker is not equal to another sticker.

name

The sticker’s name.

Type

str

id

The id of the sticker.

Type

int

description

The description of the sticker.

Type

str

pack_id

The id of the sticker’s pack.

Type

int

format

The format for the sticker’s image.

Type

StickerFormatType

url

The URL for the sticker’s image.

Type

str

property created_at

Returns the sticker’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

StandardSticker

Methods
class discord.StandardSticker

Represents a sticker that is found in a standard sticker pack.

New in version 2.0.

str(x)

Returns the name of the sticker.

x == y

Checks if the sticker is equal to another sticker.

x != y

Checks if the sticker is not equal to another sticker.

name

The sticker’s name.

Type

str

id

The id of the sticker.

Type

int

description

The description of the sticker.

Type

str

pack_id

The id of the sticker’s pack.

Type

int

format

The format for the sticker’s image.

Type

StickerFormatType

tags

A list of tags for the sticker.

Type

List[str]

sort_value

The sticker’s sort order within its pack.

Type

int

await pack()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the sticker pack that this sticker belongs to.

Raises
Returns

The retrieved sticker pack.

Return type

StickerPack

GuildSticker

class discord.GuildSticker

Represents a sticker that belongs to a guild.

New in version 2.0.

str(x)

Returns the name of the sticker.

x == y

Checks if the sticker is equal to another sticker.

x != y

Checks if the sticker is not equal to another sticker.

name

The sticker’s name.

Type

str

id

The id of the sticker.

Type

int

description

The description of the sticker.

Type

str

format

The format for the sticker’s image.

Type

StickerFormatType

available

Whether this sticker is available for use.

Type

bool

guild_id

The ID of the guild that this sticker is from.

Type

int

user

The user that created this sticker. This can only be retrieved using Guild.fetch_sticker() and having manage_emojis_and_stickers.

Type

Optional[User]

emoji

The name of a unicode emoji that represents this sticker.

Type

str

guild

The guild that this sticker is from. Could be None if the bot is not in the guild.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[Guild]

await edit(*, name=..., description=..., emoji=..., reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits a GuildSticker for the guild.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The sticker’s new name. Must be at least 2 characters.

  • description (Optional[str]) – The sticker’s new description. Can be None.

  • emoji (str) – The name of a unicode emoji that represents the sticker’s expression.

  • reason (str) – The reason for editing this sticker. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You are not allowed to edit stickers.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred editing the sticker.

Returns

The newly modified sticker.

Return type

GuildSticker

await delete(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the custom Sticker from the guild.

You must have manage_emojis_and_stickers to do this.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for deleting this sticker. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You are not allowed to delete stickers.

  • HTTPException – An error occurred deleting the sticker.

ShardInfo

Attributes
Methods
class discord.ShardInfo

A class that gives information and control over a specific shard.

You can retrieve this object via AutoShardedClient.get_shard() or AutoShardedClient.shards.

New in version 1.4.

id

The shard ID for this shard.

Type

int

shard_count

The shard count for this cluster. If this is None then the bot has not started yet.

Type

Optional[int]

is_closed()

bool: Whether the shard connection is currently closed.

await disconnect()

This function is a coroutine.

Disconnects a shard. When this is called, the shard connection will no longer be open.

If the shard is already disconnected this does nothing.

await reconnect()

This function is a coroutine.

Disconnects and then connects the shard again.

await connect()

This function is a coroutine.

Connects a shard. If the shard is already connected this does nothing.

property latency

Measures latency between a HEARTBEAT and a HEARTBEAT_ACK in seconds for this shard.

Type

float

is_ws_ratelimited()

bool: Whether the websocket is currently rate limited.

This can be useful to know when deciding whether you should query members using HTTP or via the gateway.

New in version 1.6.

SKU

class discord.SKU

Represents a premium offering as a stock-keeping unit (SKU).

New in version 2.4.

id

The SKU’s ID.

Type

int

type

The type of the SKU.

Type

SKUType

application_id

The ID of the application that the SKU belongs to.

Type

int

name

The consumer-facing name of the premium offering.

Type

str

slug

A system-generated URL slug based on the SKU name.

Type

str

property flags

Returns the flags of the SKU.

Type

SKUFlags

property created_at

Returns the sku’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

Entitlement

class discord.Entitlement

Represents an entitlement from user or guild which has been granted access to a premium offering.

New in version 2.4.

id

The entitlement’s ID.

Type

int

sku_id

The ID of the SKU that the entitlement belongs to.

Type

int

application_id

The ID of the application that the entitlement belongs to.

Type

int

user_id

The ID of the user that is granted access to the entitlement.

Type

Optional[int]

type

The type of the entitlement.

Type

EntitlementType

deleted

Whether the entitlement has been deleted.

Type

bool

starts_at

A UTC start date which the entitlement is valid. Not present when using test entitlements.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

ends_at

A UTC date which entitlement is no longer valid. Not present when using test entitlements.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

guild_id

The ID of the guild that is granted access to the entitlement

Type

Optional[int]

property user

The user that is granted access to the entitlement.

Type

Optional[User]

property guild

The guild that is granted access to the entitlement.

Type

Optional[Guild]

property created_at

Returns the entitlement’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

is_expired()

bool: Returns True if the entitlement is expired. Will be always False for test entitlements.

await delete()

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the entitlement.

Raises

RawMessageDeleteEvent

class discord.RawMessageDeleteEvent

Represents the event payload for a on_raw_message_delete() event.

channel_id

The channel ID where the deletion took place.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild ID where the deletion took place, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

message_id

The message ID that got deleted.

Type

int

cached_message

The cached message, if found in the internal message cache.

Type

Optional[Message]

RawBulkMessageDeleteEvent

class discord.RawBulkMessageDeleteEvent

Represents the event payload for a on_raw_bulk_message_delete() event.

message_ids

A set of the message IDs that were deleted.

Type

Set[int]

channel_id

The channel ID where the message got deleted.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild ID where the message got deleted, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

cached_messages

The cached messages, if found in the internal message cache.

Type

List[Message]

RawMessageUpdateEvent

class discord.RawMessageUpdateEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_message_edit() event.

message_id

The message ID that got updated.

Type

int

channel_id

The channel ID where the update took place.

New in version 1.3.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild ID where the message got updated, if applicable.

New in version 1.7.

Type

Optional[int]

data

The raw data given by the gateway

Type

dict

cached_message

The cached message, if found in the internal message cache. Represents the message before it is modified by the data in RawMessageUpdateEvent.data.

Type

Optional[Message]

RawReactionActionEvent

class discord.RawReactionActionEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_reaction_add() or on_raw_reaction_remove() event.

message_id

The message ID that got or lost a reaction.

Type

int

user_id

The user ID who added the reaction or whose reaction was removed.

Type

int

channel_id

The channel ID where the reaction got added or removed.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild ID where the reaction got added or removed, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

emoji

The custom or unicode emoji being used.

Type

PartialEmoji

member

The member who added the reaction. Only available if event_type is REACTION_ADD and the reaction is inside a guild.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[Member]

message_author_id

The author ID of the message being reacted to. Only available if event_type is REACTION_ADD.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[int]

event_type

The event type that triggered this action. Can be REACTION_ADD for reaction addition or REACTION_REMOVE for reaction removal.

New in version 1.3.

Type

str

burst

Whether the reaction was a burst reaction, also known as a “super reaction”.

New in version 2.4.

Type

bool

burst_colours

A list of colours used for burst reaction animation. Only available if burst is True and if event_type is REACTION_ADD.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[Colour]

property burst_colors

An alias of burst_colours.

New in version 2.4.

RawReactionClearEvent

class discord.RawReactionClearEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_reaction_clear() event.

message_id

The message ID that got its reactions cleared.

Type

int

channel_id

The channel ID where the reactions got cleared.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild ID where the reactions got cleared.

Type

Optional[int]

RawReactionClearEmojiEvent

class discord.RawReactionClearEmojiEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_reaction_clear_emoji() event.

New in version 1.3.

message_id

The message ID that got its reactions cleared.

Type

int

channel_id

The channel ID where the reactions got cleared.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild ID where the reactions got cleared.

Type

Optional[int]

emoji

The custom or unicode emoji being removed.

Type

PartialEmoji

RawIntegrationDeleteEvent

class discord.RawIntegrationDeleteEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_integration_delete() event.

New in version 2.0.

integration_id

The ID of the integration that got deleted.

Type

int

application_id

The ID of the bot/OAuth2 application for this deleted integration.

Type

Optional[int]

guild_id

The guild ID where the integration got deleted.

