Merge pull request #309 from plun1331/patch-1

Support responding with deferred_channel_message to component interactions.

Author: BobDotCom

discord/interactions.py

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ async def defer(self, *, ephemeral: bool = False) -> None:
         -----------
         ephemeral: :class:`bool`
             Indicates whether the deferred message will eventually be ephemeral.
-            This only applies for interactions of type :attr:`InteractionType.application_command`.
+            If ``True`` for interactions of type :attr:`InteractionType.component`, this will defer ephemerally.
 
         Raises
         -------
@@ -424,8 +424,12 @@ async def defer(self, *, ephemeral: bool = False) -> None:
         data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
         parent = self._parent
         if parent.type is InteractionType.component:
-            defer_type = InteractionResponseType.deferred_message_update.value
-        elif parent.type is InteractionType.application_command:
+            if ephemeral:
+                data = {'flags': 64}
+                defer_type = InteractionResponseType.deferred_channel_message.value
+            else:
+                defer_type = InteractionResponseType.deferred_message_update.value
+        elif parent.type is InteractionResponseType.application_command:
             defer_type = InteractionResponseType.deferred_channel_message.value
             if ephemeral:
                 data = {'flags': 64}