Any way to use with real bot client?

[kh3chen]

Hi there, for context I'm a Python noob so I might just be going about this the wrong way. Having said that:

I want to run two instances, one a user bot and one an actual bot. My goal is to read messages from the user bot and repost them using the actual bot.

Since discord.py-self uses the same namespace as discord.py, I'm not sure if it's possible to include both packages. Is it possible to run an actual bot using discord.py-self, or import both libraries if discord.py-self doesn't support this behaviour?

[JU5TDIE]

Try with python virtual enviroments #30. Or with renamed branch but I'm sure that it's outdated.

[kh3chen]

Thanks for your help! I tried messing with venv but I'm too much of a novice to figure that out yet. I ended up renaming the package and paths in setup.py locally.

[TheOnlyWayUp]

Renaming the package could work, or you could clone the repository and import from that, git clone the repo, move the /discord folder into your working directory and rename it to what you want.

Regarding venvs, you can do

python3 -m venv venv

To create a venv in the venv folder. You can start using the venv by running

source venv/bin/activate

You'll see (venv) before the path you're at in your command line, like

➜  folder git:(main) ✗ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) ➜  folder git:(main) ✗ 

python and python3 will point to the same python, pip and pip3 will point to the same pip as well, meaning that you can use commands without worrying about adding the version number after.

To exit the venv, you can type in deactivate while it's enabled.

Wrote a blog post about venvs here.

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For your usage, a venv might not be the best bet, as you're trying to use both discord.py and discord.py-self in one project, so renaming would work the best for you.