Type

int

RawThreadUpdateEvent

class discord.RawThreadUpdateEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_thread_update() event.

New in version 2.0.

thread_id

The ID of the thread that was updated.

Type

int

thread_type

The channel type of the updated thread.

Type

discord.ChannelType

guild_id

The ID of the guild the thread is in.

Type

int

parent_id

The ID of the channel the thread belongs to.

Type

int

data

The raw data given by the gateway

Type

dict

thread

The thread, if it could be found in the internal cache.

Type

Optional[discord.Thread]

RawThreadMembersUpdate

class discord.RawThreadMembersUpdate

Represents the payload for a on_raw_thread_member_remove() event.

New in version 2.0.

thread_id

The ID of the thread that was updated.

Type

int

guild_id

The ID of the guild the thread is in.

Type

int

member_count

The approximate number of members in the thread. This caps at 50.

Type

int

data

The raw data given by the gateway.

Type

dict

RawThreadDeleteEvent

class discord.RawThreadDeleteEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_thread_delete() event.

New in version 2.0.

thread_id

The ID of the thread that was deleted.

Type

int

thread_type

The channel type of the deleted thread.

Type

discord.ChannelType

guild_id

The ID of the guild the thread was deleted in.

Type

int

parent_id

The ID of the channel the thread belonged to.

Type

int

thread

The thread, if it could be found in the internal cache.

Type

Optional[discord.Thread]

RawTypingEvent

class discord.RawTypingEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_typing() event.

New in version 2.0.

channel_id

The ID of the channel the user started typing in.

Type

int

user_id

The ID of the user that started typing.

Type

int

user

The user that started typing, if they could be found in the internal cache.

Type

Optional[Union[discord.User, discord.Member]]

timestamp

When the typing started as an aware datetime in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

guild_id

The ID of the guild the user started typing in, if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

RawMemberRemoveEvent

Attributes
class discord.RawMemberRemoveEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_member_remove() event.

New in version 2.0.

user

The user that left the guild.

Type

Union[discord.User, discord.Member]

guild_id

The ID of the guild the user left.

Type

int

RawAppCommandPermissionsUpdateEvent

class discord.RawAppCommandPermissionsUpdateEvent

Represents the payload for a on_raw_app_command_permissions_update() event.

New in version 2.0.

target_id

The ID of the command or application whose permissions were updated. When this is the application ID instead of a command ID, the permissions apply to all commands that do not contain explicit overwrites.

Type

int

application_id

The ID of the application that the command belongs to.

Type

int

guild

The guild where the permissions were updated.

Type

Guild

permissions

List of new permissions for the app command.

Type

List[AppCommandPermissions]

PartialWebhookGuild

Attributes
class discord.PartialWebhookGuild

Represents a partial guild for webhooks.

These are typically given for channel follower webhooks.

New in version 2.0.

id

The partial guild’s ID.

Type

int

name

The partial guild’s name.

Type

str

property icon

Returns the guild’s icon asset, if available.

Type

Optional[Asset]

PartialWebhookChannel

Attributes
class discord.PartialWebhookChannel

Represents a partial channel for webhooks.

These are typically given for channel follower webhooks.

New in version 2.0.

id

The partial channel’s ID.

Type

int

name

The partial channel’s name.

Type

str

Data Classes

Some classes are just there to be data containers, this lists them.

Unlike models you are allowed to create most of these yourself, even if they can also be used to hold attributes.

Nearly all classes here have __slots__ defined which means that it is impossible to have dynamic attributes to the data classes.

The only exception to this rule is Object, which is made with dynamic attributes in mind.

Object

Attributes
class discord.Object(id, *, type=...)

Represents a generic Discord object.

The purpose of this class is to allow you to create ‘miniature’ versions of data classes if you want to pass in just an ID. Most functions that take in a specific data class with an ID can also take in this class as a substitute instead. Note that even though this is the case, not all objects (if any) actually inherit from this class.

There are also some cases where some websocket events are received in strange order and when such events happened you would receive this class rather than the actual data class. These cases are extremely rare.

x == y

Checks if two objects are equal.

x != y

Checks if two objects are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the object’s hash.

id

The ID of the object.

Type

int

type

The discord.py model type of the object, if not specified, defaults to this class.

Note

In instances where there are multiple applicable types, use a shared base class. for example, both Member and User are subclasses of abc.User.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Type[abc.Snowflake]

property created_at

Returns the snowflake’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

Embed

class discord.Embed(*, colour=None, color=None, title=None, type='rich', url=None, description=None, timestamp=None)

Represents a Discord embed.

len(x)

Returns the total size of the embed. Useful for checking if it’s within the 6000 character limit.

bool(b)

Returns whether the embed has any data set.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two embeds are equal.

New in version 2.0.

For ease of use, all parameters that expect a str are implicitly casted to str for you.

Changed in version 2.0: Embed.Empty has been removed in favour of None.

title

The title of the embed. This can be set during initialisation. Can only be up to 256 characters.

Type

Optional[str]

type

The type of embed. Usually “rich”. This can be set during initialisation. Possible strings for embed types can be found on discord’s api docs

Type

str

description

The description of the embed. This can be set during initialisation. Can only be up to 4096 characters.

Type

Optional[str]

url

The URL of the embed. This can be set during initialisation.

Type

Optional[str]

timestamp

The timestamp of the embed content. This is an aware datetime. If a naive datetime is passed, it is converted to an aware datetime with the local timezone.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

colour

The colour code of the embed. Aliased to color as well. This can be set during initialisation.

Type

Optional[Union[Colour, int]]

classmethod from_dict(data)

Converts a dict to a Embed provided it is in the format that Discord expects it to be in.

You can find out about this format in the official Discord documentation.

Parameters

data (dict) – The dictionary to convert into an embed.

copy()

Returns a shallow copy of the embed.

property footer

Returns an EmbedProxy denoting the footer contents.

See set_footer() for possible values you can access.

If the attribute has no value then None is returned.

Sets the footer for the embed content.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

Parameters

Clears embed’s footer information.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

New in version 2.0.

property image

Returns an EmbedProxy denoting the image contents.

Possible attributes you can access are:

  • url

  • proxy_url

  • width

  • height

If the attribute has no value then None is returned.

set_image(*, url)

Sets the image for the embed content.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

Parameters

url (str) – The source URL for the image. Only HTTP(S) is supported. Inline attachment URLs are also supported, see How do I use a local image file for an embed image?.

property thumbnail

Returns an EmbedProxy denoting the thumbnail contents.

Possible attributes you can access are:

  • url

  • proxy_url

  • width

  • height

If the attribute has no value then None is returned.

set_thumbnail(*, url)

Sets the thumbnail for the embed content.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

Changed in version 1.4: Passing None removes the thumbnail.

Parameters

url (str) – The source URL for the thumbnail. Only HTTP(S) is supported. Inline attachment URLs are also supported, see How do I use a local image file for an embed image?.

property video

Returns an EmbedProxy denoting the video contents.

Possible attributes include:

  • url for the video URL.

  • height for the video height.

  • width for the video width.

If the attribute has no value then None is returned.

property provider

Returns an EmbedProxy denoting the provider contents.

The only attributes that might be accessed are name and url.

If the attribute has no value then None is returned.

property author

Returns an EmbedProxy denoting the author contents.

See set_author() for possible values you can access.

If the attribute has no value then None is returned.

set_author(*, name, url=None, icon_url=None)

Sets the author for the embed content.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

Parameters
remove_author()

Clears embed’s author information.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

New in version 1.4.

property fields

Returns a list of EmbedProxy denoting the field contents.

See add_field() for possible values you can access.

If the attribute has no value then None is returned.

Type

List[EmbedProxy]

add_field(*, name, value, inline=True)

Adds a field to the embed object.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining. Can only be up to 25 fields.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the field. Can only be up to 256 characters.

  • value (str) – The value of the field. Can only be up to 1024 characters.

  • inline (bool) – Whether the field should be displayed inline.

insert_field_at(index, *, name, value, inline=True)

Inserts a field before a specified index to the embed.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining. Can only be up to 25 fields.

New in version 1.2.

Parameters
  • index (int) – The index of where to insert the field.

  • name (str) – The name of the field. Can only be up to 256 characters.

  • value (str) – The value of the field. Can only be up to 1024 characters.

  • inline (bool) – Whether the field should be displayed inline.

clear_fields()

Removes all fields from this embed.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

Changed in version 2.0: This function now returns the class instance.

remove_field(index)

Removes a field at a specified index.

