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<div class="section" id="creating-a-new-command">
<h1>Creating a new Command<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-a-new-command" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>A Royalnet Command is a small script that is run whenever a specific message is sent to a Royalnet platform.</p>
<p>A Command code looks like this:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.commands</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rc</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">PingCommand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Command</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;ping&quot;</span>
<span class="n">description</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Play ping-pong with the bot.&quot;</span>
<span class="c1"># This code is run just once, while the bot is starting</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Serf&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># This code is run every time the command is called</span>
<span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandArgs</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandData</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Pong!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="id1">
<h2>Creating a new Command<a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>First, think of a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code> for your command.
Its the name your command will be called with: for example, the “spaghetti” command will be called by typing <strong>/spaghetti</strong> in chat.
Try to keep the name as short as possible, while staying specific enough so no other command will have the same name.</p>
<p>Next, create a new Python file with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code> you have thought of.
The previously mentioned “spaghetti” command should have a file called <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">spaghetti.py</span></code>.</p>
<p>Then, in the first row of the file, import the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.Command" title="royalnet.commands.Command"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Command</span></code></a> class from royalnet, and create a new class inheriting from it:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.commands</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rc</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SpaghettiCommand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Command</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>Inside the class, override the attributes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">description</span></code> with respectively the <strong>name of the command</strong> and a <strong>small description of what the command will do</strong>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.commands</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rc</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SpaghettiCommand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Command</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;spaghetti&quot;</span>
<span class="n">description</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Send a spaghetti emoji in the chat.&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>Now override the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.Command.run" title="royalnet.commands.Command.run"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">run()</span></code></a> method, adding the code you want the bot to run when the command is called.</p>
<p>To send a message in the chat the command was called in, you can use the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reply()</span></code></a> coroutine:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.commands</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rc</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SpaghettiCommand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Command</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;spaghetti&quot;</span>
<span class="n">description</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Send a spaghetti emoji in the chat.&quot;</span>
<span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandArgs</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandData</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;🍝&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Finally, open the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">commands/__init__.py</span></code> file, and import your command there, then add a reference to your imported
command to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">available_commands</span></code> list:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Imports go here!</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">.spaghetti</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">SpaghettiCommand</span>
<span class="c1"># Enter the commands of your Pack here!</span>
<span class="n">available_commands</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="n">SpaghettiCommand</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># Don&#39;t change this, it should automatically generate __all__</span>
<span class="n">__all__</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">command</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="vm">__name__</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">command</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">available_commands</span><span class="p">]</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="formatting-command-replies">
<h2>Formatting command replies<a class="headerlink" href="#formatting-command-replies" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>You can use a subset of <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode">BBCode</a> to format messages sent with <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reply()</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandArgs</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandData</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;[b]Bold of you to assume that my code has no bugs.[/b]&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="available-tags">
<h3>Available tags<a class="headerlink" href="#available-tags" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>Heres a list of all tags that can be used:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[b]bold[/b]</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[i]italic[/i]</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[c]code[/c]</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[p]multiline</span> <span class="pre">\n</span> <span class="pre">code[/p]</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[url=https://google.com]inline</span> <span class="pre">link[/url]</span></code> (will be rendered differently on every platform)</p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="command-arguments">
<h2>Command arguments<a class="headerlink" href="#command-arguments" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>A command can have some arguments passed by the user: for example, on Telegram an user may type <cite>/spaghetti carbonara al-dente</cite>
to pass the <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a> <cite>“carbonara al-dente”</cite> to the command code.</p>
<p>These arguments can be accessed in multiple ways through the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">args</span></code> parameter passed to the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.Command.run" title="royalnet.commands.Command.run"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">run()</span></code></a>
method.</p>
<p>If you want your command to use arguments, override the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">syntax</span></code> class attribute with a brief description of the
syntax of your command, possibly using {curly braces} for required arguments and [square brackets] for optional
ones.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.commands</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rc</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SpaghettiCommand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Command</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;spaghetti&quot;</span>
