Discord bot

The following example script creates a simple Discord bot that can be used to search tracks.

A bot account is required for sending messages in Discord. A quickstart guide for setting up a bot can be found here.

Once the bot is added to the server users can call it with the prefix >tk track. The bot responds to the query by sending a brief summary of the search results. Queries can be for example:

>tk track Sheeran
>tk track "Monty Python"

import tekore as tk

from discord import Game, Embed
from discord.ext import commands

token_discord = "your_discord_token"
conf = tk.config_from_environment()
token_spotify = tk.request_client_token(*conf[:2])

description = "Spotify track search bot using Tekore"
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='>tk ', description=description, activity=Game(name=">tk help"))
spotify = tk.Spotify(token_spotify, asynchronous=True)


@bot.command()
async def track(ctx, *, query: str = None):
    if query is None:
        await ctx.send("No search query specified")
        return

    tracks, = await spotify.search(query, limit=5)
    embed = Embed(title="Track search results", color=0x1DB954)
    embed.set_thumbnail(url="https://i.imgur.com/890YSn2.png")
    embed.set_footer(text="Requested by " + ctx.author.display_name)

    for t in tracks.items:
        artist = t.artists[0].name
        url = t.external_urls["spotify"]

        message = "\n".join([
            "[Spotify](" + url + ")",
            ":busts_in_silhouette: " + artist,
            ":cd: " + t.album.name
        ])
        embed.add_field(name=t.name, value=message, inline=False)

    await ctx.send(embed=embed)


@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print("Ready to demo!")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    bot.run(token_discord)