If the index is invalid or out of bounds then the error is silently swallowed.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

Note

When deleting a field by index, the index of the other fields shift to fill the gap just like a regular list.

Changed in version 2.0: This function now returns the class instance.

Parameters

index (int) – The index of the field to remove.

set_field_at(index, *, name, value, inline=True)

Modifies a field to the embed object.

The index must point to a valid pre-existing field. Can only be up to 25 fields.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

Parameters
  • index (int) – The index of the field to modify.

  • name (str) – The name of the field. Can only be up to 256 characters.

  • value (str) – The value of the field. Can only be up to 1024 characters.

  • inline (bool) – Whether the field should be displayed inline.

Raises

IndexError – An invalid index was provided.

to_dict()

Converts this embed object into a dict.

AllowedMentions

class discord.AllowedMentions(*, everyone=True, users=True, roles=True, replied_user=True)

A class that represents what mentions are allowed in a message.

This class can be set during Client initialisation to apply to every message sent. It can also be applied on a per message basis via abc.Messageable.send() for more fine-grained control.

everyone

Whether to allow everyone and here mentions. Defaults to True.

Type

bool

users

Controls the users being mentioned. If True (the default) then users are mentioned based on the message content. If False then users are not mentioned at all. If a list of abc.Snowflake is given then only the users provided will be mentioned, provided those users are in the message content.

Type

Union[bool, Sequence[abc.Snowflake]]

roles

Controls the roles being mentioned. If True (the default) then roles are mentioned based on the message content. If False then roles are not mentioned at all. If a list of abc.Snowflake is given then only the roles provided will be mentioned, provided those roles are in the message content.

Type

Union[bool, Sequence[abc.Snowflake]]

replied_user

Whether to mention the author of the message being replied to. Defaults to True.

New in version 1.6.

Type

bool

classmethod all()

A factory method that returns a AllowedMentions with all fields explicitly set to True

New in version 1.5.

classmethod none()

A factory method that returns a AllowedMentions with all fields set to False

New in version 1.5.

MessageReference

class discord.MessageReference(*, message_id, channel_id, guild_id=None, fail_if_not_exists=True)

Represents a reference to a Message.

New in version 1.5.

Changed in version 1.6: This class can now be constructed by users.

message_id

The id of the message referenced.

Type

Optional[int]

channel_id

The channel id of the message referenced.

Type

int

guild_id

The guild id of the message referenced.

Type

Optional[int]

fail_if_not_exists

Whether replying to the referenced message should raise HTTPException if the message no longer exists or Discord could not fetch the message.

New in version 1.7.

Type

bool

resolved

The message that this reference resolved to. If this is None then the original message was not fetched either due to the Discord API not attempting to resolve it or it not being available at the time of creation. If the message was resolved at a prior point but has since been deleted then this will be of type DeletedReferencedMessage.

Currently, this is mainly the replied to message when a user replies to a message.

New in version 1.6.

Type

Optional[Union[Message, DeletedReferencedMessage]]

classmethod from_message(message, *, fail_if_not_exists=True)

Creates a MessageReference from an existing Message.

New in version 1.6.

Parameters
  • message (Message) – The message to be converted into a reference.

  • fail_if_not_exists (bool) –

    Whether replying to the referenced message should raise HTTPException if the message no longer exists or Discord could not fetch the message.

    New in version 1.7.

Returns

A reference to the message.

Return type

MessageReference

property cached_message

The cached message, if found in the internal message cache.

Type

Optional[Message]

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to the referenced message.

New in version 1.7.

Type

str

PartialMessage

class discord.PartialMessage(*, channel, id)

Represents a partial message to aid with working messages when only a message and channel ID are present.

There are two ways to construct this class. The first one is through the constructor itself, and the second is via the following:

Note that this class is trimmed down and has no rich attributes.

New in version 1.6.

x == y

Checks if two partial messages are equal.

x != y

Checks if two partial messages are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the partial message’s hash.

channel

The channel associated with this partial message.

Type

Union[PartialMessageable, TextChannel, StageChannel, VoiceChannel, Thread, DMChannel]

id

The message ID.

Type

int

guild

The guild that the partial message belongs to, if applicable.

Type

Optional[Guild]

property created_at

The partial message’s creation time in UTC.

Type

datetime.datetime

property jump_url

Returns a URL that allows the client to jump to this message.

Type

str

property thread

The public thread created from this message, if it exists.

Note

This does not retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal cache. Use fetch_thread() instead.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[Thread]

await fetch()

This function is a coroutine.

Fetches the partial message to a full Message.

Raises
  • NotFound – The message was not found.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the permissions required to get a message.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the message failed.

Returns

The full message.

Return type

Message

await delete(*, delay=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Deletes the message.

Your own messages could be deleted without any proper permissions. However to delete other people’s messages, you must have manage_messages.

Changed in version 1.1: Added the new delay keyword-only parameter.

Parameters

delay (Optional[float]) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message. If the deletion fails then it is silently ignored.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have proper permissions to delete the message.

  • NotFound – The message was deleted already

  • HTTPException – Deleting the message failed.

await edit(*, content=..., embed=..., embeds=..., attachments=..., delete_after=None, allowed_mentions=..., view=...)

This function is a coroutine.

Edits the message.

The content must be able to be transformed into a string via str(content).

Changed in version 2.0: Edits are no longer in-place, the newly edited message is returned instead.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
  • content (Optional[str]) – The new content to replace the message with. Could be None to remove the content.

  • embed (Optional[Embed]) – The new embed to replace the original with. Could be None to remove the embed.

  • embeds (List[Embed]) –

    The new embeds to replace the original with. Must be a maximum of 10. To remove all embeds [] should be passed.

    New in version 2.0.

  • attachments (List[Union[Attachment, File]]) –

    A list of attachments to keep in the message as well as new files to upload. If [] is passed then all attachments are removed.

    Note

    New files will always appear after current attachments.

    New in version 2.0.

  • delete_after (Optional[float]) – If provided, the number of seconds to wait in the background before deleting the message we just edited. If the deletion fails, then it is silently ignored.

  • allowed_mentions (Optional[AllowedMentions]) –

    Controls the mentions being processed in this message. If this is passed, then the object is merged with allowed_mentions. The merging behaviour only overrides attributes that have been explicitly passed to the object, otherwise it uses the attributes set in allowed_mentions. If no object is passed at all then the defaults given by allowed_mentions are used instead.

    New in version 1.4.

  • view (Optional[View]) – The updated view to update this message with. If None is passed then the view is removed.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Editing the message failed.

  • Forbidden – Tried to suppress a message without permissions or edited a message’s content or embed that isn’t yours.

  • TypeError – You specified both embed and embeds

Returns

The newly edited message.

Return type

Message

await publish()

This function is a coroutine.

Publishes this message to the channel’s followers.

The message must have been sent in a news channel. You must have send_messages to do this.

If the message is not your own then manage_messages is also needed.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to publish this message or the channel is not a news channel.

  • HTTPException – Publishing the message failed.

await pin(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Pins the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this in a non-private channel context.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) –

The reason for pinning the message. Shows up on the audit log.

New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to pin the message.

  • NotFound – The message or channel was not found or deleted.

  • HTTPException – Pinning the message failed, probably due to the channel having more than 50 pinned messages.

await unpin(*, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Unpins the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this in a non-private channel context.

Parameters

reason (Optional[str]) –

The reason for unpinning the message. Shows up on the audit log.

New in version 1.4.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to unpin the message.

  • NotFound – The message or channel was not found or deleted.

  • HTTPException – Unpinning the message failed.

await add_reaction(emoji, /)

This function is a coroutine.

Adds a reaction to the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

You must have read_message_history to do this. If nobody else has reacted to the message using this emoji, add_reactions is required.

Changed in version 2.0: emoji parameter is now positional-only.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

emoji (Union[Emoji, Reaction, PartialEmoji, str]) – The emoji to react with.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Adding the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to react to the message.

  • NotFound – The emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await remove_reaction(emoji, member)

This function is a coroutine.

Remove a reaction by the member from the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

If the reaction is not your own (i.e. member parameter is not you) then manage_messages is needed.

The member parameter must represent a member and meet the abc.Snowflake abc.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters
Raises
  • HTTPException – Removing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to remove the reaction.

  • NotFound – The member or emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await clear_reaction(emoji)

This function is a coroutine.

Clears a specific reaction from the message.

The emoji may be a unicode emoji or a custom guild Emoji.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

New in version 1.3.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError instead of InvalidArgument.

Parameters

emoji (Union[Emoji, Reaction, PartialEmoji, str]) – The emoji to clear.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Clearing the reaction failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to clear the reaction.