<span class="n">description</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Send a spaghetti emoji in the chat.&quot;</span>
<span class="n">syntax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="si">{first_pasta}</span><span class="s2"> [second_pasta]&quot;</span>
<span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandArgs</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandData</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">first_pasta</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">second_pasta</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">optional</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">second_pasta</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s2">&quot;🍝 Here&#39;s your </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">first_pasta</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s2">&quot;🍝 Here&#39;s your </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">first_pasta</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2"> and your </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">second_pasta</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="direct-access">
<h3>Direct access<a class="headerlink" href="#direct-access" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>You can consider arguments as if they were separated by spaces.</p>
<p>You can then access command arguments directly by number as if the args object was a list of <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If you request an argument with a certain number, but the argument does not exist, an
<a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError" title="royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InvalidInputError</span></code></a> is raised, making the arguments accessed in this way <strong>required</strong>.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># &quot;carbonara&quot;</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># &quot;al-dente&quot;</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># raises InvalidInputError</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="optional-access">
<h3>Optional access<a class="headerlink" href="#optional-access" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>If you dont want arguments to be required, you can access them through the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandArgs.optional" title="royalnet.commands.CommandArgs.optional"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">optional()</span></code></a> method: it
will return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if the argument wasnt passed, making it <strong>optional</strong>.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">optional</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># &quot;carbonara&quot;</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">optional</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># &quot;al-dente&quot;</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">optional</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># None</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>You can specify a default result too, so that the method will return it instead of returning <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">optional</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;banana&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># &quot;banana&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="full-string">
<h3>Full string<a class="headerlink" href="#full-string" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>If you want the full argument string, you can use the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandArgs.joined" title="royalnet.commands.CommandArgs.joined"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">joined()</span></code></a> method.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">joined</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="c1"># &quot;carbonara al-dente&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>You can specify a minimum number of arguments too, so that an <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError" title="royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InvalidInputError</span></code></a> will be
raised if not enough arguments are present:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">joined</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">require_at_least</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># raises InvalidInputError</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="regular-expressions">
<h3>Regular expressions<a class="headerlink" href="#regular-expressions" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>For more complex commands, you may want to get arguments through <a class="reference external" href="https://regexr.com/">regular expressions</a>.</p>
<p>You can then use the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandArgs.match" title="royalnet.commands.CommandArgs.match"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">match()</span></code></a> method, which tries to match a pattern to the command argument string,
which returns a tuple of the matched groups and raises an <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError" title="royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InvalidInputError</span></code></a> if there is no match.</p>
<p>To match a pattern, <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/re.html#re.match" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">re.match()</span></code></a> is used, meaning that Python will try to match only at the beginning of the string.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">match</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">&quot;(carb\w+)&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># (&quot;carbonara&quot;,)</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">match</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">&quot;(al-\w+)&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># raises InvalidInputError</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">match</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">&quot;\s*(al-\w+)&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># (&quot;al-dente&quot;,)</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">match</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">&quot;\s*(carb\w+)\s*(al-\w+)&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># (&quot;carbonara&quot;, &quot;al-dente&quot;)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="raising-errors">
<h2>Raising errors<a class="headerlink" href="#raising-errors" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>If you want to display an error message to the user, you can raise a <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandError" title="royalnet.commands.CommandError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CommandError</span></code></a> using the error message as argument:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">kitchen</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">is_open</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="k">raise</span> <span class="n">CommandError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;The kitchen is closed. Come back later!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>There are some subclasses of <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandError" title="royalnet.commands.CommandError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CommandError</span></code></a> that can be used for some more specific cases:</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.UserError" title="royalnet.commands.UserError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UserError</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>The user did something wrong, it is not a problem with the bot.</p>
</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError" title="royalnet.commands.InvalidInputError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">InvalidInputError</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>The arguments the user passed to the command by the user are invalid.
