improved bot ux/ui

cogs/music.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import asyncio
+import datetime
 import re
 from typing import Optional
 
 import discord
 from discord.channel import TextChannel
 from discord.ext.commands.context import Context
+from discord.ext.commands.errors import CommandError
 import lavalink
 from discord.ext import commands
 from lavalink.models import AudioTrack, DefaultPlayer
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ from context import CustomContext
 from discord import Embed
 
 from utils.database import Playlist
+from utils.exceptions import EmbeddedCommandException
 
 url_rx = re.compile(r"https?://(?:www\.)?.+")
 
@@ -122,6 +125,26 @@ class Music(commands.Cog):
             )
             player.add(requester=self.bot.user.id, track=track)
 
+    async def create_track_embed(self, track: AudioTrack) -> Embed:
+        embed_color = self.bot.colors["embed"]
+        embed = discord.Embed(
+            title=f"Now playing...",
+            colour=embed_color,
+        )
+        embed.description = f"[{track.title}]({track.uri})"
+        embed.set_thumbnail(
+            url=f"https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/{track.identifier}/mqdefault.jpg"
+        )
+
+        try:
+            duration = str(datetime.timedelta(milliseconds=int(track.duration)))
+        except OverflowError:
+            duration = "🔴 LIVE"
+
+        embed.add_field(name="Duration", value=duration)
+        embed.add_field(name="Author", value=track.author)
+        return embed
+
     def cog_unload(self):
         """Cog unload handler. This removes any event hooks that were registered."""
         self.bot.lavalink._event_hooks.clear()
@@ -142,13 +165,15 @@ class Music(commands.Cog):
 
         return guild_check
 
-    async def cog_command_error(self, ctx, error):
+    async def cog_command_error(self, ctx: CustomContext, error: CommandError):
         if isinstance(error, commands.CommandInvokeError):
             await ctx.send(error.original)
             # The above handles errors thrown in this cog and shows them to the user.
             # This shouldn't be a problem as the only errors thrown in this cog are from `ensure_voice`
             # which contain a reason string, such as "Join a voicechannel" etc. You can modify the above
             # if you want to do things differently.
+        elif isinstance(error, EmbeddedCommandException):
+            await error.send(ctx)
 
     async def ensure_voice(self, ctx):
         """This check ensures that the bot and command author are in the same voicechannel."""
@@ -173,7 +198,14 @@ class Music(commands.Cog):
 
         if not player.is_connected:
             if not should_connect:
-                raise commands.CommandInvokeError("Not connected.")
+                bot_name = self.bot.config["info"]["name"]
+                embed = await EmbedGenerator.Message(
+                    ctx,
+                    f"{bot_name} is not connected",
+                    "However you can start playing music using `/connect`",
+                    no_send=True,
+                )
+                raise EmbeddedCommandException(embed)
 
             permissions = ctx.author.voice.channel.permissions_for(ctx.me)
 
@@ -201,14 +233,7 @@ class Music(commands.Cog):
         elif isinstance(event, lavalink.events.TrackStartEvent):
             channel_id = int(event.player.fetch("channel"))
             channel: TextChannel = self.bot.get_channel(channel_id)
-
+            embed = await self.create_track_embed(event.player.current)
-            color = self.bot.colors["embed"]
-            current_track: AudioTrack = event.player.current
-            embed = Embed(
-                title="Now playing:",
-                description=f"[{current_track.title}]({current_track.uri})",
-                color=color,
-            )
             await channel.send(embed=embed)
         elif isinstance(event, lavalink.events.TrackEndEvent):
             await self.fill_player_queue(event.player, 1)
@@ -218,12 +243,13 @@ class Music(commands.Cog):
         """Starts playing Christmas bangers"""
         # Get the player for this guild from cache.
         player: DefaultPlayer = self.bot.lavalink.player_manager.get(ctx.guild.id)
-        await self.fill_player_queue(player, self.bot.config["queue_buffer_size"])
+        await self.fill_player_queue(player, self.bot.config["queue_buffer_size"] + 1)
 
         if not player.is_playing:
             await player.play()
 
-        await ctx.send("Started playing")
+        await EmbedGenerator.Title(ctx, "*⃣ | Connected.")
+        return
 
