discord-pretty-help

An embed version of the built-in help command for discord.py

Inspired by the DefaultHelpCommand that discord.py uses, but revised for embeds and additional sorting on individual pages that can be "scrolled" through.

Installation

pip install discord-pretty-help

Usage

Example of how to use it:

from discord.ext import commands
from pretty_help import PrettyHelp

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", help_command=PrettyHelp())

Added Optional Args

• color - Set the default embed color
• delete_invoke - Delete the message that invoked the help command. Requires message delete permission. Defaults is False
• ending_note - Set the footer of the embed. Ending notes are fed a commands.Context (ctx) and a PrettyHelp (help) instance for more advanced customization.
• image_url - The url of the image to be used on the embed
• index_title - Set the index page name default is "Categories"
• menu - The menu to use for navigating pages. Uses a pretty_help.PrettyMenu() instance. Default is pretty_help.AppMenu()
• no_category - Set the name of the page with commands not part of a category. Default is "No Category"
• paginator- The paginator to use. One is created by default.
• send_typing - A bool that indicates if the bot will send a typing indicator. Defaults to True
• show_index - Show the index page or not
• sort_commands - Sort commands and categories alphabetically
• thumbnail_url - The url of the thumbnail to be used on the embed

Menus

pretty_help.EmojiMenu

• Uses Emojis to navigate
• active_time - Set the time (in seconds) that the message will be active. Default is 30s
• delete_after_timeout - Delete the message after active_time instead of removing reactions. Default False
• page_left - The emoji to use to page left
• page_right - The emoji to use to page right
• remove - The emoji to use to remove the help message

pretty_help.AppMenu

• Uses Application Interactions (buttons) for navigating
• timeout - The duration the interaction will be active for. Defaults to None.
• ephemeral - Send as an ephemeral message. Defaults to False.

By default, the help will just pick a random color on every invoke. You can change this using the color argument:

Example of using a different menu and customization:

from discord.ext import commands
from pretty_help import EmojiMenu, PrettyHelp

# ":discord:743511195197374563" is a custom discord emoji format. Adjust to match your own custom emoji.
menu = EmojiMenu(page_left="\U0001F44D", page_right="👎", remove=":discord:743511195197374563", active_time=5)

# Custom ending note
ending_note = "The ending note from {ctx.bot.user.name}\nFor command {help.clean_prefix}{help.invoked_with}"

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!")

bot.help_command = PrettyHelp(menu=menu, ending_note=ending_note)

The basic help command will break commands up by cogs. Each cog will be a different page. Those pages can be navigated.

Changelog

[2.0.0]

• Subcommands in pages are indicated with a 🔗, previously it was unclear they were sub commands of the page title
• Support Application commands
• Support for GroupCogs
• Navigation using discord interactions e.g. Buttons and select menus

Notes:

• discord.py must already be installed to use this
• manage-messages permission is recommended so reactions can be removed automatically

Forks for other discord.py based libraries (could be out of date):

• nextcord-pretty-help