  • NotFound – The emoji you specified was not found.

  • TypeError – The emoji parameter is invalid.

await clear_reactions()

This function is a coroutine.

Removes all the reactions from the message.

You must have manage_messages to do this.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Removing the reactions failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to remove all the reactions.

await create_thread(*, name, auto_archive_duration=..., slowmode_delay=None, reason=None)

This function is a coroutine.

Creates a public thread from this message.

You must have create_public_threads in order to create a public thread from a message.

The channel this message belongs in must be a TextChannel.

New in version 2.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) – The name of the thread.

  • auto_archive_duration (int) –

    The duration in minutes before a thread is automatically hidden from the channel list. If not provided, the channel’s default auto archive duration is used.

    Must be one of 60, 1440, 4320, or 10080, if provided.

  • slowmode_delay (Optional[int]) – Specifies the slowmode rate limit for user in this channel, in seconds. The maximum value possible is 21600. By default no slowmode rate limit if this is None.

  • reason (Optional[str]) – The reason for creating a new thread. Shows up on the audit log.

Raises
  • Forbidden – You do not have permissions to create a thread.

  • HTTPException – Creating the thread failed.

  • ValueError – This message does not have guild info attached.

Returns

The created thread.

Return type

Thread

await fetch_thread()

This function is a coroutine.

Retrieves the public thread attached to this message.

Note

This method is an API call. For general usage, consider thread instead.

New in version 2.4.

Raises
  • InvalidData – An unknown channel type was received from Discord or the guild the thread belongs to is not the same as the one in this object points to.

  • HTTPException – Retrieving the thread failed.

  • NotFound – There is no thread attached to this message.

  • Forbidden – You do not have permission to fetch this channel.

Returns

The public thread attached to this message.

Return type

Thread

await reply(content=None, **kwargs)

This function is a coroutine.

A shortcut method to abc.Messageable.send() to reply to the Message.

New in version 1.6.

Changed in version 2.0: This function will now raise TypeError or ValueError instead of InvalidArgument.

Raises
  • HTTPException – Sending the message failed.

  • Forbidden – You do not have the proper permissions to send the message.

  • ValueError – The files list is not of the appropriate size

  • TypeError – You specified both file and files.

Returns

The message that was sent.

Return type

Message

to_reference(*, fail_if_not_exists=True)

Creates a MessageReference from the current message.

New in version 1.6.

Parameters

fail_if_not_exists (bool) –

Whether replying using the message reference should raise HTTPException if the message no longer exists or Discord could not fetch the message.

New in version 1.7.

Returns

The reference to this message.

Return type

MessageReference

MessageApplication

class discord.MessageApplication(*, state, data)

Represents a message’s application data from a Message.

New in version 2.0.

id

The application ID.

Type

int

description

The application description.

Type

str

name

The application’s name.

Type

str

property icon

The application’s icon, if any.

Type

Optional[Asset]

property cover

The application’s cover image, if any.

Type

Optional[Asset]

RoleSubscriptionInfo

class discord.RoleSubscriptionInfo(data)

Represents a message’s role subscription information.

This is currently only attached to messages of type MessageType.role_subscription_purchase.

New in version 2.0.

role_subscription_listing_id

The ID of the SKU and listing that the user is subscribed to.

Type

int

tier_name

The name of the tier that the user is subscribed to.

Type

str

total_months_subscribed

The cumulative number of months that the user has been subscribed for.

Type

int

is_renewal

Whether this notification is for a renewal rather than a new purchase.

Type

bool

Intents

class discord.Intents(value=0, **kwargs)

Wraps up a Discord gateway intent flag.

Similar to Permissions, the properties provided are two way. You can set and retrieve individual bits using the properties as if they were regular bools.

To construct an object you can pass keyword arguments denoting the flags to enable or disable.

This is used to disable certain gateway features that are unnecessary to run your bot. To make use of this, it is passed to the intents keyword argument of Client.

New in version 1.5.

x == y

Checks if two flags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two flags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns an Intents instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns an Intents instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns an Intents instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns an Intents instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs.

bool(b)

Returns whether any intent is enabled.

New in version 2.0.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

classmethod all()

A factory method that creates a Intents with everything enabled.

classmethod none()

A factory method that creates a Intents with everything disabled.

classmethod default()

A factory method that creates a Intents with everything enabled except presences, members, and message_content.

guilds

Whether guild related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

It is highly advisable to leave this intent enabled for your bot to function.

Type

bool

members

Whether guild member related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

For more information go to the member intent documentation.

Note

Currently, this requires opting in explicitly via the developer portal as well. Bots in over 100 guilds will need to apply to Discord for verification.

Type

bool

moderation

Whether guild moderation related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This does not correspond to any attributes or classes in the library in terms of cache.

Type

bool

bans

An alias of moderation.

Changed in version 2.2: Changed to an alias.

Type

bool

emojis

Alias of emojis_and_stickers.

Changed in version 2.0: Changed to an alias.

Type

bool

emojis_and_stickers

Whether guild emoji and sticker related events are enabled.

New in version 2.0.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Type

bool

integrations

Whether guild integration related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This does not correspond to any attributes or classes in the library in terms of cache.

Type

bool

webhooks

Whether guild webhook related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This does not correspond to any attributes or classes in the library in terms of cache.

Type

bool

invites

Whether guild invite related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This does not correspond to any attributes or classes in the library in terms of cache.

Type

bool

voice_states

Whether guild voice state related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Note

This intent is required to connect to voice.

Type

bool

presences

Whether guild presence related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

For more information go to the presence intent documentation.

Note

Currently, this requires opting in explicitly via the developer portal as well. Bots in over 100 guilds will need to apply to Discord for verification.

Type

bool

messages

Whether guild and direct message related events are enabled.

This is a shortcut to set or get both guild_messages and dm_messages.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Note that due to an implicit relationship this also corresponds to the following events:

Type

bool

guild_messages

Whether guild message related events are enabled.

See also dm_messages for DMs or messages for both.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Note that due to an implicit relationship this also corresponds to the following events:

Type

bool

dm_messages

Whether direct message related events are enabled.

See also guild_messages for guilds or messages for both.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Note that due to an implicit relationship this also corresponds to the following events:

Type

bool

reactions

Whether guild and direct message reaction related events are enabled.

This is a shortcut to set or get both guild_reactions and dm_reactions.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Type

bool

guild_reactions

Whether guild message reaction related events are enabled.

See also dm_reactions for DMs or reactions for both.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Type

bool

dm_reactions

Whether direct message reaction related events are enabled.

See also guild_reactions for guilds or reactions for both.

This corresponds to the following events:

This also corresponds to the following attributes and classes in terms of cache:

Type

bool

typing

Whether guild and direct message typing related events are enabled.

This is a shortcut to set or get both guild_typing and dm_typing.

This corresponds to the following events:

This does not correspond to any attributes or classes in the library in terms of cache.

Type

bool

guild_typing

Whether guild and direct message typing related events are enabled.

See also dm_typing for DMs or typing for both.

This corresponds to the following events:

This does not correspond to any attributes or classes in the library in terms of cache.

Type

bool

dm_typing

Whether guild and direct message typing related events are enabled.

See also guild_typing for guilds or typing for both.

This corresponds to the following events:

This does not correspond to any attributes or classes in the library in terms of cache.

Type

bool

message_content

Whether message content, attachments, embeds and components will be available in messages which do not meet the following criteria:

  • The message was sent by the client

  • The message was sent in direct messages

  • The message mentions the client

This applies to the following events:

For more information go to the message content intent documentation.

Note

Currently, this requires opting in explicitly via the developer portal as well. Bots in over 100 guilds will need to apply to Discord for verification.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

guild_scheduled_events

Whether guild scheduled event related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

auto_moderation

Whether auto moderation related events are enabled.

This is a shortcut to set or get both auto_moderation_configuration and auto_moderation_execution.

This corresponds to the following events:

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

auto_moderation_configuration

Whether auto moderation configuration related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events:

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

auto_moderation_execution

Whether auto moderation execution related events are enabled.

This corresponds to the following events: - on_automod_action()

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

MemberCacheFlags

class discord.MemberCacheFlags(**kwargs)

Controls the library’s cache policy when it comes to members.

This allows for finer grained control over what members are cached. Note that the bot’s own member is always cached. This class is passed to the member_cache_flags parameter in Client.

Due to a quirk in how Discord works, in order to ensure proper cleanup of cache resources it is recommended to have Intents.members enabled. Otherwise the library cannot know when a member leaves a guild and is thus unable to cleanup after itself.

