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Truly async Python SDK for the DiscordForge bot listing platform

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A fully async Python SDK for the DiscordForge bot listing platform. Works with small bots and large sharded/auto-sharded bots equally.

Requirements

  • Python 3.11+
  • httpx >= 0.27

Installation

pip install discordforge

Quickstart

import os
import discord
from discordforge import ForgeClient, AutoPoster

bot = discord.Client(intents=discord.Intents.default())
forge = ForgeClient(os.environ["DISCORDFORGE_API_KEY"], bot_id=os.environ["BOT_ID"])

async def setup_hook():
    await forge.sync_from_discordpy(bot.tree, category="General")
    AutoPoster(forge, bot).start()

bot.setup_hook = setup_hook
bot.run(os.environ["BOT_TOKEN"])

AutoPoster posts your stats every 5 minutes automatically. It waits until all shards are ready before the first post, so counts are always accurate.

Want to post every 30 minutes instead? Pass interval=1800.0. Minimum is 300s (API limit).

AutoPoster(forge, bot, interval=1800.0).start()

Usage with discord.py

AutoPoster

poster = AutoPoster(forge, bot, interval=300.0)  # minimum 300s
poster.on("post", lambda stats: print(f"Posted {stats.server_count} servers"))
poster.on("error", lambda err: print(f"Error: {err}"))
poster.start()

Callbacks can be sync or async. The poster keeps running even if a post fails.

Manual stat posting

from discordforge import ForgeClient, BotStats

forge = ForgeClient("YOUR_API_KEY", bot_id="YOUR_BOT_ID")

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    await forge.post_stats(BotStats(
        server_count=len(bot.guilds),
        shard_count=bot.shard_count,
        user_count=len(bot.users),
    ))

Check if a user voted

vote = await forge.check_vote("USER_DISCORD_ID")

if vote.has_voted:
    print(f"Voted at {vote.voted_at}, next vote available at {vote.next_vote_at}")
else:
    await ctx.send("You haven't voted yet! https://discordforge.org/bots/YOUR_BOT_ID")

Get your bot's public listing info

info = await forge.get_bot()
print(f"{info.name} has {info.vote_count} votes across {info.server_count} servers")

Sync slash commands

Pass your discord.py command tree and it maps commands automatically:

async def setup_hook():
    await bot.tree.sync()
    await forge.sync_from_discordpy(bot.tree, category="General")

Or pass a raw list if you want full control:

from discordforge import DiscordCommand

await forge.sync_commands([
    DiscordCommand(name="ping", description="Check bot latency"),
    DiscordCommand(name="help", description="Show help menu"),
])

Configuration

from discordforge import ForgeClient, ClientOptions

forge = ForgeClient(
    "YOUR_API_KEY",
    bot_id="YOUR_BOT_ID",
    options=ClientOptions(
        timeout=10.0,               # seconds per request
        retries=3,                  # retries on 5xx / network errors
        max_connections=10,         # httpx connection pool size
        max_keepalive_connections=5,
    ),
)

Error handling

from discordforge.errors import ForgeAPIError, ForgeRateLimitError, ForgeAuthError, ForgeNotFoundError

try:
    await forge.post_stats(BotStats(server_count=100))
except ForgeRateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Rate limited, retry in {e.retry_after}s")
except ForgeAuthError:
    print("Invalid API key")
except ForgeAPIError as e:
    print(f"API error {e.status}: {e}")
Exception When raised
ForgeRateLimitError 429 — backs off and retries automatically, only raises after all retries exhausted
ForgeAuthError 401 — invalid or missing API key
ForgeNotFoundError 404 — bot ID not found on DiscordForge
ForgeAPIError any other non-2xx response

AutoPoster reference

poster = AutoPoster(
    forge,                      # ForgeClient instance
    bot,                        # any discord client (discord.py, nextcord, py-cord, eris-style)
    interval=300.0,             # seconds between posts (minimum 300 — API rate limit)
    start_immediately=True,     # post as soon as ready fires
)

poster.on("post", callback)     # called after each successful post with BotStats
poster.on("error", callback)    # called on failure — poster keeps running

poster.start()                  # start the background task
poster.stop()                   # cancel the task (can restart with start())
poster.destroy()                # stop + clear all listeners
poster.is_running               # bool

Callbacks can be sync or async — both work:

async def on_post(stats):
    await log_channel.send(f"Posted {stats.server_count} servers")

def on_error(err):
    print(f"Error: {err}")

poster.on("post", on_post)
poster.on("error", on_error)

Types reference

Type Fields
BotStats server_count, shard_count, user_count, voice_connections
VoteMetadata has_voted, voted_at, next_vote_at
BotInfo id, name, vote_count, server_count
DiscordCommand name, description, type, options
CustomCommand name, description, usage, category

Examples

The examples/ folder has ready-to-run scripts covering every API feature:

File What it shows
post_stats.py Post server/shard/user counts
check_vote.py Check if a user voted in the last 12h
get_bot.py Fetch your bot's public listing info
sync_commands.py Sync commands using DiscordCommand or CustomCommand
sync_commands_discordpy.py Auto-sync directly from bot.tree
autoposter.py AutoPoster with post/error callbacks
vote_reward.py Full vote reward flow with role assignment
error_handling.py Catching all error types
bot.py Complete bot with all slash commands and AutoPoster

All examples use environment variables for credentials — copy and set these before running:

export DISCORDFORGE_API_KEY="your_api_key"
export BOT_ID="your_bot_discord_id"
export BOT_TOKEN="your_bot_token"       # discord.py examples only
export VOTER_ROLE_ID="role_id"          # vote_reward.py only

Running tests

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/ -v

License

MIT

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