embed.set_image(url=image) where image is a PIL.Image

[clear lodge]

How can I set an embed image without sending the image anywhere to create an image url?

[torpid quail]

I think that’s a discord limitation since it only takes a url

[clear lodge]

Should I just create some private server where my bot can send the image first, and then grab that url for embed.set_image(url=..)

[torpid quail]

that should work

[languid wedge]

set the embed image to attachment://{filename} and then send the file in the message

?tag localfile

[blazing prairie]

f = discord.File("some_file_path", filename="image.png")
e = discord.Embed()
e.set_image(url="attachment://image.png")
await messagable.send(file=f, embed=e)```

[languid wedge]

"some_file_path" can also be a Bytes object, which you probably have when working with PIL

[clear lodge]

@languid wedge Does this work without sending file=f in the message?

I tried it with and without sending the file, and it doesn't add the image to the embed when I don't send the file

[languid wedge]

you have to use file

[clear lodge]

So there's no way this code would work if I changed the last line to await messagable.send(embed=e) (removing file=f)

[languid wedge]

yes

what's stopping you from sending the file?

[clear lodge]

This code works

But I will just have a bytes file sent as well as the embed

and I don't want the byes file being sent as it clutters the channel

[languid wedge]

you misunderstand

that snippet is (equivalent to) discord's official solution to embedding an upload in an image

it will show up inside the embed instead of separately

[clear lodge]

I got it to work now thanks Nelo!

[tawdry wasp]

im trying to pass the file path as a BytesIO object, it doesnt show any errors, but it doesnt show the image in the embed

i tried sending a bytes array, but it shows and error

that's what xp_bar returns

dont know why, but i got it working using img_byte_arr.seek(0)

[clear lodge]

If it helps, here's what worked for me:

image = Image.open(background_image)
arr = io.BytesIO()
image.save(arr, format='PNG')
arr.seek(0)
f = discord.File(arr, filename="image.png")
return file=f, url="attachment://image.png"