To construct an object you can pass keyword arguments denoting the flags to enable or disable.

The default value is all flags enabled.

New in version 1.5.

x == y

Checks if two flags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two flags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a MemberCacheFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a MemberCacheFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a MemberCacheFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns a MemberCacheFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

New in version 2.0.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

classmethod all()

A factory method that creates a MemberCacheFlags with everything enabled.

classmethod none()

A factory method that creates a MemberCacheFlags with everything disabled.

voice

Whether to cache members that are in voice.

This requires Intents.voice_states.

Members that leave voice are no longer cached.

Type

bool

joined

Whether to cache members that joined the guild or are chunked as part of the initial log in flow.

This requires Intents.members.

Members that leave the guild are no longer cached.

Type

bool

classmethod from_intents(intents)

A factory method that creates a MemberCacheFlags based on the currently selected Intents.

Parameters

intents (Intents) – The intents to select from.

Returns

The resulting member cache flags.

Return type

MemberCacheFlags

ApplicationFlags

class discord.ApplicationFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord Application flags.

x == y

Checks if two ApplicationFlags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two ApplicationFlags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns an ApplicationFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns an ApplicationFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns an ApplicationFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns an ApplicationFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

New in version 2.0.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

auto_mod_badge

Returns True if the application uses at least 100 automod rules across all guilds. This shows up as a badge in the official client.

New in version 2.3.

Type

bool

gateway_presence

Returns True if the application is verified and is allowed to receive presence information over the gateway.

Type

bool

gateway_presence_limited

Returns True if the application is allowed to receive limited presence information over the gateway.

Type

bool

gateway_guild_members

Returns True if the application is verified and is allowed to receive guild members information over the gateway.

Type

bool

gateway_guild_members_limited

Returns True if the application is allowed to receive limited guild members information over the gateway.

Type

bool

verification_pending_guild_limit

Returns True if the application is currently pending verification and has hit the guild limit.

Type

bool

embedded

Returns True if the application is embedded within the Discord client.

Type

bool

gateway_message_content

Returns True if the application is verified and is allowed to read message content in guilds.

Type

bool

gateway_message_content_limited

Returns True if the application is unverified and is allowed to read message content in guilds.

Type

bool

app_commands_badge

Returns True if the application has registered a global application command. This shows up as a badge in the official client.

Type

bool

active

Returns True if the application has had at least one global application command used in the last 30 days.

New in version 2.1.

Type

bool

ChannelFlags

class discord.ChannelFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord GuildChannel or Thread flags.

x == y

Checks if two channel flags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two channel flags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a ChannelFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a ChannelFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a ChannelFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns a ChannelFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

New in version 2.0.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

pinned

Returns True if the thread is pinned to the forum channel.

Type

bool

require_tag

Returns True if a tag is required to be specified when creating a thread in a ForumChannel.

New in version 2.1.

Type

bool

hide_media_download_options

Returns True if the client hides embedded media download options in a ForumChannel. Only available in media channels.

New in version 2.4.

Type

bool

AutoModPresets

class discord.AutoModPresets(**kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord AutoModRule presets.

New in version 2.0.

x == y

Checks if two AutoMod preset flags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two AutoMod preset flags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns an AutoModPresets instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns an AutoModPresets instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns an AutoModPresets instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns an AutoModPresets instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

profanity

Whether to use the preset profanity filter.

Type

bool

sexual_content

Whether to use the preset sexual content filter.

Type

bool

slurs

Whether to use the preset slurs filter.

Type

bool

classmethod all()

A factory method that creates a AutoModPresets with everything enabled.

classmethod none()

A factory method that creates a AutoModPresets with everything disabled.

AutoModRuleAction

class discord.AutoModRuleAction(*, type=None, channel_id=None, duration=None, custom_message=None)

Represents an auto moderation’s rule action.

Note

Only one of channel_id, duration, or custom_message can be used.

New in version 2.0.

type

The type of action to take. Defaults to block_message.

Type

AutoModRuleActionType

channel_id

The ID of the channel or thread to send the alert message to, if any. Passing this sets type to send_alert_message.

Type

Optional[int]

duration

The duration of the timeout to apply, if any. Has a maximum of 28 days. Passing this sets type to timeout.

Type

Optional[datetime.timedelta]

custom_message

A custom message which will be shown to a user when their message is blocked. Passing this sets type to block_message.

New in version 2.2.

Type

Optional[str]

AutoModTrigger

class discord.AutoModTrigger(*, type=None, keyword_filter=None, presets=None, allow_list=None, mention_limit=None, regex_patterns=None, mention_raid_protection=None)

Represents a trigger for an auto moderation rule.

The following table illustrates relevant attributes for each AutoModRuleTriggerType:

New in version 2.0.

type

The type of trigger.

Type

AutoModRuleTriggerType

keyword_filter

The list of strings that will trigger the filter. Maximum of 1000. Keywords can only be up to 60 characters in length.

This could be combined with regex_patterns.

Type

List[str]

regex_patterns

The regex pattern that will trigger the filter. The syntax is based off of Rust’s regex syntax. Maximum of 10. Regex strings can only be up to 260 characters in length.

This could be combined with keyword_filter and/or allow_list

New in version 2.1.

Type

List[str]

presets

The presets used with the preset keyword filter.

Type

AutoModPresets

allow_list

The list of words that are exempt from the commonly flagged words. Maximum of 100. Keywords can only be up to 60 characters in length.

Type

List[str]

mention_limit

The total number of user and role mentions a message can contain. Has a maximum of 50.

Type

int

mention_raid_protection

Whether mention raid protection is enabled or not.

New in version 2.4.

Type

bool

File

class discord.File(fp, filename=None, *, spoiler=..., description=None)

A parameter object used for abc.Messageable.send() for sending file objects.

Note

File objects are single use and are not meant to be reused in multiple abc.Messageable.send()s.

fp

A file-like object opened in binary mode and read mode or a filename representing a file in the hard drive to open.

Note

If the file-like object passed is opened via open then the modes ‘rb’ should be used.

To pass binary data, consider usage of io.BytesIO.

Type

Union[os.PathLike, io.BufferedIOBase]

spoiler

Whether the attachment is a spoiler. If left unspecified, the filename is used to determine if the file is a spoiler.

Type

bool

description

The file description to display, currently only supported for images.

New in version 2.0.

Type

Optional[str]

property filename

The filename to display when uploading to Discord. If this is not given then it defaults to fp.name or if fp is a string then the filename will default to the string given.

Type

str

Colour

class discord.Colour(value)

Represents a Discord role colour. This class is similar to a (red, green, blue) tuple.

There is an alias for this called Color.

x == y

Checks if two colours are equal.

x != y

Checks if two colours are not equal.

hash(x)

Return the colour’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the hex format for the colour.

int(x)

Returns the raw colour value.

Note

The colour values in the classmethods are mostly provided as-is and can change between versions should the Discord client’s representation of that colour also change.

value

The raw integer colour value.

Type

int

property r

Returns the red component of the colour.

Type

int

property g

Returns the green component of the colour.

Type

int

property b

Returns the blue component of the colour.

Type

int

to_rgb()

Tuple[int, int, int]: Returns an (r, g, b) tuple representing the colour.

classmethod from_rgb(r, g, b)

Constructs a Colour from an RGB tuple.

classmethod from_hsv(h, s, v)

Constructs a Colour from an HSV tuple.

classmethod from_str(value)

Constructs a Colour from a string.

The following formats are accepted:

  • 0x<hex>

  • #<hex>

  • 0x#<hex>

  • rgb(<number>, <number>, <number>)

Like CSS, <number> can be either 0-255 or 0-100% and <hex> can be either a 6 digit hex number or a 3 digit hex shortcut (e.g. #FFF).

New in version 2.0.

Raises

ValueError – The string could not be converted into a colour.

classmethod default()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0.

classmethod random(*, seed=None)

A factory method that returns a Colour with a random hue.

Note

The random algorithm works by choosing a colour with a random hue but with maxed out saturation and value.

New in version 1.6.

Parameters

seed (Optional[Union[int, str, float, bytes, bytearray]]) –

The seed to initialize the RNG with. If None is passed the default RNG is used.

New in version 1.7.

classmethod teal()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x1ABC9C.

classmethod dark_teal()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x11806A.

classmethod brand_green()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x57F287.

