Merge pull request #157 from python-discord/prepare-for-pypi-releasev9.0.0

Prepare for pypi release

18 files changed, 1701 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pydis_core/__init__.py b/pydis_core/__init__.py
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+"""Useful utilities and tools for Discord bot development."""
+
+from pydis_core import async_stats, exts, site_api, utils
+from pydis_core._bot import BotBase, StartupError
+
+__all__ = [
+    async_stats,
+    BotBase,
+    exts,
+    utils,
+    site_api,
+    StartupError,
+]
+
+__all__ = list(map(lambda module: module.__name__, __all__))
diff --git a/pydis_core/_bot.py b/pydis_core/_bot.py
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+import asyncio
+import socket
+import types
+import warnings
+from contextlib import suppress
+from typing import Optional
+
+import aiohttp
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+from pydis_core.async_stats import AsyncStatsClient
+from pydis_core.site_api import APIClient
+from pydis_core.utils import scheduling
+from pydis_core.utils._extensions import walk_extensions
+from pydis_core.utils.logging import get_logger
+
+try:
+    from async_rediscache import RedisSession
+    REDIS_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    RedisSession = None
+    REDIS_AVAILABLE = False
+
+log = get_logger()
+
+
+class StartupError(Exception):
+    """Exception class for startup errors."""
+
+    def __init__(self, base: Exception):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.exception = base
+
+
+class BotBase(commands.Bot):
+    """A sub-class that implements many common features that Python Discord bots use."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *args,
+        guild_id: int,
+        allowed_roles: list,
+        http_session: aiohttp.ClientSession,
+        redis_session: Optional[RedisSession] = None,
+        api_client: Optional[APIClient] = None,
+        statsd_url: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """
+        Initialise the base bot instance.
+
+        Args:
+            guild_id: The ID of the guild used for :func:`wait_until_guild_available`.
+            allowed_roles: A list of role IDs that the bot is allowed to mention.
+            http_session (aiohttp.ClientSession): The session to use for the bot.
+            redis_session: The `async_rediscache.RedisSession`_ to use for the bot.
+            api_client: The :obj:`pydis_core.site_api.APIClient` instance to use for the bot.
+            statsd_url: The URL of the statsd server to use for the bot. If not given,
+                a dummy statsd client will be created.
+
+        .. _async_rediscache.RedisSession: https://github.com/SebastiaanZ/async-rediscache#creating-a-redissession
+        """
+        super().__init__(
+            *args,
+            allowed_roles=allowed_roles,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+
+        self.guild_id = guild_id
+        self.http_session = http_session
+        self.api_client = api_client
+        self.statsd_url = statsd_url
+
+        if redis_session and not REDIS_AVAILABLE:
+            warnings.warn("redis_session kwarg passed, but async-rediscache not installed!")
+        elif redis_session:
+            self.redis_session = redis_session
+
+        self._resolver: Optional[aiohttp.AsyncResolver] = None
+        self._connector: Optional[aiohttp.TCPConnector] = None
+
+        self._statsd_timerhandle: Optional[asyncio.TimerHandle] = None
+        self._guild_available: Optional[asyncio.Event] = None
+
+        self.stats: Optional[AsyncStatsClient] = None
+
+        self.all_extensions: Optional[frozenset[str]] = None
+
+    def _connect_statsd(
+        self,
+        statsd_url: str,
+        loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
+        retry_after: int = 2,
+        attempt: int = 1
+    ) -> None:
+        """Callback used to retry a connection to statsd if it should fail."""
+        if attempt >= 8:
+            log.error(
+                "Reached 8 attempts trying to reconnect AsyncStatsClient to %s. "
+                "Aborting and leaving the dummy statsd client in place.",
+                statsd_url,
+            )
+            return
+
+        try:
+            self.stats = AsyncStatsClient(loop, statsd_url, 8125, prefix="bot")
+        except socket.gaierror:
+            log.warning(f"Statsd client failed to connect (Attempt(s): {attempt})")
+            # Use a fallback strategy for retrying, up to 8 times.
+            self._statsd_timerhandle = loop.call_later(
+                retry_after,
+                self._connect_statsd,
+                statsd_url,
+                retry_after * 2,
+                attempt + 1
+            )
+
+    async def load_extensions(self, module: types.ModuleType) -> None:
+        """
+        Load all the extensions within the given module and save them to ``self.all_extensions``.
+
+        This should be ran in a task on the event loop to avoid deadlocks caused by ``wait_for`` calls.
+        """
+        await self.wait_until_guild_available()
+        self.all_extensions = walk_extensions(module)
+
+        for extension in self.all_extensions:
+            scheduling.create_task(self.load_extension(extension))
+
+    def _add_root_aliases(self, command: commands.Command) -> None:
+        """Recursively add root aliases for ``command`` and any of its subcommands."""