<em>Additionally displays the command syntax in the error message.</em></p>
</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.UnsupportedError" title="royalnet.commands.UnsupportedError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnsupportedError</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>The command is not supported on the platform it is being called.</p>
</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.ConfigurationError" title="royalnet.commands.ConfigurationError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ConfigurationError</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>A value is missing or invalid in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">config.toml</span></code> section of your pack.</p>
</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.ExternalError" title="royalnet.commands.ExternalError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ExternalError</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>An external API the command depends on is unavailable or returned an error.</p>
</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.ProgramError" title="royalnet.commands.ProgramError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ProgramError</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>An error caused by a programming mistake. Equivalent to <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/exceptions.html#AssertionError" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AssertionError</span></code></a>, but includes a message to facilitate debugging.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="coroutines-and-slow-operations">
<h2>Coroutines and slow operations<a class="headerlink" href="#coroutines-and-slow-operations" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>You may have noticed that in the previous examples we used <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">await</span> <span class="pre">data.reply(&quot;🍝&quot;)</span></code> instead of just <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data.reply(&quot;🍝&quot;)</span></code>.</p>
<p>This is because <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reply()</span></code></a> isnt a simple method: it is a coroutine, a special kind of function that
can be executed separately from the rest of the code, allowing the bot to do other things in the meantime.</p>
<p>By adding the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">await</span></code> keyword before the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data.reply(&quot;🍝&quot;)</span></code>, we tell the bot that it can do other things, like
receiving new messages, while the message is being sent.</p>
<p>You should avoid running slow normal functions inside bot commands, as they will stop the bot from working until they
are finished and may cause bugs in other parts of the code!</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="c1"># Don&#39;t do this!</span>
<span class="n">image</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">download_1_terabyte_of_spaghetti</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;right_now&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">from</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;italy&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If the slow function you want does not cause any side effect, you can wrap it with the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.utils.asyncify" title="royalnet.utils.asyncify"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">royalnet.utils.asyncify()</span></code></a>
function:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="c1"># If the called function has no side effect, you can do this!</span>
<span class="n">image</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">download_1_terabyte_of_spaghetti</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;right_now&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">from</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;italy&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Avoid using <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/time.html#time.sleep" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time.sleep()</span></code></a> function, as it is considered a slow operation: use instead <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.sleep" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.sleep()</span></code></a>,
a coroutine that does the same exact thing but in an asyncronous way.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="delete-the-invoking-message">
<h2>Delete the invoking message<a class="headerlink" href="#delete-the-invoking-message" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The invoking message of a command is the message that the user sent that the bot recognized as a command; for example,
the message <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/spaghetti</span> <span class="pre">carbonara</span></code> is the invoking message for the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">spaghetti</span></code> command run.</p>
<p>You can have the bot delete the invoking message for a command by calling the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData.delete_invoking" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData.delete_invoking"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">delete_invoking</span></code></a>
method:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">delete_invoking</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Not all platforms support deleting messages; by default, if the platform does not support deletions, the call is
ignored.</p>
<p>You can have the method raise an error if the message cant be deleted by setting the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_if_unavailable</span></code> parameter
to True:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">delete_invoking</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">error_if_unavailable</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">except</span> <span class="n">royalnet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">error</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">UnsupportedError</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;🚫 The message could not be deleted.&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;✅ The message was deleted!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="sharing-data-between-multiple-calls">
<h2>Sharing data between multiple calls<a class="headerlink" href="#sharing-data-between-multiple-calls" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.Command" title="royalnet.commands.Command"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Command</span></code></a> class is shared between multiple command calls: if you need to store some data, you may store it as a protected/private field of your command class:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">SpaghettiCommand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Command</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;spaghetti&quot;</span>
<span class="n">description</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Send a spaghetti emoji in the chat.&quot;</span>
<span class="n">syntax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;(requestedpasta)&quot;</span>
<span class="n">__total_spaghetti</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandArgs</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">rc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CommandData</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__total_spaghetti</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s2">&quot;🍝 Here&#39;s your </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">!</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span>
<span class="sa">f</span><span class="s2">&quot;[i]Spaghetti have been served </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__total_spaghetti</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2"> times.[/i]&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Values stored in this way persist <strong>only until the bot is restarted</strong>, and <strong>wont be shared between different serfs</strong>; if you need persistent values, it is recommended to use a database through the Alchemy service.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="using-the-alchemy">
<h2>Using the Alchemy<a class="headerlink" href="#using-the-alchemy" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Royalnet can be connected to a PostgreSQL database through a special SQLAlchemy interface called
<a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy" title="royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the connection is established, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self.alchemy</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data.session</span></code> fields will be
available for use in commands.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self.alchemy</span></code> is an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy" title="royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy</span></code></a>, which contains the
<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/core/connections.html#sqlalchemy.engine.Engine" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.engine.Engine</span></code></a>, metadata and tables, while <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data.session</span></code> is a
<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/session_api.html#sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session</span></code></a>, and can be interacted in the same way as one.</p>
<div class="section" id="querying-the-database">
<h3>Querying the database<a class="headerlink" href="#querying-the-database" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>You can <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query</span></code></a> the database using the SQLAlchemy ORM.</p>
<p>The SQLAlchemy tables can be found inside <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy" title="royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy</span></code></a> with the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy.get" title="royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy.get"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">royalnet.alchemy.Alchemy.get()</span></code></a> method:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.backpack.tables</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rbt</span>
<span class="n">User</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">alchemy</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rbt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="adding-filters-to-the-query">
<h3>Adding filters to the query<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-filters-to-the-query" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>You can filter the query results with the <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.filter" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.filter()</span></code></a> method.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Remember to always use a table column as first comparision element, as it wont work otherwise.</p>
</div>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">query</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">role</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Member&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="ordering-the-results-of-a-query">
<h3>Ordering the results of a query<a class="headerlink" href="#ordering-the-results-of-a-query" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>You can order the query results in <strong>ascending order</strong> with the <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.order_by" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.order_by()</span></code></a> method.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">query</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">order_by</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Additionally, you can append the <cite>.desc()</cite> method to a table column to sort in <strong>descending order</strong>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">query</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">order_by</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">desc</span><span class="p">())</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="fetching-the-results-of-a-query">
<h3>Fetching the results of a query<a class="headerlink" href="#fetching-the-results-of-a-query" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>You can fetch the query results with the <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.all" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.all()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.first" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.first()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one_or_none" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one_or_none()</span></code></a> methods.</p>
<p>Remember to use <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.utils.asyncify" title="royalnet.utils.asyncify"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">royalnet.utils.asyncify()</span></code></a> when fetching results, as it may take a while!</p>
<p>Use <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.all" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.all()</span></code></a> if you want a <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.8)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code></a> of <strong>all results</strong>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">results</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">query</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Use <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.first" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.first()</span></code></a> if you want <strong>the first result</strong> of the list, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if
there are no results:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">typing</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Union</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">query</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">first</span><span class="p">)</span>
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</div>
<p>Use <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one()</span></code></a> if you expect to have <strong>a single result</strong>, and you want the command to
raise an error if any different number of results is returned:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">query</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">one</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Raises an error if there are no results or more than a result.</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Use <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/orm/query.html#sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one_or_none" title="(in SQLAlchemy v1.3)"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.one_or_none()</span></code></a> if you expect to have <strong>a single result</strong>, or <strong>nothing</strong>, and
if you want the command to raise an error if the number of results is greater than one.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">result</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">typing</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Union</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">query</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">one_or_none</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Raises an error if there is more than a result.</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="more-alchemy">
<h3>More Alchemy<a class="headerlink" href="#more-alchemy" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>You can read more about sqlalchemy at their <a class="reference external" href="https://www.sqlalchemy.org/">website</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="calling-events">
<h2>Calling Events<a class="headerlink" href="#calling-events" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>You can <strong>call an event</strong> from inside a command, and receive its return value.</p>
<p>This may be used for example to get data from a different platform, such as getting the users online in a specific Discord server.</p>
<p>You can call an event with the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.serf.Serf.call_herald_event" title="royalnet.serf.Serf.call_herald_event"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Serf.call_herald_event()</span></code></a> method:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">call_herald_event</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;event_name&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>You can also pass parameters to the called event:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">call_herald_event</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;event_name&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">kwarg</span><span class="o">=...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">*...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**...</span><span class="p">)</span>
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</div>
<p>Errors raised by the event will also be raised by the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.serf.Serf.call_herald_event" title="royalnet.serf.Serf.call_herald_event"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Serf.call_herald_event()</span></code></a> method as one of the exceptions described in the <span class="xref std std-ref">Raising errors</span> section.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="distinguish-between-platforms">
<h2>Distinguish between platforms<a class="headerlink" href="#distinguish-between-platforms" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>To see if a command is being run on a specific platform, you can check the type of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self.serf</span></code> object:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.serf.telegram</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rst</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">royalnet.serf.discord</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">rsd</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">rst</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TelegramSerf</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;This command is being run on Telegram.&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">elif</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">rsd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">DiscordSerf</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;This command is being run on Discord.&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="displaying-keyboards">
<h2>Displaying Keyboards<a class="headerlink" href="#displaying-keyboards" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>A keyboard is a message with multiple buttons (“keys”) attached which can be pressed by an user viewing the message.</p>
<p>Once a button is pressed, a callback function is run, which has its own <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CommandData</span></code></a> context and can do everything a regular comment call could.</p>
<p>The callback function is a coroutine accepting a single <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data:</span> <span class="pre">CommandData</span></code> argument:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">answer</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">CommandData</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Spaghetti were ejected from your floppy drive!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To create a new key, you can use the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.KeyboardKey" title="royalnet.commands.KeyboardKey"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyboardKey</span></code></a> class:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">key</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">KeyboardKey</span><span class="p">(</span>
<span class="n">short</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;⏏️&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># An emoji representing the key on platforms the full message cannot be displayed</span>
<span class="n">text</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;Eject spaghetti from the floppy drive&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># The text displayed on the key</span>
<span class="n">callback</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">answer</span> <span class="c1"># The coroutine to call when the key is pressed.</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To display a keyboard and wait for a keyboard press, you can use the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData.keyboard" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData.keyboard"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">keyboard()</span></code></a> asynccontextmanager.
While the contextmanager is in scope, the keyboard will be valid and it will be possible to interact with it.
Any further key pressed will be answered with an error message.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keyboard</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;What kind of spaghetti would you want to order?&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">keys</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">keyboard</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="c1"># This will keep the keyboard valid for 10 seconds</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="replies-in-callbacks">
<h3>Replies in callbacks<a class="headerlink" href="#replies-in-callbacks" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>Calls to <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData.reply"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reply()</span></code></a> made with the <a class="reference internal" href="../apireference.html#royalnet.commands.CommandData" title="royalnet.commands.CommandData"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CommandData</span></code></a> of a keyboard callback wont always result in a message being sent: for example, on Telegram, replies will result in a small message being displayed on the top of the screen.</p>
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</div>
<div class="section" id="reading-data-from-the-configuration-file">
<h2>Reading data from the configuration file<a class="headerlink" href="#reading-data-from-the-configuration-file" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>You can read data from your packs configuration section through the <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">config</span></code> attribute:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">Packs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="s2">&quot;spaghettipack&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">spaghetti</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">mode</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;al_dente&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">two</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">true</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reply</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s2">&quot;Here&#39;s your spaghetti </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;spaghetti&#39;</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">&#39;mode&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="running-code-on-serf-start">
<h2>Running code on Serf start<a class="headerlink" href="#running-code-on-serf-start" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The code inside <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__init__</span></code> is run only once, during the initialization step of the bot:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Serf&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># The contents of this variable will be persisted across command calls</span>
<span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">persistent_variable</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="c1"># The text will be printed only if the config flag is set to something</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;spaghetti&quot;</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s2">&quot;two&quot;</span><span class="p">]:</span>
<span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Famme due spaghi!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
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</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Some methods may be unavailable during the initialization of the Serf.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="running-repeating-jobs">
<h3>Running repeating jobs<a class="headerlink" href="#running-repeating-jobs" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>To run a job independently from the rest of the command, you can schedule the execution of a coroutine inside <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__init__</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">mycoroutine</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="k">while</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Free spaghetti every 60 seconds!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">60</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Serf&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_task</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mycoroutine</span><span class="p">())</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>As it will be executed once for every platform Royalnet is running on, you may want to run the task only on a single platform:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Serf&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">config</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">serf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">rst</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TelegramSerf</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">create_task</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mycoroutine</span><span class="p">())</span>
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