New in version 2.0.

classmethod green()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x2ECC71.

classmethod dark_green()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x1F8B4C.

classmethod blue()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x3498DB.

classmethod dark_blue()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x206694.

classmethod purple()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x9B59B6.

classmethod dark_purple()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x71368A.

classmethod magenta()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xE91E63.

classmethod dark_magenta()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xAD1457.

classmethod gold()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xF1C40F.

classmethod dark_gold()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xC27C0E.

classmethod orange()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xE67E22.

classmethod dark_orange()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xA84300.

classmethod brand_red()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xED4245.

New in version 2.0.

classmethod red()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xE74C3C.

classmethod dark_red()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x992D22.

classmethod lighter_grey()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x95A5A6.

classmethod lighter_gray()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x95A5A6.

classmethod dark_grey()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x607d8b.

classmethod dark_gray()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x607d8b.

classmethod light_grey()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x979C9F.

classmethod light_gray()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x979C9F.

classmethod darker_grey()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x546E7A.

classmethod darker_gray()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x546E7A.

classmethod og_blurple()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x7289DA.

classmethod blurple()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x5865F2.

classmethod greyple()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x99AAB5.

classmethod dark_theme()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x313338.

This will appear transparent on Discord’s dark theme.

New in version 1.5.

Changed in version 2.2: Updated colour from previous 0x36393F to reflect discord theme changes.

classmethod fuchsia()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xEB459E.

New in version 2.0.

classmethod yellow()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xFEE75C.

New in version 2.0.

classmethod dark_embed()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0x2B2D31.

New in version 2.2.

classmethod light_embed()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xEEEFF1.

New in version 2.2.

classmethod pink()

A factory method that returns a Colour with a value of 0xEB459F.

New in version 2.3.

BaseActivity

Attributes
class discord.BaseActivity(**kwargs)

The base activity that all user-settable activities inherit from. A user-settable activity is one that can be used in Client.change_presence().

The following types currently count as user-settable:

Note that although these types are considered user-settable by the library, Discord typically ignores certain combinations of activity depending on what is currently set. This behaviour may change in the future so there are no guarantees on whether Discord will actually let you set these types.

New in version 1.3.

property created_at

When the user started doing this activity in UTC.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

Activity

class discord.Activity(**kwargs)

Represents an activity in Discord.

This could be an activity such as streaming, playing, listening or watching.

For memory optimisation purposes, some activities are offered in slimmed down versions:

application_id

The application ID of the game.

Type

Optional[int]

name

The name of the activity.

Type

Optional[str]

url

A stream URL that the activity could be doing.

Type

Optional[str]

type

The type of activity currently being done.

Type

ActivityType

state

The user’s current state. For example, “In Game”.

Type

Optional[str]

details

The detail of the user’s current activity.

Type

Optional[str]

platform

The user’s current platform.

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[str]

timestamps

A dictionary of timestamps. It contains the following optional keys:

  • start: Corresponds to when the user started doing the activity in milliseconds since Unix epoch.

  • end: Corresponds to when the user will finish doing the activity in milliseconds since Unix epoch.

Type

dict

assets

A dictionary representing the images and their hover text of an activity. It contains the following optional keys:

  • large_image: A string representing the ID for the large image asset.

  • large_text: A string representing the text when hovering over the large image asset.

  • small_image: A string representing the ID for the small image asset.

  • small_text: A string representing the text when hovering over the small image asset.

Type

dict

party

A dictionary representing the activity party. It contains the following optional keys:

  • id: A string representing the party ID.

  • size: A list of up to two integer elements denoting (current_size, maximum_size).

Type

dict

buttons

A list of strings representing the labels of custom buttons shown in a rich presence.

New in version 2.0.

Type

List[str]

emoji

The emoji that belongs to this activity.

Type

Optional[PartialEmoji]

property start

When the user started doing this activity in UTC, if applicable.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

property end

When the user will stop doing this activity in UTC, if applicable.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

property large_image_url

Returns a URL pointing to the large image asset of this activity, if applicable.

Type

Optional[str]

property small_image_url

Returns a URL pointing to the small image asset of this activity, if applicable.

Type

Optional[str]

property large_image_text

Returns the large image asset hover text of this activity, if applicable.

Type

Optional[str]

property small_image_text

Returns the small image asset hover text of this activity, if applicable.

Type

Optional[str]

Game

class discord.Game(name, **extra)

A slimmed down version of Activity that represents a Discord game.

This is typically displayed via Playing on the official Discord client.

x == y

Checks if two games are equal.

x != y

Checks if two games are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the game’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the game’s name.

Parameters

name (str) – The game’s name.

name

The game’s name.

Type

str

platform

Where the user is playing from (ie. PS5, Xbox).

New in version 2.4.

Type

Optional[str]

assets

A dictionary representing the images and their hover text of a game. It contains the following optional keys:

  • large_image: A string representing the ID for the large image asset.

  • large_text: A string representing the text when hovering over the large image asset.

  • small_image: A string representing the ID for the small image asset.

  • small_text: A string representing the text when hovering over the small image asset.

New in version 2.4.

Type

dict

property type

Returns the game’s type. This is for compatibility with Activity.

It always returns ActivityType.playing.

Type

ActivityType

property start

When the user started playing this game in UTC, if applicable.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

property end

When the user will stop playing this game in UTC, if applicable.

Type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

Streaming

class discord.Streaming(*, name, url, **extra)

A slimmed down version of Activity that represents a Discord streaming status.

This is typically displayed via Streaming on the official Discord client.

x == y

Checks if two streams are equal.

x != y

Checks if two streams are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the stream’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the stream’s name.

platform

Where the user is streaming from (ie. YouTube, Twitch).

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[str]

name

The stream’s name.

Type

Optional[str]

details

An alias for name

Type

Optional[str]

game

The game being streamed.

New in version 1.3.

Type

Optional[str]

url

The stream’s URL.

Type

str

assets

A dictionary comprising of similar keys than those in Activity.assets.

Type

dict

property type

Returns the game’s type. This is for compatibility with Activity.

It always returns ActivityType.streaming.

Type

ActivityType

property twitch_name

If provided, the twitch name of the user streaming.

This corresponds to the large_image key of the Streaming.assets dictionary if it starts with twitch:. Typically set by the Discord client.

Type

Optional[str]

CustomActivity

Attributes
class discord.CustomActivity(name, *, emoji=None, **extra)

Represents a custom activity from Discord.

x == y

Checks if two activities are equal.

x != y

Checks if two activities are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the activity’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the custom status text.

New in version 1.3.

name

The custom activity’s name.

Type

Optional[str]

emoji

The emoji to pass to the activity, if any.

Type

Optional[PartialEmoji]

property type

Returns the activity’s type. This is for compatibility with Activity.

It always returns ActivityType.custom.

Type

ActivityType

Permissions

class discord.Permissions(permissions=0, **kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord permission value.

The properties provided are two way. You can set and retrieve individual bits using the properties as if they were regular bools. This allows you to edit permissions.

Changed in version 1.3: You can now use keyword arguments to initialize Permissions similar to update().

x == y

Checks if two permissions are equal.

x != y

Checks if two permissions are not equal.

x <= y

Checks if a permission is a subset of another permission.

x >= y

Checks if a permission is a superset of another permission.

x < y

Checks if a permission is a strict subset of another permission.

x > y

Checks if a permission is a strict superset of another permission.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a Permissions instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a Permissions instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a Permissions instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns a Permissions instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the permission’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (perm, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether the permissions object has any permissions set to True.

New in version 2.0.

value

The raw value. This value is a bit array field of a 53-bit integer representing the currently available permissions. You should query permissions via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

is_subset(other)

Returns True if self has the same or fewer permissions as other.

is_superset(other)

Returns True if self has the same or more permissions as other.

is_strict_subset(other)

Returns True if the permissions on other are a strict subset of those on self.

is_strict_superset(other)

Returns True if the permissions on other are a strict superset of those on self.

classmethod none()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all permissions set to False.

classmethod all()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all permissions set to True.

classmethod all_channel()

A Permissions with all channel-specific permissions set to True and the guild-specific ones set to False. The guild-specific permissions are currently:

Changed in version 1.7: Added stream, priority_speaker and use_application_commands permissions.

Changed in version 2.3: Added use_soundboard, create_expressions permissions.

classmethod general()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all “General” permissions from the official Discord UI set to True.

Changed in version 1.7: Permission read_messages is now included in the general permissions, but permissions administrator, create_instant_invite, kick_members, ban_members, change_nickname and manage_nicknames are no longer part of the general permissions.

Changed in version 2.3: Added create_expressions permission.

classmethod membership()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all “Membership” permissions from the official Discord UI set to True.

New in version 1.7.

classmethod text()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all “Text” permissions from the official Discord UI set to True.