+        if isinstance(command, commands.Group):
+            for subcommand in command.commands:
+                self._add_root_aliases(subcommand)
+
+        for alias in getattr(command, "root_aliases", ()):
+            if alias in self.all_commands:
+                raise commands.CommandRegistrationError(alias, alias_conflict=True)
+
+            self.all_commands[alias] = command
+
+    def _remove_root_aliases(self, command: commands.Command) -> None:
+        """Recursively remove root aliases for ``command`` and any of its subcommands."""
+        if isinstance(command, commands.Group):
+            for subcommand in command.commands:
+                self._remove_root_aliases(subcommand)
+
+        for alias in getattr(command, "root_aliases", ()):
+            self.all_commands.pop(alias, None)
+
+    async def add_cog(self, cog: commands.Cog) -> None:
+        """Add the given ``cog`` to the bot and log the operation."""
+        await super().add_cog(cog)
+        log.info(f"Cog loaded: {cog.qualified_name}")
+
+    def add_command(self, command: commands.Command) -> None:
+        """Add ``command`` as normal and then add its root aliases to the bot."""
+        super().add_command(command)
+        self._add_root_aliases(command)
+
+    def remove_command(self, name: str) -> Optional[commands.Command]:
+        """
+        Remove a command/alias as normal and then remove its root aliases from the bot.
+
+        Individual root aliases cannot be removed by this function.
+        To remove them, either remove the entire command or manually edit `bot.all_commands`.
+        """
+        command = super().remove_command(name)
+        if command is None:
+            # Even if it's a root alias, there's no way to get the Bot instance to remove the alias.
+            return None
+
+        self._remove_root_aliases(command)
+        return command
+
+    def clear(self) -> None:
+        """Not implemented! Re-instantiate the bot instead of attempting to re-use a closed one."""
+        raise NotImplementedError("Re-using a Bot object after closing it is not supported.")
+
+    async def on_guild_unavailable(self, guild: discord.Guild) -> None:
+        """Clear the internal guild available event when self.guild_id becomes unavailable."""
+        if guild.id != self.guild_id:
+            return
+
+        self._guild_available.clear()
+
+    async def on_guild_available(self, guild: discord.Guild) -> None:
+        """
+        Set the internal guild available event when self.guild_id becomes available.
+
+        If the cache appears to still be empty (no members, no channels, or no roles), the event
+        will not be set and `guild_available_but_cache_empty` event will be emitted.
+        """
+        if guild.id != self.guild_id:
+            return
+
+        if not guild.roles or not guild.members or not guild.channels:
+            msg = "Guild available event was dispatched but the cache appears to still be empty!"
+            await self.log_to_dev_log(msg)
+            return
+
+        self._guild_available.set()
+
+    async def log_to_dev_log(self, message: str) -> None:
+        """Log the given message to #dev-log."""
+        ...
+
+    async def wait_until_guild_available(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Wait until the guild that matches the ``guild_id`` given at init is available (and the cache is ready).
+
+        The on_ready event is inadequate because it only waits 2 seconds for a GUILD_CREATE
+        gateway event before giving up and thus not populating the cache for unavailable guilds.
+        """
+        await self._guild_available.wait()
+
+    async def setup_hook(self) -> None:
+        """
+        An async init to startup generic services.
+
+        Connects to statsd, and calls
+        :func:`AsyncStatsClient.create_socket <pydis_core.async_stats.AsyncStatsClient.create_socket>`
+        and :func:`ping_services`.
+        """
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+
+        self._guild_available = asyncio.Event()
+
+        self._resolver = aiohttp.AsyncResolver()
+        self._connector = aiohttp.TCPConnector(
+            resolver=self._resolver,
+            family=socket.AF_INET,
+        )
+        self.http.connector = self._connector
+
+        if getattr(self, "redis_session", False) and not self.redis_session.valid:
+            # If the RedisSession was somehow closed, we try to reconnect it
+            # here. Normally, this shouldn't happen.
+            await self.redis_session.connect(ping=True)
+
+        # Create dummy stats client first, in case `statsd_url` is unreachable or None
+        self.stats = AsyncStatsClient(loop, "127.0.0.1")
+        if self.statsd_url:
+            self._connect_statsd(self.statsd_url, loop)
+
+        await self.stats.create_socket()
+
+        try:
+            await self.ping_services()
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise StartupError(e)
+
+    async def ping_services(self) -> None:
+        """Ping all required services on setup to ensure they are up before starting."""
+        ...
+
+    async def close(self) -> None:
+        """Close the Discord connection, and the aiohttp session, connector, statsd client, and resolver."""
+        # Done before super().close() to allow tasks finish before the HTTP session closes.
