Allow creating a news channel in create_text_channel

discord/channel.py

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .settings import ChannelSettings
     from .types.channel import (
         TextChannel as TextChannelPayload,
+        NewsChannel as NewsChannelPayload,
         VoiceChannel as VoiceChannelPayload,
         StageChannel as StageChannelPayload,
         DMChannel as DMChannelPayload,
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ class TextChannel(discord.abc.Messageable, discord.abc.GuildChannel, Hashable):
         'default_auto_archive_duration',
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, *, state: ConnectionState, guild: Guild, data: TextChannelPayload):
+    def __init__(self, *, state: ConnectionState, guild: Guild, data: Union[TextChannelPayload, NewsChannelPayload]):
         self._state: ConnectionState = state
         self.id: int = int(data['id'])
         self._type: int = data['type']
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ class TextChannel(discord.abc.Messageable, discord.abc.GuildChannel, Hashable):
         joined = ' '.join('%s=%r' % t for t in attrs)
         return f'<{self.__class__.__name__} {joined}>'
 
-    def _update(self, guild: Guild, data: TextChannelPayload) -> None:
+    def _update(self, guild: Guild, data: Union[TextChannelPayload, NewsChannelPayload]) -> None:
         self.guild: Guild = guild
         self.name: str = data['name']
         self.category_id: Optional[int] = utils._get_as_snowflake(data, 'parent_id')

discord/guild.py

@@ -1175,11 +1175,11 @@ class Guild(Hashable):
     def _create_channel(
         self,
         name: str,
-        channel_type: Literal[ChannelType.text],
+        channel_type: Literal[ChannelType.news, ChannelType.text],
         overwrites: Mapping[Union[Role, Member], PermissionOverwrite] = ...,
         category: Optional[Snowflake] = ...,
         **options: Any,
-    ) -> Coroutine[Any, Any, GuildChannelPayload]:
+    ) -> Coroutine[Any, Any, Union[TextChannelPayload, NewsChannelPayload]]:
         ...
 
     @overload
@@ -1232,6 +1232,7 @@ class Guild(Hashable):
         *,
         reason: Optional[str] = None,
         category: Optional[CategoryChannel] = None,
+        news: bool = False,
         position: int = MISSING,
         topic: str = MISSING,
         slowmode_delay: int = MISSING,
@@ -1303,6 +1304,10 @@ class Guild(Hashable):
             The maximum value possible is `21600`.
         nsfw: :class:`bool`
             To mark the channel as NSFW or not.
+        news: :class:`bool`
+             Whether to create the text channel as a news channel.
+
+            .. versionadded:: 2.0
         default_auto_archive_duration: :class:`int`
             The default auto archive duration for threads created in the text channel (in minutes).
 
@@ -1342,7 +1347,12 @@ class Guild(Hashable):
             options["default_auto_archive_duration"] = default_auto_archive_duration
 
         data = await self._create_channel(
-            name, overwrites=overwrites, channel_type=ChannelType.text, category=category, reason=reason, **options
+            name,
+            overwrites=overwrites,
+            channel_type=ChannelType.news if news else ChannelType.text,
+            category=category,
+            reason=reason,
+            **options,
         )
         channel = TextChannel(state=self._state, guild=self, data=data)