From 94e2c0e66100d672faac9dc430daa0569e7d3250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rapptz Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:07:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add upload from URL to the FAQ. --- docs/faq.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 8b73357ff..bc01eabec 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -134,6 +134,21 @@ To upload multiple files, you can use the ``files`` keyword argument instead of ] await channel.send(files=my_files) +If you want to upload something from a URL, you will have to use an HTTP request using ``aiohttp`` +and then pass an ``io.BytesIO`` instance to :class:`File` like so: + +.. code-block:: python3 + + import io + import aiohttp + + async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session: + async with session.get(my_url) as resp: + if resp.status != 200: + return await channel.send('Could not download file...') + data = io.BytesIO(await resp.read()) + await channel.send(file=discord.File(data, 'cool_image.png')) + How can I add a reaction to a message? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~