+        for ext in list(self.extensions):
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                await self.unload_extension(ext)
+
+        for cog in list(self.cogs):
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                await self.remove_cog(cog)
+
+        # Now actually do full close of bot
+        await super().close()
+
+        if self.api_client:
+            await self.api_client.close()
+
+        if self.http_session:
+            await self.http_session.close()
+
+        if self._connector:
+            await self._connector.close()
+
+        if self._resolver:
+            await self._resolver.close()
+
+        if getattr(self.stats, "_transport", False):
+            self.stats._transport.close()
+
+        if self._statsd_timerhandle:
+            self._statsd_timerhandle.cancel()
diff --git a/pydis_core/async_stats.py b/pydis_core/async_stats.py
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+"""An async transport method for statsd communication."""
+
+import asyncio
+import socket
+from typing import Optional
+
+from statsd.client.base import StatsClientBase
+
+from pydis_core.utils import scheduling
+
+
+class AsyncStatsClient(StatsClientBase):
+    """An async implementation of :obj:`statsd.client.base.StatsClientBase` that supports async stat communication."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
+        host: str = 'localhost',
+        port: int = 8125,
+        prefix: str = None
+    ):
+        """
+        Create a new :obj:`AsyncStatsClient`.
+
+        Args:
+            loop (asyncio.AbstractEventLoop): The event loop to use when creating the
+                :obj:`asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint`.
+            host: The host to connect to.
+            port: The port to connect to.
+            prefix: The prefix to use for all stats.
+        """
+        _, _, _, _, addr = socket.getaddrinfo(
+            host, port, socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM
+        )[0]
+        self._addr = addr
+        self._prefix = prefix
+        self._loop = loop
+        self._transport: Optional[asyncio.DatagramTransport] = None
+
+    async def create_socket(self) -> None:
+        """Use :obj:`asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint` from the loop given on init to create a socket."""
+        self._transport, _ = await self._loop.create_datagram_endpoint(
+            asyncio.DatagramProtocol,
+            family=socket.AF_INET,
+            remote_addr=self._addr
+        )
+
+    def _send(self, data: str) -> None:
+        """Start an async task to send data to statsd."""
+        scheduling.create_task(self._async_send(data), event_loop=self._loop)
+
+    async def _async_send(self, data: str) -> None:
+        """Send data to the statsd server using the async transport."""
+        self._transport.sendto(data.encode('ascii'), self._addr)
+
+
+__all__ = ['AsyncStatsClient']
diff --git a/pydis_core/exts/__init__.py b/pydis_core/exts/__init__.py
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+"""Reusable Discord cogs."""
+__all__ = []
+
+__all__ = list(map(lambda module: module.__name__, __all__))
diff --git a/pydis_core/site_api.py b/pydis_core/site_api.py
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+"""An API wrapper around the Site API."""
+
+import asyncio
+from typing import Optional
+from urllib.parse import quote as quote_url
+
+import aiohttp
+
+from pydis_core.utils.logging import get_logger
+
+log = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class ResponseCodeError(ValueError):
+    """Raised in :meth:`APIClient.request` when a non-OK HTTP response is received."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        response: aiohttp.ClientResponse,
+        response_json: Optional[dict] = None,
+        response_text: Optional[str] = None
+    ):
+        """
+        Initialize a new :obj:`ResponseCodeError` instance.
+
+        Args:
+            response (:obj:`aiohttp.ClientResponse`): The response object from the request.
+            response_json: The JSON response returned from the request, if any.
+            response_text: The text of the request, if any.
+        """
+        self.status = response.status
+        self.response_json = response_json or {}
+        self.response_text = response_text
+        self.response = response
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Return a string representation of the error."""
+        response = self.response_json or self.response_text
+        return f"Status: {self.status} Response: {response}"
+
+
+class APIClient:
+    """A wrapper for the Django Site API."""
+
+    session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None
+    loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop = None
+
+    def __init__(self, site_api_url: str, site_api_token: str, **session_kwargs):
+        """
+        Initialize a new :obj:`APIClient` instance.
+
+        Args:
+            site_api_url: The URL of the site API.
+            site_api_token: The token to use for authentication.
+            session_kwargs: Keyword arguments to pass to the :obj:`aiohttp.ClientSession` constructor.
+        """
+        self.site_api_url = site_api_url
+
+        auth_headers = {
+            'Authorization': f"Token {site_api_token}"
+        }
+
+        if 'headers' in session_kwargs:
+            session_kwargs['headers'].update(auth_headers)
+        else:
+            session_kwargs['headers'] = auth_headers
+
+        # aiohttp will complain if APIClient gets instantiated outside a coroutine. Thankfully, we
+        # don't and shouldn't need to do that, so we can avoid scheduling a task to create it.
+        self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession(**session_kwargs)
+
+    def _url_for(self, endpoint: str) -> str:
+        return f"{self.site_api_url}/{quote_url(endpoint)}"
+
+    async def close(self) -> None:
+        """Close the aiohttp session."""
+        await self.session.close()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    async def maybe_raise_for_status(response: aiohttp.ClientResponse, should_raise: bool) -> None:
+        """
+        Raise :exc:`ResponseCodeError` for non-OK response if an exception should be raised.
+
+        Args:
+            response (:obj:`aiohttp.ClientResponse`): The response to check.
+            should_raise: Whether or not to raise an exception.
+
+        Raises:
+            :exc:`ResponseCodeError`:
+                If the response is not OK and ``should_raise`` is True.
+        """
+        if should_raise and response.status >= 400:
+            try:
+                response_json = await response.json()
+                raise ResponseCodeError(response=response, response_json=response_json)
+            except aiohttp.ContentTypeError:
+                response_text = await response.text()
+                raise ResponseCodeError(response=response, response_text=response_text)
+
+    async def request(self, method: str, endpoint: str, *, raise_for_status: bool = True, **kwargs) -> dict:
+        """
+        Send an HTTP request to the site API and return the JSON response.
+
+        Args:
+            method: The HTTP method to use.
+            endpoint: The endpoint to send the request to.
+            raise_for_status: Whether or not to raise an exception if the response is not OK.
+            **kwargs: Any extra keyword arguments to pass to :func:`aiohttp.request`.
+
+        Returns:
+            The JSON response the API returns.
+
+        Raises:
+            :exc:`ResponseCodeError`:
+                If the response is not OK and ``raise_for_status`` is True.
+        """
+        async with self.session.request(method.upper(), self._url_for(endpoint), **kwargs) as resp:
+            await self.maybe_raise_for_status(resp, raise_for_status)
+            return await resp.json()
+
+    async def get(self, endpoint: str, *, raise_for_status: bool = True, **kwargs) -> dict:
+        """Equivalent to :meth:`APIClient.request` with GET passed as the method."""
+        return await self.request("GET", endpoint, raise_for_status=raise_for_status, **kwargs)
+
+    async def patch(self, endpoint: str, *, raise_for_status: bool = True, **kwargs) -> dict:
+        """Equivalent to :meth:`APIClient.request` with PATCH passed as the method."""
+        return await self.request("PATCH", endpoint, raise_for_status=raise_for_status, **kwargs)
+
+    async def post(self, endpoint: str, *, raise_for_status: bool = True, **kwargs) -> dict:
+        """Equivalent to :meth:`APIClient.request` with POST passed as the method."""
+        return await self.request("POST", endpoint, raise_for_status=raise_for_status, **kwargs)
+
+    async def put(self, endpoint: str, *, raise_for_status: bool = True, **kwargs) -> dict:
+        """Equivalent to :meth:`APIClient.request` with PUT passed as the method."""
+        return await self.request("PUT", endpoint, raise_for_status=raise_for_status, **kwargs)
+
+    async def delete(self, endpoint: str, *, raise_for_status: bool = True, **kwargs) -> Optional[dict]:
+        """
+        Send a DELETE request to the site API and return the JSON response.
+
+        Args:
+            endpoint: The endpoint to send the request to.
+            raise_for_status: Whether or not to raise an exception if the response is not OK.
+            **kwargs: Any extra keyword arguments to pass to :func:`aiohttp.request`.
+
+        Returns:
+            The JSON response the API returns, or None if the response is 204 No Content.
+        """
+        async with self.session.delete(self._url_for(endpoint), **kwargs) as resp:
+            if resp.status == 204:
+                return None
+
+            await self.maybe_raise_for_status(resp, raise_for_status)
+            return await resp.json()
+
+
+__all__ = ['APIClient', 'ResponseCodeError']
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/__init__.py b/pydis_core/utils/__init__.py
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+"""Useful utilities and tools for Discord bot development."""
+
+from pydis_core.utils import (
+    _monkey_patches,
+    caching,
+    channel,
+    commands,
+    cooldown,
+    function,
+    interactions,
+    logging,
+    members,
+    regex,
+    scheduling,
+)
+from pydis_core.utils._extensions import unqualify
+
+
+def apply_monkey_patches() -> None:
+    """
+    Applies all common monkey patches for our bots.
+
+    Patches :obj:`discord.ext.commands.Command` and :obj:`discord.ext.commands.Group` to support root aliases.
+        A ``root_aliases`` keyword argument is added to these two objects, which is a sequence of alias names
+        that will act as top-level groups rather than being aliases of the command's group.
+
+        It's stored as an attribute also named ``root_aliases``
+
+    Patches discord's internal ``send_typing`` method so that it ignores 403 errors from Discord.
+        When under heavy load Discord has added a CloudFlare worker to this route, which causes 403 errors to be thrown.
+    """
+    _monkey_patches._apply_monkey_patches()
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    apply_monkey_patches,
+    caching,
+    channel,
+    commands,
+    cooldown,
+    function,
+    interactions,
+    logging,
+    members,
+    regex,
+    scheduling,
+    unqualify,
+]
+
+__all__ = list(map(lambda module: module.__name__, __all__))
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/_extensions.py b/pydis_core/utils/_extensions.py
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+++ b/pydis_core/utils/_extensions.py
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+"""Utilities for loading Discord extensions."""
+
+import importlib
+import inspect
+import pkgutil
+import types
+from typing import NoReturn
+
+
+def unqualify(name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Return an unqualified name given a qualified module/package ``name``.
+
+    Args:
+        name: The module name to unqualify.
+
+    Returns:
+        The unqualified module name.
+    """
+    return name.rsplit(".", maxsplit=1)[-1]
+
+
+def ignore_module(module: pkgutil.ModuleInfo) -> bool:
+    """Return whether the module with name `name` should be ignored."""
+    return any(name.startswith("_") for name in module.name.split("."))
+
+
+def walk_extensions(module: types.ModuleType) -> frozenset[str]:
+    """
+    Return all extension names from the given module.
+
+    Args:
+        module (types.ModuleType): The module to look for extensions in.
+
+    Returns:
+        A set of strings that can be passed directly to :obj:`discord.ext.commands.Bot.load_extension`.
+    """
+
+    def on_error(name: str) -> NoReturn:
+        raise ImportError(name=name)  # pragma: no cover
+
+    modules = set()
+
+    for module_info in pkgutil.walk_packages(module.__path__, f"{module.__name__}.", onerror=on_error):
+        if ignore_module(module_info):
+            # Ignore modules/packages that have a name starting with an underscore anywhere in their trees.
+            continue
+
+        if module_info.ispkg:
+            imported = importlib.import_module(module_info.name)
+            if not inspect.isfunction(getattr(imported, "setup", None)):
+                # If it lacks a setup function, it's not an extension.
+                continue
+
+        modules.add(module_info.name)
+
+    return frozenset(modules)
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/_monkey_patches.py b/pydis_core/utils/_monkey_patches.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/pydis_core/utils/_monkey_patches.py
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+"""Contains all common monkey patches, used to alter discord to fit our needs."""
+
+import logging
+import typing
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from functools import partial, partialmethod
+
+from discord import Forbidden, http
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class _Command(commands.Command):
+    """
+    A :obj:`discord.ext.commands.Command` subclass which supports root aliases.
+
+    A ``root_aliases`` keyword argument is added, which is a sequence of alias names that will act as
+    top-level commands rather than being aliases of the command's group. It's stored as an attribute
+    also named ``root_aliases``.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.root_aliases = kwargs.get("root_aliases", [])
+
+        if not isinstance(self.root_aliases, (list, tuple)):
+            raise TypeError("Root aliases of a command must be a list or a tuple of strings.")
+
+
+class _Group(commands.Group, _Command):
+    """
+    A :obj:`discord.ext.commands.Group` subclass which supports root aliases.
+
+    A ``root_aliases`` keyword argument is added, which is a sequence of alias names that will act as
+    top-level groups rather than being aliases of the command's group. It's stored as an attribute
+    also named ``root_aliases``.
+    """
+
+
+def _patch_typing() -> None:
+    """
+    Sometimes Discord turns off typing events by throwing 403s.
+
+    Handle those issues by patching discord's internal ``send_typing`` method so it ignores 403s in general.
+    """
+    log.debug("Patching send_typing, which should fix things breaking when Discord disables typing events. Stay safe!")
+
+    original = http.HTTPClient.send_typing
+    last_403: typing.Optional[datetime] = None
+
+    async def honeybadger_type(self: http.HTTPClient, channel_id: int) -> None:
+        nonlocal last_403
+        if last_403 and (datetime.utcnow() - last_403) < timedelta(minutes=5):
+            log.warning("Not sending typing event, we got a 403 less than 5 minutes ago.")
+            return
+        try:
+            await original(self, channel_id)
+        except Forbidden:
+            last_403 = datetime.utcnow()
+            log.warning("Got a 403 from typing event!")
+
+    http.HTTPClient.send_typing = honeybadger_type
+
+
+def _apply_monkey_patches() -> None:
+    """This is surfaced directly in pydis_core.utils.apply_monkey_patches()."""
+    commands.command = partial(commands.command, cls=_Command)
+    commands.GroupMixin.command = partialmethod(commands.GroupMixin.command, cls=_Command)
+
+    commands.group = partial(commands.group, cls=_Group)
+    commands.GroupMixin.group = partialmethod(commands.GroupMixin.group, cls=_Group)
+    _patch_typing()
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/caching.py b/pydis_core/utils/caching.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac34bb9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydis_core/utils/caching.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""Utilities related to custom caches."""
+
+import functools
+import typing
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+
+class AsyncCache:
+    """
+    LRU cache implementation for coroutines.
+
+    Once the cache exceeds the maximum size, keys are deleted in FIFO order.
+
+    An offset may be optionally provided to be applied to the coroutine's arguments when creating the cache key.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, max_size: int = 128):
+        """
+        Initialise a new :obj:`AsyncCache` instance.
