From 584c22f642cfb63b921467a901c8a47c721923b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Puncher <65789180+Puncher1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:39:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Raise TypeError when token is not a string

Co-authored-by: Danny <1695103+Rapptz@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 discord/client.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/discord/client.py b/discord/client.py
index 517e4d97c..e52862ba6 100644
--- a/discord/client.py
+++ b/discord/client.py
@@ -630,7 +630,11 @@ class Client:
         if self.loop is _loop:
             await self._async_setup_hook()
 
-        data = await self.http.static_login(token.strip())
+        if not isinstance(token, str):
+            raise TypeError(f'expected token to be a str, received {token.__class__!r} instead')
+        token = token.strip()
+
+        data = await self.http.static_login(token)
         self._connection.user = ClientUser(state=self._connection, data=data)
         self._application = await self.application_info()
         if self._connection.application_id is None: