Allow bots to use /guilds/:id/members/@me endpoint to set their own guild avatar

[LatvianModder]

Or for admins to change bot avatars similar how they can change nicknames to everyone, it doesn't really matter. This would allow [bots to allow] communities to customize bots for their guilds. For example, we want to use bot X, themed to our server, we've already renamed it to Y, but it would be great if we could also change the avatar. I understand that this is a nitro bound feature, but just like emojis I feel like this is one of those things that bots should be able to do.

[ysfchn]

Actually allowing bots to set their own guild avatars can be useful for White-labeling, especially in large servers. For example, you own a large server, and you use a third-party moderation bot in the server (that allows to change its own guild avatar) but you want to use with your own brand. So, with applying your brand, you can make the bot appear like it belongs to the server.

I know if a bot is already open-source you can self-host it and change its own avatar, however 1) most popular Discord bots are closed-source, and 2) not everyone can host a bot. Maybe white-labeling is not enough for allowing this endpoint for bots, but just wanted to provide a use-case in my perspective anyway.

[AwesomeStickz]

This would help both the bot devs and Discord a lot, since with this feature, bots will no longer have to create/request people to create bots, which is avoiding a lot of new bot accounts, and that's not even everything, if say a bot has 50 custom bots, it now has at least 51 bots with same slash commands registered, which is redundant data to store too, so I believe allowing guild avatars for bots would be what's ideal for Discord and for the bot devs, as bot devs wouldn't have to spend as much resources anymore either (and Discord too on all those WS connections), maintaining the bots etc., so it's a win-win.

Besides, at this point, this feature is already available for users, so chances are it's very likely that it'll be a simple toggle to allow bots to use this endpoint too in addition to users.

[peterhanania]

+1 - It would lower the amount of new bot accounts / custom bots + it allow bots to be custom branded (Nickname + Avatar) which would be pretty nice.

[MbBrainz]

Hey everyone, it seems like this feature is really popular based on all the reactions. It’s been 4 years since we first talked about it, so I was wondering if there’s any plan to make it happen? Is there anything we can do to help speed things up?