+
+        Args:
+            max_size: How many items to store in the cache.
+        """
+        self._cache = OrderedDict()
+        self._max_size = max_size
+
+    def __call__(self, arg_offset: int = 0) -> typing.Callable:
+        """
+        Decorator for async cache.
+
+        Args:
+            arg_offset: The offset for the position of the key argument.
+
+        Returns:
+            A decorator to wrap the target function.
+        """
+
+        def decorator(function: typing.Callable) -> typing.Callable:
+            """
+            Define the async cache decorator.
+
+            Args:
+                function: The function to wrap.
+
+            Returns:
+                The wrapped function.
+            """
+
+            @functools.wraps(function)
+            async def wrapper(*args) -> typing.Any:
+                """Decorator wrapper for the caching logic."""
+                key = args[arg_offset:]
+
+                if key not in self._cache:
+                    if len(self._cache) > self._max_size:
+                        self._cache.popitem(last=False)
+
+                    self._cache[key] = await function(*args)
+                return self._cache[key]
+            return wrapper
+        return decorator
+
+    def clear(self) -> None:
+        """Clear cache instance."""
+        self._cache.clear()
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/channel.py b/pydis_core/utils/channel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..854c64fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydis_core/utils/channel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Useful helper functions for interacting with various discord channel objects."""
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext.commands import Bot
+
+from pydis_core.utils import logging
+
+log = logging.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+def is_in_category(channel: discord.TextChannel, category_id: int) -> bool:
+    """
+    Return whether the given ``channel`` in the the category with the id ``category_id``.
+
+    Args:
+        channel: The channel to check.
+        category_id: The category to check for.
+
+    Returns:
+        A bool depending on whether the channel is in the category.
+    """
+    return getattr(channel, "category_id", None) == category_id
+
+
+async def get_or_fetch_channel(bot: Bot, channel_id: int) -> discord.abc.GuildChannel:
+    """
+    Attempt to get or fetch the given ``channel_id`` from the bots cache, and return it.
+
+    Args:
+        bot: The :obj:`discord.ext.commands.Bot` instance to use for getting/fetching.
+        channel_id: The channel to get/fetch.
+
+    Raises:
+        :exc:`discord.InvalidData`
+            An unknown channel type was received from Discord.
+        :exc:`discord.HTTPException`
+            Retrieving the channel failed.
+        :exc:`discord.NotFound`
+            Invalid Channel ID.
+        :exc:`discord.Forbidden`
+            You do not have permission to fetch this channel.
+
+    Returns:
+        The channel from the ID.
+    """
+    log.trace(f"Getting the channel {channel_id}.")
+
+    channel = bot.get_channel(channel_id)
+    if not channel:
+        log.debug(f"Channel {channel_id} is not in cache; fetching from API.")
+        channel = await bot.fetch_channel(channel_id)
+
+    log.trace(f"Channel #{channel} ({channel_id}) retrieved.")
+    return channel
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/commands.py b/pydis_core/utils/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7afd8137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydis_core/utils/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from discord import Message
+from discord.ext.commands import BadArgument, Context, clean_content
+
+
+async def clean_text_or_reply(ctx: Context, text: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+    """
+    Cleans a text argument or replied message's content.
+
+    Args:
+        ctx: The command's context
+        text: The provided text argument of the command (if given)
+
+    Raises:
+        :exc:`discord.ext.commands.BadArgument`
+            `text` wasn't provided and there's no reply message / reply message content.
+
+    Returns:
+         The cleaned version of `text`, if given, else replied message.
+    """
+    clean_content_converter = clean_content(fix_channel_mentions=True)
+
+    if text:
+        return await clean_content_converter.convert(ctx, text)
+
+    if (
+        (replied_message := getattr(ctx.message.reference, "resolved", None))  # message has a cached reference
+        and isinstance(replied_message, Message)  # referenced message hasn't been deleted
+    ):
+        if not (content := ctx.message.reference.resolved.content):
+            # The referenced message doesn't have a content (e.g. embed/image), so raise error
+            raise BadArgument("The referenced message doesn't have a text content.")
+
+        return await clean_content_converter.convert(ctx, content)
+
+    # No text provided, and either no message was referenced or we can't access the content
+    raise BadArgument("Couldn't find text to clean. Provide a string or reply to a message to use its content.")
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/cooldown.py b/pydis_core/utils/cooldown.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5129befd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydis_core/utils/cooldown.py
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+"""Helpers for setting a cooldown on commands."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import random
+import time
+import typing
+import weakref
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Hashable, Iterable
+from contextlib import suppress
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext.commands import CommandError, Context
+
+from pydis_core.utils import scheduling
+from pydis_core.utils.function import command_wraps
+
+__all__ = ["CommandOnCooldown", "block_duplicate_invocations", "P", "R"]
+
+_KEYWORD_SEP_SENTINEL = object()
+
+_ArgsList = list[object]
+_HashableArgsTuple = tuple[Hashable, ...]
