Using pycord as Discord API client as opposed to bot framework

[honzajavorek]

If I was to use pycord just as an API client as opposed to bot framework, what would be some good recommendations? How can I optimize it? I want to use it in simple one-time scripts (async/await is okay). I need no commands, events, websockets, endless loop. It's gonna start, do something, end. What would be the best way to setup pycord for such scenario?

[NeloBlivion]

Our most simple construct is discord.Client, but that still recieves events; Pycord isn't really built to support standalone requests. Your best bet would be to look through http.py and try authenticate it to run methods without going through Client, but we can't guarantee anything.

[honzajavorek]

Thanks. I'd probably avoid going through a classic HTTP client, the amount of heavy lifting pycord does is still a big help. I'll explore how to use Client more independently. If it still receives events, perhaps I can limit the amount of them somehow? Intents or something? 🤔 Or otherwise optimize connecting?

[NeloBlivion]

Indeed, you can pass Intents.none() to restrict the events; but you will still get something, the websocket connection will still remain open etc. The http.py I linked to is from the lib, contains (almost?) every single method that the library uses over the API; that's probably what you want (recall that Client.start typically only takes the token for authentication, so figuring it out yourself shouldn't be too hard)

[honzajavorek]

Thanks, that's good pointers.