Changed in version 1.7: Permission read_messages is no longer part of the text permissions. Added use_application_commands permission.

Changed in version 2.3: Added send_voice_messages permission.

classmethod voice()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all “Voice” permissions from the official Discord UI set to True.

classmethod stage()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all “Stage Channel” permissions from the official Discord UI set to True.

New in version 1.7.

classmethod stage_moderator()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all permissions for stage moderators set to True. These permissions are currently:

New in version 1.7.

Changed in version 2.0: Added manage_channels permission and removed request_to_speak permission.

classmethod elevated()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all permissions that require 2FA set to True. These permissions are currently:

New in version 2.0.

classmethod events()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all “Events” permissions from the official Discord UI set to True.

New in version 2.4.

classmethod advanced()

A factory method that creates a Permissions with all “Advanced” permissions from the official Discord UI set to True.

New in version 1.7.

update(**kwargs)

Bulk updates this permission object.

Allows you to set multiple attributes by using keyword arguments. The names must be equivalent to the properties listed. Extraneous key/value pairs will be silently ignored.

Parameters

**kwargs – A list of key/value pairs to bulk update permissions with.

create_instant_invite

Returns True if the user can create instant invites.

Type

bool

kick_members

Returns True if the user can kick users from the guild.

Type

bool

ban_members

Returns True if a user can ban users from the guild.

Type

bool

administrator

Returns True if a user is an administrator. This role overrides all other permissions.

This also bypasses all channel-specific overrides.

Type

bool

manage_channels

Returns True if a user can edit, delete, or create channels in the guild.

This also corresponds to the “Manage Channel” channel-specific override.

Type

bool

manage_guild

Returns True if a user can edit guild properties.

Type

bool

add_reactions

Returns True if a user can add reactions to messages.

Type

bool

view_audit_log

Returns True if a user can view the guild’s audit log.

Type

bool

priority_speaker

Returns True if a user can be more easily heard while talking.

Type

bool

stream

Returns True if a user can stream in a voice channel.

Type

bool

read_messages

Returns True if a user can read messages from all or specific text channels.

Type

bool

view_channel

An alias for read_messages.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

send_messages

Returns True if a user can send messages from all or specific text channels.

Type

bool

send_tts_messages

Returns True if a user can send TTS messages from all or specific text channels.

Type

bool

manage_messages

Returns True if a user can delete or pin messages in a text channel.

Note

Note that there are currently no ways to edit other people’s messages.

Type

bool

Returns True if a user’s messages will automatically be embedded by Discord.

Type

bool

attach_files

Returns True if a user can send files in their messages.

Type

bool

read_message_history

Returns True if a user can read a text channel’s previous messages.

Type

bool

mention_everyone

Returns True if a user’s @everyone or @here will mention everyone in the text channel.

Type

bool

external_emojis

Returns True if a user can use emojis from other guilds.

Type

bool

use_external_emojis

An alias for external_emojis.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

view_guild_insights

Returns True if a user can view the guild’s insights.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

connect

Returns True if a user can connect to a voice channel.

Type

bool

speak

Returns True if a user can speak in a voice channel.

Type

bool

mute_members

Returns True if a user can mute other users.

Type

bool

deafen_members

Returns True if a user can deafen other users.

Type

bool

move_members

Returns True if a user can move users between other voice channels.

Type

bool

use_voice_activation

Returns True if a user can use voice activation in voice channels.

Type

bool

change_nickname

Returns True if a user can change their nickname in the guild.

Type

bool

manage_nicknames

Returns True if a user can change other user’s nickname in the guild.

Type

bool

manage_roles

Returns True if a user can create or edit roles less than their role’s position.

This also corresponds to the “Manage Permissions” channel-specific override.

Type

bool

manage_permissions

An alias for manage_roles.

New in version 1.3.

Type

bool

manage_webhooks

Returns True if a user can create, edit, or delete webhooks.

Type

bool

manage_expressions

Returns True if a user can edit or delete emojis, stickers, and soundboard sounds.

New in version 2.3.

Type

bool

manage_emojis

An alias for manage_expressions.

Type

bool

manage_emojis_and_stickers

An alias for manage_expressions.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

use_application_commands

Returns True if a user can use slash commands.

New in version 1.7.

Type

bool

request_to_speak

Returns True if a user can request to speak in a stage channel.

New in version 1.7.

Type

bool

manage_events

Returns True if a user can manage guild events.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

manage_threads

Returns True if a user can manage threads.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

create_public_threads

Returns True if a user can create public threads.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

create_private_threads

Returns True if a user can create private threads.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

external_stickers

Returns True if a user can use stickers from other guilds.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

use_external_stickers

An alias for external_stickers.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

send_messages_in_threads

Returns True if a user can send messages in threads.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

use_embedded_activities

Returns True if a user can launch an embedded application in a Voice channel.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

moderate_members

Returns True if a user can time out other members.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

use_soundboard

Returns True if a user can use the soundboard.

New in version 2.3.

Type

bool

create_expressions

Returns True if a user can create emojis, stickers, and soundboard sounds.

New in version 2.3.

Type

bool

create_events

Returns True if a user can create guild events.

New in version 2.4.

Type

bool

use_external_sounds

Returns True if a user can use sounds from other guilds.

New in version 2.3.

Type

bool

send_voice_messages

Returns True if a user can send voice messages.

New in version 2.3.

Type

bool

PermissionOverwrite

class discord.PermissionOverwrite(**kwargs)

A type that is used to represent a channel specific permission.

Unlike a regular Permissions, the default value of a permission is equivalent to None and not False. Setting a value to False is explicitly denying that permission, while setting a value to True is explicitly allowing that permission.

The values supported by this are the same as Permissions with the added possibility of it being set to None.

x == y

Checks if two overwrites are equal.

x != y

Checks if two overwrites are not equal.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (perm, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

Parameters

**kwargs – Set the value of permissions by their name.

pair()

Tuple[Permissions, Permissions]: Returns the (allow, deny) pair from this overwrite.

classmethod from_pair(allow, deny)

Creates an overwrite from an allow/deny pair of Permissions.

is_empty()

Checks if the permission overwrite is currently empty.

An empty permission overwrite is one that has no overwrites set to True or False.

Returns

Indicates if the overwrite is empty.

Return type

bool

update(**kwargs)

Bulk updates this permission overwrite object.

Allows you to set multiple attributes by using keyword arguments. The names must be equivalent to the properties listed. Extraneous key/value pairs will be silently ignored.

Parameters

**kwargs – A list of key/value pairs to bulk update with.

SystemChannelFlags

class discord.SystemChannelFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up a Discord system channel flag value.

Similar to Permissions, the properties provided are two way. You can set and retrieve individual bits using the properties as if they were regular bools. This allows you to edit the system flags easily.

To construct an object you can pass keyword arguments denoting the flags to enable or disable.

x == y

Checks if two flags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two flags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a SystemChannelFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a SystemChannelFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a SystemChannelFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns a SystemChannelFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

New in version 2.0.

value

The raw value. This value is a bit array field of a 53-bit integer representing the currently available flags. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

join_notifications

Returns True if the system channel is used for member join notifications.

Type

bool

premium_subscriptions

Returns True if the system channel is used for “Nitro boosting” notifications.

Type

bool

guild_reminder_notifications

Returns True if the system channel is used for server setup helpful tips notifications.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

join_notification_replies

Returns True if sticker reply button (“Wave to say hi!”) is shown for member join notifications.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

role_subscription_purchase_notifications

Returns True if role subscription purchase and renewal notifications are enabled.

New in version 2.2.

Type

bool

role_subscription_purchase_notification_replies

Returns True if the role subscription notifications have a sticker reply button.

New in version 2.2.

Type

bool

MessageFlags

class discord.MessageFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up a Discord Message flag value.

See SystemChannelFlags.

x == y

Checks if two flags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two flags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a MessageFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a MessageFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a MessageFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns a MessageFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

New in version 2.0.

New in version 1.3.

value

The raw value. This value is a bit array field of a 53-bit integer representing the currently available flags. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

crossposted

Returns True if the message is the original crossposted message.

Type

bool

is_crossposted

Returns True if the message was crossposted from another channel.

Type

bool

suppress_embeds

Returns True if the message’s embeds have been suppressed.

Type

bool

source_message_deleted

Returns True if the source message for this crosspost has been deleted.

Type

bool

urgent

Returns True if the source message is an urgent message.

An urgent message is one sent by Discord Trust and Safety.

