Discord templating engine built on discord.py, to help separate text of embeds from the source code. Inspired by Flask.
Key Features:
- use of xml files to hold the various template responses
- allows for pagination, in an abstract form simplifying the interface in the source code
Python3.8 or higher is required
To run the tests, run the following command in the root directory:
Windows:
python -m unittest tests -v
Linux:
python3 -m unittest tests -v
This is explained in more detail in the wiki
Wrap expressions that need to evaluated with {}
, such as {player.name}
or {todays_date}
Sample XML file:
<discord>
<message key="test_key">
<embed>
<title>Test</title>
<description>Test Description</description>
<colour>magenta</colour>
<timestamp format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f">{todays_date}</timestamp>
<url>https://www.discord.com</url>
<fields>
<field>
<name>Test Field</name>
<value>Test Text</value>
</field>
</fields>
<footer>
<text>Test Footer</text>
<icon>https://cdn.discordapp.com/embed/avatars/0.png</icon>
</footer>
<thumbnail>https://cdn.discordapp.com/embed/avatars/0.png</thumbnail>
<image>https://cdn.discordapp.com/embed/avatars/0.png</image>
<author>
<name>Test Author</name>
<icon>https://cdn.discordapp.com/embed/avatars/0.png</icon>
<url>https://discordapp.com</url>
</author>
</embed>
<view>
<components>
<button key="understood_button">
<label>Understood</label>
<style>success</style>
</button>
</components>
</view>
</message>
</discord>
using the above xml file, for example, you can create an embed with the following code:
import datetime
from typing import Literal
import discord
from discord.ext import commands
import qalib
from qalib.template_engines import formatter
bot = commands.AutoShardedBot(command_prefix="!", intents=discord.Intents.all())
Messages = Literal["test_key"]
async def acknowledged(interaction: discord.Interaction):
await interaction.response.send_message("Acknowledged", ephemeral=True)
@bot.command()
@qalib.qalib_context(formatter.Formatter(), "templates/test.xml")
async def test(ctx: qalib.QalibContext[Messages]):
callables = {"understood_button": acknowledged}
await ctx.rendered_send("test_key", callables, keywords={
"todays_date": datetime.datetime.now()
})