Get_Channel works with categories but how can I safely confirm that the type returned is a category | disnake | Page 1

azure vigil Aug 18, 2024, 10:18 PM

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category = inter.guild.get_channel(1274758658525364329) 

newChannel = await inter.guild.create_text_channel(name=f"New Channel", category=category )

Argument of type "GuildChannel" cannot be assigned to parameter "category" of type "CategoryChannel | None" in function "create_text_channel"

This problem is raised by Pylance and we see get_channel has no chance of returning a category as per the return values:

    def get_channel(self, channel_id: int, /) -> Optional[GuildChannel]:
        """Returns a channel with the given ID.

Any response in advance is appreciated.

mild knoll Aug 18, 2024, 10:26 PM

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GuildChannel is an ABC that is implemented by any channel type you can find in a guild; which includes categories. It's very much not a bug.

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to verify what you get from get_channel is a category, you can simply just make sure with isinstance(channel, disnake.CategoryChannel)

azure vigil Aug 18, 2024, 10:27 PM

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Appreciate it. Apologise for the confusion.

mild knoll Aug 18, 2024, 10:27 PM

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all good, no worries ^^

#Get_Channel works with categories but how can I safely confirm that the type returned is a category