From b84c199c70be18d0c3dc7877c8496efc09a3ce8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 09:40:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow constructing SelectOption.emoji from a string as well

---
 discord/components.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discord/components.py b/discord/components.py
index 7e89f8ffc..881f2c3f4 100644
--- a/discord/components.py
+++ b/discord/components.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 from .enums import try_enum, ComponentType, ButtonStyle
 from .utils import get_slots
 from .partial_emoji import PartialEmoji
@@ -288,12 +288,16 @@ class SelectOption:
         label: str,
         value: str,
         description: Optional[str] = None,
-        emoji: Optional[PartialEmoji] = None,
+        emoji: Optional[Union[str, PartialEmoji]] = None,
         default: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         self.label = label
         self.value = value
         self.description = description
+
+        if isinstance(emoji, str):
+            emoji = PartialEmoji.from_str(emoji)
+
         self.emoji = emoji
         self.default = default