discord.message module¶

class discord.message.Message(content, channel_id, author_id, username, timestamp=None, attachment=None, embed=None, mentions=None)[source]¶

Bases: object

A discord message as described here: https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/resources/channel#message-object A message can be either received through the gateway websocket or sent to the REST API.

Parameters:

content – The contents of the message.
channel_id – The id of the channel the message will be written to.
author_id – The unique id of the user who sent/sends the message.
username – The current username#discriminator combo for that user.
timestamp – The time of the message.
attachment – The file that will be attached to the message.
embed – # TODO: document.
mentions – A list of users mentioned in the message.

static from_payload(payload)[source]¶

Creates a Message from a Payload by extracting relevant items.

Parameters:	payload – A MESSAGE_CREATE payload.
Returns:	A message.

to_payload()[source]¶

Encodes the message into a payload-like dictionary, a format recognized by discord’s APIs.

Returns:	A payload dictionary.

to_json()[source]¶

Encodes the message in json in a format recognized by discord’s APIs.

Returns:	A json string.