Type

bool

has_thread

Returns True if the source message is associated with a thread.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

ephemeral

Returns True if the source message is ephemeral.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

loading

Returns True if the message is an interaction response and the bot is “thinking”.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

failed_to_mention_some_roles_in_thread

Returns True if the message failed to mention some roles in a thread and add their members to the thread.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

suppress_notifications

Returns True if the message will not trigger push and desktop notifications.

New in version 2.2.

Type

bool

silent

Alias for suppress_notifications.

New in version 2.2.

Type

bool

voice

Returns True if the message is a voice message.

New in version 2.3.

Type

bool

PublicUserFlags

class discord.PublicUserFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord User Public flags.

x == y

Checks if two PublicUserFlags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two PublicUserFlags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a PublicUserFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a PublicUserFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

New in version 2.0.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a PublicUserFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

New in version 2.0.

~x

Returns a PublicUserFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

New in version 2.0.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

New in version 2.0.

New in version 1.4.

value

The raw value. This value is a bit array field of a 53-bit integer representing the currently available flags. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

staff

Returns True if the user is a Discord Employee.

Type

bool

partner

Returns True if the user is a Discord Partner.

Type

bool

hypesquad

Returns True if the user is a HypeSquad Events member.

Type

bool

bug_hunter

Returns True if the user is a Bug Hunter

Type

bool

hypesquad_bravery

Returns True if the user is a HypeSquad Bravery member.

Type

bool

hypesquad_brilliance

Returns True if the user is a HypeSquad Brilliance member.

Type

bool

hypesquad_balance

Returns True if the user is a HypeSquad Balance member.

Type

bool

early_supporter

Returns True if the user is an Early Supporter.

Type

bool

team_user

Returns True if the user is a Team User.

Type

bool

system

Returns True if the user is a system user (i.e. represents Discord officially).

Type

bool

bug_hunter_level_2

Returns True if the user is a Bug Hunter Level 2

Type

bool

verified_bot

Returns True if the user is a Verified Bot.

Type

bool

verified_bot_developer

Returns True if the user is an Early Verified Bot Developer.

Type

bool

early_verified_bot_developer

An alias for verified_bot_developer.

New in version 1.5.

Type

bool

discord_certified_moderator

Returns True if the user is a Discord Certified Moderator.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

bot_http_interactions

Returns True if the user is a bot that only uses HTTP interactions and is shown in the online member list.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

spammer

Returns True if the user is flagged as a spammer by Discord.

New in version 2.0.

Type

bool

active_developer

Returns True if the user is an active developer.

New in version 2.1.

Type

bool

all()

List[UserFlags]: Returns all public flags the user has.

MemberFlags

class discord.MemberFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord Guild Member flags

New in version 2.2.

x == y

Checks if two MemberFlags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two MemberFlags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a MemberFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a MemberFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a MemberFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

~x

Returns a MemberFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

did_rejoin

Returns True if the member left and rejoined the guild.

Type

bool

completed_onboarding

Returns True if the member has completed onboarding.

Type

bool

bypasses_verification

Returns True if the member can bypass the guild verification requirements.

Type

bool

started_onboarding

Returns True if the member has started onboarding.

Type

bool

AttachmentFlags

Attributes
class discord.AttachmentFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord Attachment flags

New in version 2.4.

x == y

Checks if two AttachmentFlags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two AttachmentFlags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a AttachmentFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a AttachmentFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a AttachmentFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

~x

Returns a AttachmentFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

clip

Returns True if the attachment is a clip.

Type

bool

thumbnail

Returns True if the attachment is a thumbnail.

Type

bool

remix

Returns True if the attachment has been edited using the remix feature.

Type

bool

RoleFlags

Attributes
class discord.RoleFlags(**kwargs)

Wraps up the Discord Role flags

New in version 2.4.

x == y

Checks if two RoleFlags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two RoleFlags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a RoleFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a RoleFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a RoleFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

~x

Returns a RoleFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

in_prompt

Returns True if the role can be selected by members in an onboarding prompt.

Type

bool

SKUFlags

class discord.SKUFlags

Wraps up the Discord SKU flags

New in version 2.4.

x == y

Checks if two SKUFlags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two SKUFlags are not equal.

x | y, x |= y

Returns a SKUFlags instance with all enabled flags from both x and y.

x & y, x &= y

Returns a SKUFlags instance with only flags enabled on both x and y.

x ^ y, x ^= y

Returns a SKUFlags instance with only flags enabled on only one of x or y, not on both.

~x

Returns a SKUFlags instance with all flags inverted from x.

hash(x)

Return the flag’s hash.

iter(x)

Returns an iterator of (name, value) pairs. This allows it to be, for example, constructed as a dict or a list of pairs. Note that aliases are not shown.

bool(b)

Returns whether any flag is set to True.

value

The raw value. You should query flags via the properties rather than using this raw value.

Type

int

available

Returns True if the SKU is available for purchase.

Type

bool

guild_subscription

Returns True if the SKU is a guild subscription.

Type

bool

user_subscription

Returns True if the SKU is a user subscription.

Type

bool

ForumTag

Attributes
class discord.ForumTag(*, name, emoji=None, moderated=False)

Represents a forum tag that can be applied to a thread within a ForumChannel.

New in version 2.1.

x == y

Checks if two forum tags are equal.

x != y

Checks if two forum tags are not equal.

hash(x)

Returns the forum tag’s hash.

str(x)

Returns the forum tag’s name.

id

The ID of the tag. If this was manually created then the ID will be 0.

Type

int

name

The name of the tag. Can only be up to 20 characters.

Type

str

moderated

Whether this tag can only be added or removed by a moderator with the manage_threads permission.

Type

bool

emoji

The emoji that is used to represent this tag. Note that if the emoji is a custom emoji, it will not have name information.

Type

Optional[PartialEmoji]

Exceptions

The following exceptions are thrown by the library.

exception discord.DiscordException

Base exception class for discord.py

Ideally speaking, this could be caught to handle any exceptions raised from this library.

exception discord.ClientException

Exception that’s raised when an operation in the Client fails.

These are usually for exceptions that happened due to user input.

exception discord.LoginFailure

Exception that’s raised when the Client.login() function fails to log you in from improper credentials or some other misc. failure.

exception discord.HTTPException(response, message)

Exception that’s raised when an HTTP request operation fails.

response

The response of the failed HTTP request. This is an instance of aiohttp.ClientResponse. In some cases this could also be a requests.Response.

Type

aiohttp.ClientResponse

text

The text of the error. Could be an empty string.

Type

str

status

The status code of the HTTP request.

Type

int

code

The Discord specific error code for the failure.

Type

int

exception discord.RateLimited(retry_after)

Exception that’s raised for when status code 429 occurs and the timeout is greater than the configured maximum using the max_ratelimit_timeout parameter in Client.

This is not raised during global ratelimits.

Since sometimes requests are halted pre-emptively before they’re even made, this does not subclass HTTPException.

New in version 2.0.

retry_after

The amount of seconds that the client should wait before retrying the request.

Type

float

exception discord.Forbidden(response, message)

Exception that’s raised for when status code 403 occurs.

Subclass of HTTPException

exception discord.NotFound(response, message)

Exception that’s raised for when status code 404 occurs.

Subclass of HTTPException

exception discord.DiscordServerError(response, message)

Exception that’s raised for when a 500 range status code occurs.

Subclass of HTTPException.

New in version 1.5.

exception discord.InvalidData

Exception that’s raised when the library encounters unknown or invalid data from Discord.

exception discord.GatewayNotFound

An exception that is raised when the gateway for Discord could not be found

exception discord.ConnectionClosed(socket, *, shard_id, code=None)

Exception that’s raised when the gateway connection is closed for reasons that could not be handled internally.

code

The close code of the websocket.

Type

int

reason

The reason provided for the closure.

Type

str

shard_id

The shard ID that got closed if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

exception discord.PrivilegedIntentsRequired(shard_id)

Exception that’s raised when the gateway is requesting privileged intents but they’re not ticked in the developer page yet.

Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications/ and enable the intents that are required. Currently these are as follows:

shard_id

The shard ID that got closed if applicable.

Type

Optional[int]

exception discord.InteractionResponded(interaction)

Exception that’s raised when sending another interaction response using InteractionResponse when one has already been done before.

An interaction can only respond once.

New in version 2.0.

interaction

The interaction that’s already been responded to.

Type

Interaction

exception discord.opus.OpusError(code)

An exception that is thrown for libopus related errors.

code

The error code returned.

Type

int

exception discord.opus.OpusNotLoaded

An exception that is thrown for when libopus is not loaded.

Exception Hierarchy