Version 2 Changelog#

Below are all the changelogs for the stable versions of hikari-lightbulb (version 2.0.0 to present).

Version 2.3.3#

  • bucket attribute has been added to the MaxConcurrencyLimitReached class.

  • Fix button navigator due to hikari breaking changes.

  • Autocomplete callbacks may no longer return instances of hikari.CommandChoice as it has been deprecated. Use AutocompleteChoiceBuilder instead.

Version 2.3.2#

Potentially Breaking Changes

  • Module lightbulb.utils.parser has been moved up a level to lightbulb.parser.

  • OptionsProxy will now raise an AttributeError when trying to access an option that does not exist.

Other Changes

  • Slash commands now have full custom converter support.

  • Permission checks improved to use interaction permission fields where appropriate.

  • Fix nsfw not applying correctly for global commands.

  • Implement min_length and max_length for command options.

  • Fix deferral of slash subcommands not working as intended.

Version 2.3.1#

Potentially Breaking Changes

Other Changes

Version 2.3.0#

Breaking Changes

  • lightbulb.utils.Parser api has been completely changed. If you use this class directly in your own codebase then you will need to change your code.

Other Changes

  • Add support for hikari 2.0.0.dev113.

  • Checks should now work in threads.

  • Implement application command localization.

Version 2.2.5#

  • Add support for Python 3.11.

  • Bump hikari requirement to 2.0.0.dev111.

  • Allow a user to iterate through ctx.options using items().

Version 2.2.4#

  • Add get_as() to allow DataStore to be more type-complete.

Version 2.2.3#

Version 2.2.2#

  • Add ability to edit ephemeral followup responses to application commands.

  • Implement wait_before_execution for tasks to allow delaying the first task execution.

  • ResponseProxy is now awaitable to allow you to directly await the response to retreive the message.

  • Permission util methods (and by proxy checks) now account for guild owner having all permissions.

  • Improve typing and add missing method overloads.

  • Improve CONSUME_REST to strip leading whitespace before consuming the remaining string.

  • Fix subcommand attribute propagation problems when setting initialiser attributes.

Version 2.2.1#

  • Add lightbulb.errors.ConverterFailure.raw_value.

  • Fix context menu commands not able to be registered globally.

  • Fix StartingEvent listener not correctly being subscribed to in the tasks extension.

  • Update __all__ to add missing items.

  • Add lightbulb.errors.CheckFailure.causes.

  • Fix non-ephemeral followup responses to interactions not being able to be edited.

  • Add support for hikari.Attachment option type.

  • Add kwarg pass_options to lightbulb.decorators.command decorator.

  • Add lightbulb.decorators.set_max_concurrency.

  • Deprecate lightbulb.checks.has_attachment.

  • Fix plugins being shown in the default help command even when no commands are visible in the plugin.

  • Fix subcommand names being present in Context.options for slash subcommands.

Version 2.2.0#

  • Fix option serialiser not correctly detecting changes for value for min|max_value.

  • Add delete_after kwarg to Context.respond.

  • Fix KeyError being raised instead of a more appropriate error when attempting to reload an extension that is not already loaded.

  • Add lightbulb.ext.tasks extension for repeating tasks.

  • Fix ephemeral and auto_defer not working as expected for subcommands.

  • Fix subcommands not being registered to more than one command group at a time where it would be expected.

  • Add context menu (user and message) commands.

  • Fix BotApp.remove_plugin not correctly removing plugins from the bot’s plugin list.

  • Modify the stop emoji for ButtonNavigator.

  • Add additional validation for slash command options.

  • Add lightbulb.utils.build_invite_url.

  • Rewrite application command management system to reduce the total number of requests made.

  • Fix plugins showing in the default help command when there are no commands shown for that plugin.

  • Add __getitem__ implementation for OptionsProxy.

  • Add lightbulb.app.BotApp.sync_application_commands.

  • Add support for sending of attachment(s) within interaction initial responses.

  • Add typing overloads to Context.respond.

  • Add lightbulb.app.BotApp.create_task.

Version 2.1.3#

Version 2.1.2#

Version 2.1.1#

Version 2.1.0#

Version 2.0.4#

  • Fix application command instances being populated only if the command was created.

  • Fix application commands only being created for the first given guild ID.

  • Fix various typing preventing code written using lightbulb from being mypy compliant.

  • Add __all__ to all init files in order to be able to export more items to top level.

Version 2.0.3#

Version 2.0.2#

Version 2.0.1#

  • Fix slash command groups erroring on creation if using the @BotApp.command decorator.

  • Add exclusive checks feature. Only one of the exclusive checks will be required to pass in order for the command to be run. See the checks API reference page for more information.

Version 2.0.0#

This version is a complete rewrite of the API. Almost everything has been rewritten from scratch so don’t expect much, if any, of the API to be the same as in version 1.

Changes

  • Lightbulb is now fully typed and mypy compliant.

  • Slight memory usage improvements.

  • Added ability to do python -m lightbulb to give basic version information.

  • Rename lightbulb.Bot to lightbulb.BotApp.

  • Complete rewrite of the method used to define commands. See Creating Commands for details on the new method.

    • Prefix and slash commands are now defined the same way, and single functions can implement any combination of commands.

    • Options (arguments) are now defined using the lightbulb.decorators.option decorator instead of parsing the command signature.

  • Plugins are no longer defined as classes. See Plugins for details on the new method of defining and using plugins.

  • Contexts now all have the same interface. lightbulb.context.base.Context is the base class.

  • Help command has been completely overhauled.

    • Removed get_command_signature function in favour of a signature property on command objects.

  • Application command management and change detection has been completely overhauled.

  • Some errors have been removed, new errors have been added.

  • Custom converters have been overhauled to use a base class instead of being functions lightbulb.converters.base.BaseConverter.

  • Added ability to automatically defer responses to commands, as well as the ability to send all responses from a command as ephemeral by default.

  • Rewrite permission checks.

  • Added many more event types for the additional types of commands available.

  • Minor changes to cooldown implementation.

  • Added data store module to assist with storing data in the bot (and optionally plugin) instance(s).

  • Refactor argument parsing for prefix commands to allow you to drop in your own implementation.

  • Minor changes to navigator and paginator implementation - you shouldn’t notice these in normal use.

  • Command and context classes moved up a level to their respective sub-modules. You can no longer access them with lightbulb.x you need to instead do lightbulb.commands|context.x

  • Prefix command groups, subgroups and subcommands now require separate classes.

  • Added guides section in the documentation.

  • Changed documentation theme.