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import typing_extensions
+    from pydis_core import BotBase
+
+P = typing.ParamSpec("P")
+"""The command's signature."""
+R = typing.TypeVar("R")
+"""The command's return value."""
+
+
+class CommandOnCooldown(CommandError, typing.Generic[P, R]):
+    """Raised when a command is invoked while on cooldown."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        message: str | None,
+        function: Callable[P, Awaitable[R]],
+        /,
+        *args: P.args,
+        **kwargs: P.kwargs,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(message, function, args, kwargs)
+        self._function = function
+        self._args = args
+        self._kwargs = kwargs
+
+    async def call_without_cooldown(self) -> R:
+        """
+        Run the command this cooldown blocked.
+
+        Returns:
+            The command's return value.
+        """
+        return await self._function(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class _CooldownItem:
+    non_hashable_arguments: _ArgsList
+    timeout_timestamp: float
+
+
+@dataclass
+class _SeparatedArguments:
+    """Arguments separated into their hashable and non-hashable parts."""
+
+    hashable: _HashableArgsTuple
+    non_hashable: _ArgsList
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_full_arguments(cls, call_arguments: Iterable[object]) -> typing_extensions.Self:
+        """Create a new instance from full call arguments."""
+        hashable = list[Hashable]()
+        non_hashable = list[object]()
+
+        for item in call_arguments:
+            try:
+                hash(item)
+            except TypeError:
+                non_hashable.append(item)
+            else:
+                hashable.append(item)
+
+        return cls(tuple(hashable), non_hashable)
+
+
+class _CommandCooldownManager:
+    """
+    Manage invocation cooldowns for a command through the arguments the command is called with.
+
+    Use `set_cooldown` to set a cooldown,
+    and `is_on_cooldown` to check for a cooldown for a channel with the given arguments.
+    A cooldown lasts for `cooldown_duration` seconds.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *, cooldown_duration: float):
+        self._cooldowns = dict[tuple[Hashable, _HashableArgsTuple], list[_CooldownItem]]()
+        self._cooldown_duration = cooldown_duration
+        self.cleanup_task = scheduling.create_task(
+            self._periodical_cleanup(random.uniform(0, 10)),
+            name="CooldownManager cleanup",
+        )
+        weakref.finalize(self, self.cleanup_task.cancel)
+
+    def set_cooldown(self, channel: Hashable, call_arguments: Iterable[object]) -> None:
+        """Set `call_arguments` arguments on cooldown in `channel`."""
+        timeout_timestamp = time.monotonic() + self._cooldown_duration
+        separated_arguments = _SeparatedArguments.from_full_arguments(call_arguments)
+        cooldowns_list = self._cooldowns.setdefault(
+            (channel, separated_arguments.hashable),
+            [],
+        )
+
+        for item in cooldowns_list:
+            if item.non_hashable_arguments == separated_arguments.non_hashable:
+                item.timeout_timestamp = timeout_timestamp
+                return
+
+        cooldowns_list.append(_CooldownItem(separated_arguments.non_hashable, timeout_timestamp))
+
+    def is_on_cooldown(self, channel: Hashable, call_arguments: Iterable[object]) -> bool:
+        """Check whether `call_arguments` is on cooldown in `channel`."""
+        current_time = time.monotonic()
+        separated_arguments = _SeparatedArguments.from_full_arguments(call_arguments)
+        cooldowns_list = self._cooldowns.get(
+            (channel, separated_arguments.hashable),
+            [],
+        )
+
+        for item in cooldowns_list:
+            if item.non_hashable_arguments == separated_arguments.non_hashable:
+                return item.timeout_timestamp > current_time
+        return False
+
+    async def _periodical_cleanup(self, initial_delay: float) -> None:
+        """
+        Delete stale items every hour after waiting for `initial_delay`.
+
+        The `initial_delay` ensures cleanups are not running for every command at the same time.
+        A strong reference to self is only kept while cleanup is running.
+        """
+        weak_self = weakref.ref(self)
+        del self
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(initial_delay)
+        while True:
+            await asyncio.sleep(60 * 60)
+            weak_self()._delete_stale_items()
+
+    def _delete_stale_items(self) -> None:
+        """Remove expired items from internal collections."""