     @commands.command(name="skip", aliases=["next"])
     async def skip(self, ctx: Context):
@@ -236,23 +262,33 @@ class Music(commands.Cog):
     async def queue(self, ctx: Context):
         """Ghetto queue"""
         player: DefaultPlayer = self.bot.lavalink.player_manager.get(ctx.guild.id)
-        await EmbedGenerator.Message(ctx, "Queue:", player.queue)
+
+        embed_color = self.bot.colors["embed"]
+        embed = Embed(title="Coming Up...", colour=embed_color)
+
+        if len(player.queue) > 0:
+            embed.description = "\n".join(
+                f"{index}. [{track.title}]({track.uri})"
+                for index, track in enumerate(player.queue, 1)
+            )
+        else:
+            embed.description = "We are still determining a playlist"
+
+        await ctx.send(embed=embed)
 
     @commands.command(name="disconnect", aliases=["dc", "stop"])
     async def disconnect(self, ctx: Context):
         """Disconnects ChristmasBot"""
         player: DefaultPlayer = self.bot.lavalink.player_manager.get(ctx.guild.id)
 
-        if not player.is_connected:
-            return await EmbedGenerator.Title(ctx, "Not connected.")
-
         if not ctx.author.voice or (
             player.is_connected
             and ctx.author.voice.channel.id != int(player.channel_id)
         ):
             # Abuse prevention. Users not in voice channels, or not in the same voice channel as the bot
             # may not disconnect the bot.
-            return await EmbedGenerator.Title(ctx, "You're not in my voicechannel!")
+            await EmbedGenerator.Title(ctx, "You're not in my voicechannel!")
+            return
 
         # Clear the queue to ensure old tracks don't start playing
         # when someone else queues something.
@@ -263,6 +299,13 @@ class Music(commands.Cog):
         await ctx.voice_client.disconnect(force=True)
         await EmbedGenerator.Title(ctx, "*⃣ | Disconnected.")
 
+    @commands.command(name="now")
+    async def now_playing(self, ctx: CustomContext):
+        player: DefaultPlayer = self.bot.lavalink.player_manager.get(ctx.guild.id)
+        track = player.current
+        embed = await self.create_track_embed(track)
+        await ctx.send(embed=embed)
+
 
 def setup(bot: ChristmasBot):
     bot.add_cog(Music(bot))

utils/EmbedGenerator.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 import discord
-from discord import Embed
 from discord.ext.commands import Context
+from discord import Embed
 
 
 class EmbedGenerator:
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class EmbedGenerator:
         return await EmbedGenerator.SendWithFooter(ctx, em, **kwargs)
 
     @staticmethod
-    async def Message(ctx: Context, title: str, message: Optional[str] = "", **kwargs):
+    async def Message(
+        ctx: Context, title: str, message: Optional[str] = "", **kwargs
+    ) -> Embed:
         color = ctx.bot.colors["embed"]
         em = Embed(title=title, description=message, color=color)
         return await EmbedGenerator.SendWithFooter(ctx, em, **kwargs)
@@ -21,20 +23,22 @@ class EmbedGenerator:
     @staticmethod
     async def Image(
         ctx: Context, title: str, url: str, message: Optional[str] = "", **kwargs
-    ):
+    ) -> Embed:
         color = ctx.bot.colors["embed"]
         em = Embed(title=title, description=message, url=url, color=color)
         em.set_image(url=url)
         return await EmbedGenerator.SendWithFooter(ctx, em, **kwargs)
 
     @staticmethod
-    async def Title(ctx: Context, title: str, **kwargs):
+    async def Title(ctx: Context, title: str, **kwargs) -> Embed:
         color = ctx.bot.colors["embed"]
         em = Embed(title=title, color=color)
         return await EmbedGenerator.SendWithFooter(ctx, em, **kwargs)
 
     @staticmethod
-    async def SendWithFooter(ctx: Context, em: Embed, **kwargs) -> discord.Message:
+    async def SendWithFooter(
+        ctx: Context, em: Embed, **kwargs
+    ) -> Union[discord.Message, Embed]:
         avatar = ctx.author.avatar.with_static_format("jpeg")
         em.set_footer(text=f"Requested by: {ctx.author}", icon_url=avatar)
         if kwargs.get("no_send", False):

utils/exceptions.py

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from discord.embeds import Embed
+from context import CustomContext
+from discord.ext.commands import CommandError
+
+
+class EmbeddedCommandException(CommandError):
+    def __init__(self, embed: Embed) -> None:
+        self.embed = embed
+
+    async def send(self, ctx: CustomContext):
+        await ctx.send(embed=self.embed)