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https://github.com/robertwayne/cogwatch

Hot-reloading for discord.py-based command files.
https://github.com/robertwayne/cogwatch

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Hot-reloading for discord.py-based command files.

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Cog Watch


    



  Automatic hot-reloading for your discord.py command files.

  


  


  

   Version 

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`cogwatch` is a utility that you can plug into your `discord.py` bot _(or

various supported bot libraries)_ that will watch your command files directory

_(cogs)_ and automatically reload them as you modify or move them around in

real-time.



No more reloading your commands manually every time you edit an embed just to

make sure it looks perfect!



 



## Features



- Automatically reloads commands in real-time as you edit them _(no !reload

   needed)_.

- Optionally handles the loading of all your commands on start-up _(removes

  boilerplate)_.



## Supported Libraries



`cogwatch` _should_ work with any library that forked from `discord.py`.

However, these libraries have been explicitly tested to work:



- [discord.py](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)

- [nextcord](https://docs.nextcord.dev/en/stable/)

- [discord4py](https://docs.discord4py.dev/en/developer/)

- [disnake](https://disnake.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)

- [pycord](https://docs.pycord.dev/en/stable/)



## Getting Started



You can install the library with `pip install cogwatch`.



Import the `watch` decorator and apply it to your `on_ready` method and let the

magic take effect.



See the [examples](/examples) directory for more details.



```python

import asyncio

from discord.ext import commands

from cogwatch import watch



class ExampleBot(commands.Bot):

    def __init__(self):

        super().__init__(command_prefix='!')



    @watch(path='commands', preload=True) # This is all you need to add.

    async def on_ready(self):

        print('Bot ready.')



    async def on_message(self, message):

        if message.author.bot:

            return



        await self.process_commands(message)



async def main():

    client = ExampleBot()

    await client.start('YOUR_TOKEN_GOES_HERE')



if __name__ == '__main__':

    asyncio.run(main())

```



__NOTE__: If you're following the example command files in the

[examples](/examples) directory, make sure you only use `async/await` on your

setup function if the library you're using supports it. For example,

`discord.py` uses async setup functions, but many other libraries do not.

`cogwatch` supports both under-the-hood.



## Configuration



These options can be passed to the decorator _(or the class if manually

initializing)_:



| Option | Type | Description | Default |

| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| `path` | `str` | Path of the directory where your command files exist; cogwatch will watch recursively within this directory. | `commands` |

| `preload` | `bool` | Whether to detect and load all cogs on start. | `False` |

| `colors` | `bool` | Whether to use colorized terminal outputs or not. | `True` |

| `default_logger` | `bool` | Whether to use the default logger _(to sys.stdout)_ or not. | `True` |

| `loop` | `AbstractEventLoop` | Custom event loop. | `get_event_loop()` |

| `debug` | `bool` | Whether to run the bot only when the Python __\_\_debug\_\___ flag is True. | `True` |



__NOTE:__ `cogwatch` will only run if the __\_\_debug\_\___ flag is set on

Python. You can read more about that

[here](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html). In short, unless you

run Python with the _-O_ flag from your command line, __\_\_debug\_\___ will be

__True__. If you just want to bypass this feature, pass in `debug=False` and it

won't matter if the flag is enabled or not.



## Logging



By default, the utility has a logger configured so users can get output to the

console. You can disable this by passing in `default_logger=False`. If you want

to hook into the logger -- for example, to pipe your output to another terminal

or `tail` a file -- you can set up a custom logger like so:



```python

import logging

import sys



watch_log = logging.getLogger('cogwatch')

watch_log.setLevel(logging.INFO)

watch_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)

watch_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('[%(name)s] %(message)s'))

watch_log.addHandler(watch_handler)

```



## Contributing



`cogwatch` is open to all contributions. If you have a feature request or found

a bug, please open an issue or submit a pull request. If your change is

significant, please open an issue first to discuss it.



Check out the [contributing guidelines](/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.



## Integration Tests



In order to test `cogwatch` against all of the supported libraries, there is a

small integration test suite built-in to this repository. These are not

automatically checked tests, but rather a way to manually set up the environment

for a specific library and run a bot with `cogwatch` to ensure it works as

expected.



The available scripts are:



- `poetry run discord4py`

- `poetry run discordpy`

- `poetry run disnake`

- `poetry run nextcord`

- `poetry run pycord`



## License



cogwatch is available under the __[MIT License](/LICENSE)__.