forms.form module

class discord.ext.forms.form.Form(ctx: discord.ext.commands.context.Context, title)[source]

Bases: object

The basic form object.

Methods

add_question(question[, key, qtype])

Adds a question to the form.

edit_and_delete([choice])

Toggles the edit and delete feature.

set_color(color)

Sets the color of the form embeds.

set_incorrect_message(message)

Sets the message to send if input validation fails and there are no more tries left..

set_retry_message(message)

Sets the message to send if input validation fails.

set_timeout(timeout)

Sets the timeout for the form.

set_tries(tries)

Set the amount of tries that are allowed during input validation.

start([channel])

Starts the form in the current channel.

add_question(question, key: Optional[str] = None, qtype=None) → List[dict][source]

Adds a question to the form. The valid qtypes are: invite,`channel`,`user`,`member`,`role`, and category

Parameters
  • question (str) – The question as a string that should be added.

  • key (str, optional) – The prefered key to be used. If none, defaults to the to the question. By default None.

  • qtype (str, optional) – The input validation to be used (incomplete), by default None

Returns

A list of all of the questions, stored as dictionaries.

Return type

List[dict]

Raises

InvalidFormType – Is raised when the input validation type is invalid.

edit_and_delete(choice: Optional[bool] = None) → bool[source]

Toggles the edit and delete feature.

Parameters

choice (bool, optional) – Whether you want the bot to edit the prompt and delete the input or not. If none, it toggles. The default for edit and delete is off. Default input is None

Returns

The state of edit and delete (after this is completed)

Return type

bool

async set_color(color: str) → None[source]

Sets the color of the form embeds.

set_incorrect_message(message: str)[source]

Sets the message to send if input validation fails and there are no more tries left..

Parameters

message (str) – The message to be set.

set_retry_message(message: str)[source]

Sets the message to send if input validation fails.

Parameters

message (str) – The message to be set.

set_timeout(timeout: int) → None[source]

Sets the timeout for the form.

Parameters

(int) (timeout) –

set_tries(tries: int) → None[source]

Set the amount of tries that are allowed during input validation. Defaults to 3.

Parameters

tries (int) – The number of tries to set.

async start(channel=None) → dict[source]

Starts the form in the current channel.

Parameters

channel (discord.TextChannel, optional) – The channel to open the form in. If none, it is gotten from the context object set during initialization.

Returns

A dictionary containing each question and its data. Example:

{'Key Specified':{
        'res':'answer goes here',
        'type':'input validation type'
        'question':'Question here'
    },
'Next Key Specified':{
    'res':'answer goes here',
    'type':'input validation type'
    'question':'Question here'
}

Return type

dict

exception discord.ext.forms.form.InvalidColor[source]

Bases: Exception

exception discord.ext.forms.form.InvalidFormType[source]

Bases: Exception

The exception raised when a form type is invalid.

forms.reactions module

exception discord.ext.forms.reactions.InvalidColor[source]

Bases: Exception

class discord.ext.forms.reactions.ReactConfirm(message: discord.message.Message, bot: Union[discord.client.Client, discord.ext.commands.bot.Bot], user: Union[discord.member.Member, discord.user.User])[source]

Bases: discord.ext.forms.reactions.ReactionForm

Methods

add_reaction(reaction, result)

Adds a question to the form.

set_timeout(timeout)

Set the timeout for the form.

start()

Starts the reaction form on the given message.

class discord.ext.forms.reactions.ReactionForm(message: discord.message.Message, bot: Union[discord.client.Client, discord.ext.commands.bot.Bot], user: Optional[Union[discord.member.Member, discord.user.User]] = None)[source]

Bases: object

The Reaction input object.

Parameters
  • message (discord.Message) – The message of the reaction form object.

  • bot (typing.Union[discord.Client, discord.ext.commands.Bot]) – The bot being used for the form.

  • user (typing.Union[discord.Member, discord.User]) – The member or user who should be able to use the form. If none, the form will be open to anyone.

Methods

add_reaction(reaction, result)

Adds a question to the form.

set_timeout(timeout)

Set the timeout for the form.

start()

Starts the reaction form on the given message.

add_reaction(reaction: str, result) → dict[source]

Adds a question to the form.

Returns the full list of questions the form has, including the newly added one. The questions are held in dictionaries containing the question and optionally type keys. The question key contains the question as a string, and the type key contains the input validation (if any is specified)

Parameters

reaction (str) – The emoji to add.

set_timeout(timeout: int) → None[source]

Set the timeout for the form. Defaults to 120 seconds.

Parameters

timeout (int) – The timeout in seconds.

async start() → Any[source]

Starts the reaction form on the given message.

Returns

Whatever the given reaction was set to return.

Return type

Any

class discord.ext.forms.reactions.ReactionMenu(ctx: discord.ext.commands.context.Context, embeds: List[discord.embeds.Embed])[source]

Bases: object

Methods

addemoji(emoji, page)

Adds an emoji/page mapping to your menu.

remove_reactions([bool])

Sets whether the bot should remove reactions or not.

set_timeout(timeout)

Sets the timeout for the menu.

start([channel])

Starts the menu in the given channel.

addemoji(emoji: str, page: int) → bool[source]

Adds an emoji/page mapping to your menu.

Parameters
  • emoji (str) – The emoji to be used as a string. Custom emoji are supported.

  • page (int) – The page to be mapped. Uses normal indexing (e.g. 1 is the first page)

Returns

The result of the emoji being added. False means an error occurred (most likely you tried to add an emoji that was already set) and True means that everything was successful.

Return type

bool

remove_reactions(bool: bool = True)[source]

Sets whether the bot should remove reactions or not. Useful if the bot doesn’t have Manage Messages

Parameters

choice (bool, optional) – Whether to remove reactions or not., by default True

set_timeout(timeout: int)[source]

Sets the timeout for the menu.

Parameters

timeout (int) – The timeout to be set in seconds.

async start(channel=None)[source]

Starts the menu in the given channel.

Parameters

channel (discord.TextChannel, optional) – The channel to send the menu to. If none is specified, it uses the context’s channel object.

Returns

Return type

None

Raises

TypeError – If channel isn’t specified and ctx wasn’t set on initialization, the form cannot continue.