Load/Unload Cogs

[uncomfyhalomacro]

Once we are done with the core, I would like us to have this feature. We will need to have a feature where we can load and unload specific commands. This way, we have more control of the bot (specifically the Supreme Gurkan and his trusted cucumbers). The command will look like .ext load <command/Cog> or .ext unload <command/Cog>. I think @Xithrius have made this kind of feature. However, I do not want him to take responsibility for this feature, I want others to take part and use this chance to learn new things. If you have any suggestions, proposals, rebuttals, and comments, feel free to do it here.

[RandomDev26]

I think this is a great idea, and will most likely prove to be useful.

[Xithrius]

.ext load <command/Cog> or .ext unload <command/Cog>

@ReneganRonin I'm not sure what you mean by changing the load status of a command, but I can for sure unload/load/reload a cog or extension.

[gustavwilliam]

Maybe we could implement something to activate or deactivate individual commands later on, but for now the cogs will do. That's the most important part.

[Xithrius]

I'm not sure if enabling/disabling a command on the fly is actually possible without hardcoding it.

Edit: Nevermind, I think it is possible with this update method of command objects.

Edit 2: Yes, it is possible with that feature. You need a object of command type, and then you can use the .update method. To enable/disable the command the method can be called by command_to_change.update(enabled=False)

[gustavwilliam]

Maybe we could add some dark magic in the command processing that checks if some "is_active" item is true in a dict. That's the only way I can think of really.

[Shivansh-007]

Maybe we could add some dark magic in the command processing that checks if some "is_active" item is true in a dict. That's the only way I can think of really.

Hmmm, yeah! we could put that case, like if it is not active, we could display some message and if it active it would run normally

[gustavwilliam]

That would be quite simple to manage in the error handler. Also, @Xithrius has managed to figure out how a disable command could work. It would be possible.

[Xithrius]

Edit 2: Yes, it is possible with that feature. You need a object of command type, and then you can use the .update method. To enable/disable the command the method can be called by command_to_change.update(enabled=False)

@Shivansh-007 here's what I figured out.

[Shivansh-007]

Edit 2: Yes, it is possible with that feature. You need a object of command type, and then you can use the .update method. To enable/disable the command the method can be called by command_to_change.update(enabled=False)

@Shivansh-007 here's what I figured out.

Ah ok, didn't see that 😅

[gustavwilliam]

It's anyone interested in giving this a shot? It's very convenient — especially during development.

[Xithrius]

If no one takes it, I will.

[uncomfyhalomacro]

@Xithrius alright. dunno why no one wants to take it. i am mostly busy so i cant do that as well

[gustavwilliam]

Hey @Xithrius, do we have any progress on this?

If you want something to base this on, the PyDis ext commands are pretty good. I personally migrated it from Python to
Sir Lancelot (SeasonalBot) a while back, and it shouldn't be a nightmare to migrate to this bot, if you want to use it as a base.

[Xithrius]

@gustavwilliam I'll probably use a variant of the one that I have in my own bot. The command can be seen here.

Will most likely change it once error logging and any other PRs are merged.

[gustavwilliam]

Ah, perfect. For the record, I've put this as a high priority issue, since it's really important during development of basically all features.

[Inheritanc-e]

umm do u mean commands or cog?

[Shivansh-007]

Cogs

[gustavwilliam]

Is anyone interested in working on this issue? Xithrius doesn’t have time for it at the time being.

[uncomfyhalomacro]

i guess i will start working on this over the weekend. i will review the docs.

[Arnav-2004]

Assign this to me please

[onerandomusername]

I don't think anyone is ever going to implement this.

[onerandomusername]

I was a bit bored.