Expose _ActivityTag as BaseActivity to easily refer to.

discord/activity.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from .partial_emoji import PartialEmoji
 from .utils import _get_as_snowflake
 
 __all__ = (
+    'BaseActivity',
     'Activity',
     'Streaming',
     'Game',
@@ -85,7 +86,24 @@ t.ActivityFlags = {
 }
 """
 
-class _ActivityTag:
+class BaseActivity:
+    """The base activity that all user-settable activities inherit from.
+    A user-settable activity is one that can be used in :meth:`Client.change_presence`.
+
+    The following types currently count as user-settable:
+
+    - :class:`Activity`
+    - :class:`Game`
+    - :class:`Streaming`
+    - :class:`CustomActivity`
+
+    Note that although these types are considered user-settable by the library,
+    Discord typically ignores certain combinations of activity depending on
+    what is currently set. This behaviour may change in the future so there are
+    no guarantees on whether Discord will actually let you set these types.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
+    """
     __slots__ = ('_created_at',)
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -100,7 +118,7 @@ class _ActivityTag:
         if self._created_at is not None:
             return datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(self._created_at / 1000)
 
-class Activity(_ActivityTag):
+class Activity(BaseActivity):
     """Represents an activity in Discord.
 
     This could be an activity such as streaming, playing, listening
@@ -257,7 +275,7 @@ class Activity(_ActivityTag):
         return self.assets.get('small_text', None)
 
 
-class Game(_ActivityTag):
+class Game(BaseActivity):
     """A slimmed down version of :class:`Activity` that represents a Discord game.
 
     This is typically displayed via **Playing** on the official Discord client.
@@ -369,7 +387,7 @@ class Game(_ActivityTag):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.name)
 
-class Streaming(_ActivityTag):
+class Streaming(BaseActivity):
     """A slimmed down version of :class:`Activity` that represents a Discord streaming status.
 
     This is typically displayed via **Streaming** on the official Discord client.
@@ -627,7 +645,7 @@ class Spotify:
         """:class:`str`: The party ID of the listening party."""
         return self._party.get('id', '')
 
-class CustomActivity(_ActivityTag):
+class CustomActivity(BaseActivity):
     """Represents a Custom activity from Discord.
 
     .. container:: operations

discord/client.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ from .member import Member
 from .errors import *
 from .enums import Status, VoiceRegion
 from .gateway import *
-from .activity import _ActivityTag, create_activity
+from .activity import BaseActivity, create_activity
 from .voice_client import VoiceClient
 from .http import HTTPClient
 from .state import ConnectionState
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Client:
         must be used to fetch the offline members of the guild.
     status: Optional[:class:`.Status`]
         A status to start your presence with upon logging on to Discord.
-    activity: Optional[Union[:class:`.Activity`, :class:`.Game`, :class:`.Streaming`]]
+    activity: Optional[:class:`BaseActivity`]
         An activity to start your presence with upon logging on to Discord.
     heartbeat_timeout: :class:`float`
         The maximum numbers of seconds before timing out and restarting the
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ class Client:
 
     @property
     def activity(self):
-        """Optional[Union[:class:`.Activity`, :class:`.Game`, :class:`.Streaming`]]: The activity being used upon
+        """Optional[:class:`BaseActivity`]: The activity being used upon
         logging in.
         """
         return create_activity(self._connection._activity)
@@ -656,10 +656,10 @@ class Client:
     def activity(self, value):
         if value is None:
             self._connection._activity = None
-        elif isinstance(value, _ActivityTag):
+        elif isinstance(value, BaseActivity):
             self._connection._activity = value.to_dict()
         else:
-            raise TypeError('activity must be one of Game, Streaming, or Activity.')
+            raise TypeError('activity must derive from BaseActivity.')
 
     # helpers/getters
 
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ class Client:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        activity: Optional[Union[:class:`.Game`, :class:`.Streaming`, :class:`.Activity`]]
+        activity: Optional[:class:`BaseActivity`]
             The activity being done. ``None`` if no currently active activity is done.
         status: Optional[:class:`.Status`]
             Indicates what status to change to. If ``None``, then

discord/gateway.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import zlib
 import websockets
 
 from . import utils
-from .activity import _ActivityTag
+from .activity import BaseActivity
 from .enums import SpeakingState
 from .errors import ConnectionClosed, InvalidArgument
 
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ class DiscordWebSocket(websockets.client.WebSocketClientProtocol):
 
     async def change_presence(self, *, activity=None, status=None, afk=False, since=0.0):
         if activity is not None:
-            if not isinstance(activity, _ActivityTag):
+            if not isinstance(activity, BaseActivity):
-                raise InvalidArgument('activity must be one of Game, Streaming, or Activity.')
+                raise InvalidArgument('activity must derive from BaseActivity.')
             activity = activity.to_dict()
 
         if status == 'idle':

discord/member.py

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _BaseUser):
     joined_at: Optional[:class:`datetime.datetime`]
         A datetime object that specifies the date and time in UTC that the member joined the guild for
         the first time. In certain cases, this can be ``None``.
-    activities: Tuple[Union[:class:`Game`, :class:`Streaming`, :class:`Spotify`, :class:`Activity`]]
+    activities: Tuple[Union[:class:`BaseActivity`, :class:`Spotify`]]
         The activities that the user is currently doing.
     guild: :class:`Guild`
         The guild that the member belongs to.
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _BaseUser):
 
     @property
     def activity(self):
-        """Union[:class:`Game`, :class:`Streaming`, :class:`Spotify`, :class:`Activity`]: Returns the primary
+        """Union[:class:`BaseActivity`, :class:`Spotify`]: Returns the primary
         activity the user is currently doing. Could be None if no activity is being done.
 
         .. note::

discord/shard.py

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class AutoShardedClient(Client):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        activity: Optional[Union[:class:`Game`, :class:`Streaming`, :class:`Activity`]]
+        activity: Optional[:class:`BaseActivity`]
             The activity being done. ``None`` if no currently active activity is done.
         status: Optional[:class:`Status`]
             Indicates what status to change to. If ``None``, then

discord/state.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import inspect
 import gc
 
 from .guild import Guild
-from .activity import _ActivityTag
+from .activity import BaseActivity
 from .user import User, ClientUser
 from .emoji import Emoji
 from .partial_emoji import PartialEmoji
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ class ConnectionState:
 
         activity = options.get('activity', None)
         if activity:
-            if not isinstance(activity, _ActivityTag):
+            if not isinstance(activity, BaseActivity):
-                raise TypeError('activity parameter must be one of Game, Streaming, or Activity.')
+                raise TypeError('activity parameter must derive from BaseActivity.')
 
             activity = activity.to_dict()
 

discord/widget.py

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class WidgetMember(BaseUser):
         The member's nickname.
     avatar: Optional[:class:`str`]
         The member's avatar hash.
-    activity: Optional[Union[:class:`Activity`, :class:`Game`, :class:`Streaming`, :class:`Spotify`]]
+    activity: Optional[Union[:class:`BaseActivity`, :class:`Spotify`]]
         The member's activity.
     deafened: Optional[:class:`bool`]
         Whether the member is currently deafened.