TextChannel.send with custom username & avatar?

[GamePlayer-8]

Heyo,

I can't find in the API Reference information about setting custom username & avatar for a message. Is there any way to do it?

[Rapptz]

That feature is only available for Webhooks so it'd be for Webhook.send.

[GamePlayer-8]

So using discord.py + requests libraries & a script:

import aiohttp
import discord
from discord import Webhook

intents = discord.Intents.all()
intents.members = True
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=PREFIX, intents=intents)

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.author == bot.user:
        return
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        webhook = Webhook.from_url('webhook_url', session=session)
        await webhook.send(content=message.content, username=message.author.name, avatar_url=message.author.avatar.url)

is the solution.

[Rapptz]

Please use the asynchronous version of the webhook with aiohttp. Blocking code is an issue as detailed in the FAQ.

[GamePlayer-8]

There's an issue with AsyncWebhookAdapter which I can't import for the typical webhook.
Did you mean, adding line async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:?

[Rapptz]

https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/migrating.html#major-webhook-changes

[GamePlayer-8]

Alr, fixed. 👍🏻