Discord Embed Reply with User Info | Steem Discord Bot Python #7

Greetings to all Steem enthusiasts! Today, We will learn how to access Steem global properties, convert vests to Steem, and set the embedded Discord message.

We established the necessary environment for developing a Python-based Discord bot during our first lecture. In our second lecture we create a discord bot token, configure the bot and generate the invite link. We used the invite link and added the bot to our server. In our third lecture, we will bring the Community-Bot online in our local environment.

In the 4th lecture, we successfully developed our initial bot command, !info. We also learned how to create functions and retrieve data using the requests library in 5th lecture. We implemented the !info command in 6th lecture which is used fetch the information of any steem user. Today we will extract some useful data and use the Discord Embed message to present it beautifully.

• We will be setting an embedded message in Discord. It is a simple task, but before we proceed, we need to obtain the Steem Global Properties. Let's create an async function called get_steem_props in steemfun.py. This function will be extremely useful and can be utilized throughout the entire project.

    async def get_steem_props(self):
        api = self.utils.sds_base + "/steem_requests_api/getSteemProps"
        response = requests.get(api).json()
        return map_sds_response(response)

• By using this function we need to create a method that will be used to convert the Vests to Steem Power.

    async def vest_to_steem(self, vests):
        steem_props = await self.get_steem_props()
        # noinspection PyTypeChecker
        return vests * steem_props['steem_per_share']

• Now, we must navigate to our !info command code and retrieve the user's data. However, this time we will generate an embed message. To ensure the main code remains organized and easy to maintain, we will create a method specifically for generating the embedded message.

# !info command
        if command == utils.commands[0]:
            if len(props) >= 2:
                username = str(props[1]).lower().replace('@', '')
                await message.channel.typing()
                try:
                    account_data = await  steemfun.get_account_ext(username)
                    embed = await steemfun.generate_info_embed(account_data)
                    await message.reply(embed=embed)

                except Exception as e:
                    await message.channel.send("Error: " + str(e))

• Add the stemit_base URL in utils.py.

 # steemit base url
        self.steemit_base = 'https://steemit.com'

• Here we are utilizing the generate_info_embed method. Rest assured, we are currently constructing it in the steemfun.py file. Within this method, we will manage any errors and provide a discord embed message as output. Retrieving the cover_image and user name may result in an error, as some users may not have set these attributes. Therefore, we need to implement a try-except block to handle this situation.

    async def generate_info_embed(self, account_data):
        embed = discord.Embed()
        name = account_data['name']
        if account_data['posting_json_metadata']:
            posting_json = json.loads(account_data['posting_json_metadata'])
            if posting_json['profile']:
                try:
                    user_cover = posting_json['profile']['cover_image']
                    user_name = posting_json['profile']['name']
                    if user_cover is not None:
                        embed.set_image(url=user_cover)
                    if user_name is not None:
                        embed.add_field(name='Name', value=user_name)
                except Exception:
                    pass

        user_avatar = 'https://steemitimages.com/u/' + name + '/avatar/small'

        profile_url = self.utils.steemit_base + '/@' + name
        steem_power = await self.vest_to_steem(account_data['vests_own'])
        embed.set_author(name=name, url=profile_url, icon_url=user_avatar)

        embed.add_field(name='Upvote Power', value=account_data['upvote_mana_percent'])
        embed.add_field(name='Downvote Power', value=account_data['downvote_mana_percent'])
        embed.add_field(name='Resource Credits', value=account_data['rc_mana_percent'])
        embed.add_field(name='Resource Credits', value=account_data['rc_mana_percent'])
        embed.add_field(name='Creator', value=account_data['creator'])
        embed.add_field(name='Recovery Account', value=account_data['recovery_account'])
        embed.add_field(name='Steem Balance', value=account_data['balance_steem'])
        embed.add_field(name='SBD Balance', value=account_data['balance_sbd'])
        # fixing 3 decimal points of Steem Power
        embed.add_field(name='Steem Power', value=f"{steem_power:.3f}")

        return embed

• We have successfully imported this method into the main.py file, allowing us to use it without encountering any errors. Let's execute the project and verify its functionality.