cogwatch 3.3.1
Automatic hot-reloading for your discord.py (or other supported libaries) command files.
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.10,<4.0
Keywords: discord.py,discord bot,cogs,hot-reload,nextcord,py-cord,pycord,disnake,discord4py

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  <strong><i>Automatic hot-reloading for your discord.py command files.</i></strong>
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`cogwatch` is a utility that you can plug into your `discord.py` bot *(or
various supported bot libraries)* that will watch your command files directory
*(cogs)* and automatically reload them as you modify or move them around in
real-time.

No more reloading your commands manually every time you edit an embed just to
make sure it looks perfect!

<img align="center" src="assets/example.png" alt=""> <br />

## Features

- Automatically reloads commands in real-time as you edit them *(no !reload
  <command_name> needed)*.
- Optionally handles the loading of all your commands on start-up *(removes
  boilerplate)*.

## Supported Libraries

`cogwatch` *should* work with any library that forked from `discord.py`.
However, these libraries have been explicitly tested to work:

- [discord.py](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)
- [nextcord](https://docs.nextcord.dev/en/stable/)
- [discord4py](https://docs.discord4py.dev/en/developer/)
- [disnake](https://disnake.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
- [pycord](https://docs.pycord.dev/en/stable/)

## Getting Started

You can install the library with `pip install cogwatch`.

Import the `watch` decorator and apply it to your `on_ready` method and let the
magic take effect.

See the [examples](/examples) directory for more details.

```python
import asyncio
from discord.ext import commands
from cogwatch import watch


class ExampleBot(commands.Bot):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(command_prefix='!')

    @watch(path='commands', preload=True) # This is all you need to add.
    async def on_ready(self):
        print('Bot ready.')

    async def on_message(self, message):
        if message.author.bot:
            return

        await self.process_commands(message)


async def main():
    client = ExampleBot()
    await client.start('YOUR_TOKEN_GOES_HERE')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    asyncio.run(main())
```

## Configuration

These options can be passed to the decorator *(or the class if manually
initializing)*:

`path`: Path of the directory where your command files exist; cogwatch will
watch recursively within this directory. **Defaults to 'commands'**.

`preload`: Whether to detect and load all cogs on start. **Defaults to False.**

`colors`: Whether to use colorized terminal outputs or not. **Defaults to
True.**

`default_logger`: Whether to use the default logger *(to sys.stdout)* or not.
**Defaults to True.**

`loop`: Custom event loop. **Defaults to the current running event loop.**

`debug`: Whether to run the bot only when the Python **\_\_debug\_\_** flag is
True. **Defaults to True.**

**NOTE:** `cogwatch` will only run if the **\_\_debug\_\_** flag is set on
Python. You can read more about that
[here](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html). In short, unless you
run Python with the *-O* flag from your command line, **\_\_debug\_\_** will be
**True**. If you just want to bypass this feature, pass in `debug=False` and it
won't matter if the flag is enabled or not.

## Logging

By default, the utility has a logger configured so users can get output to the
console. You can disable this by passing in `default_logger=False`. If you want
to hook into the logger -- for example, to pipe your output to another terminal
or `tail` a file -- you can set up a custom logger like so:

```python
import logging
import sys

watch_log = logging.getLogger('cogwatch')
watch_log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
watch_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
watch_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('[%(name)s] %(message)s'))
watch_log.addHandler(watch_handler)
```

## License

cogwatch is available under the **[MIT License](/LICENSE)**.