+        current_time = time.monotonic()
+
+        for key, cooldowns_list in self._cooldowns.copy().items():
+            filtered_cooldowns = [
+                cooldown_item for cooldown_item in cooldowns_list if cooldown_item.timeout_timestamp < current_time
+            ]
+
+            if not filtered_cooldowns:
+                del self._cooldowns[key]
+            else:
+                self._cooldowns[key] = filtered_cooldowns
+
+
+def _create_argument_tuple(*args: object, **kwargs: object) -> tuple[object, ...]:
+    return (*args, _KEYWORD_SEP_SENTINEL, *kwargs.items())
+
+
+def block_duplicate_invocations(
+    *,
+    cooldown_duration: float = 5,
+    send_notice: bool = False,
+    args_preprocessor: Callable[P, Iterable[object]] | None = None,
+) -> Callable[[Callable[P, Awaitable[R]]], Callable[P, Awaitable[R]]]:
+    """
+    Prevent duplicate invocations of a command with the same arguments in a channel for ``cooldown_duration`` seconds.
+
+    Args:
+        cooldown_duration: Length of the cooldown in seconds.
+        send_notice: If :obj:`True`, notify the user about the cooldown with a reply.
+        args_preprocessor: If specified, this function is called with the args and kwargs the function is called with,
+                            its return value is then used to check for the cooldown instead of the raw arguments.
+
+    Returns:
+        A decorator that adds a wrapper which applies the cooldowns.
+
+    Warning:
+        The created wrapper raises :exc:`CommandOnCooldown` when the command is on cooldown.
+    """
+
+    def decorator(func: Callable[P, Awaitable[R]]) -> Callable[P, Awaitable[R]]:
+        mgr = _CommandCooldownManager(cooldown_duration=cooldown_duration)
+
+        @command_wraps(func)
+        async def wrapper(*args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> R:
+            if args_preprocessor is not None:
+                all_args = args_preprocessor(*args, **kwargs)
+            else:
+                all_args = _create_argument_tuple(*args[2:], **kwargs)  # skip self and ctx from the command
+            ctx = typing.cast("Context[BotBase]", args[1])
+
+            if not isinstance(ctx.channel, discord.DMChannel):
+                if mgr.is_on_cooldown(ctx.channel, all_args):
+                    if send_notice:
+                        with suppress(discord.NotFound):
+                            await ctx.reply("The command is on cooldown with the given arguments.")
+                    raise CommandOnCooldown(ctx.message.content, func, *args, **kwargs)
+                mgr.set_cooldown(ctx.channel, all_args)
+
+            return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    return decorator
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/function.py b/pydis_core/utils/function.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d89163ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydis_core/utils/function.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+"""Utils for manipulating functions."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import functools
+import types
+import typing
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence, Set
+
+__all__ = ["command_wraps", "GlobalNameConflictError", "update_wrapper_globals"]
+
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    _P = typing.ParamSpec("_P")
+    _R = typing.TypeVar("_R")
+
+
+class GlobalNameConflictError(Exception):
+    """Raised on a conflict between the globals used to resolve annotations of a wrapped function and its wrapper."""
+
+
+def update_wrapper_globals(
+    wrapper: Callable[_P, _R],
+    wrapped: Callable[_P, _R],
+    *,
+    ignored_conflict_names: Set[str] = frozenset(),
+) -> Callable[_P, _R]:
+    r"""
+    Create a copy of ``wrapper``\, the copy's globals are updated with ``wrapped``\'s globals.
+
+    For forwardrefs in command annotations, discord.py uses the ``__global__`` attribute of the function
+    to resolve their values. This breaks for decorators that replace the function because they have
+    their own globals.
+
+    .. warning::
+        This function captures the state of ``wrapped``\'s module's globals when it's called;
+        changes won't be reflected in the new function's globals.
+
+    Args:
+        wrapper: The function to wrap.
+        wrapped: The function to wrap with.
+        ignored_conflict_names: A set of names to ignore if a conflict between them is found.
+
+    Raises:
+        :exc:`GlobalNameConflictError`:
+            If ``wrapper`` and ``wrapped`` share a global name that's also used in ``wrapped``\'s typehints,
+            and is not in ``ignored_conflict_names``.
+    """
+    wrapped = typing.cast(types.FunctionType, wrapped)
+    wrapper = typing.cast(types.FunctionType, wrapper)
+
+    annotation_global_names = (
+        ann.split(".", maxsplit=1)[0] for ann in wrapped.__annotations__.values() if isinstance(ann, str)
+    )
+    # Conflicting globals from both functions' modules that are also used in the wrapper and in wrapped's annotations.
+    shared_globals = (
+        set(wrapper.__code__.co_names)
+        & set(annotation_global_names)
+        & set(wrapped.__globals__)
+        & set(wrapper.__globals__)
+        - ignored_conflict_names
+    )
+    if shared_globals:
+        raise GlobalNameConflictError(
+            f"wrapper and the wrapped function share the following "
+            f"global names used by annotations: {', '.join(shared_globals)}. Resolve the conflicts or add "
+            f"the name to the `ignored_conflict_names` set to suppress this error if this is intentional."
+        )
+
+    new_globals = wrapper.__globals__.copy()
+    new_globals.update((k, v) for k, v in wrapped.__globals__.items() if k not in wrapper.__code__.co_names)
+    return types.FunctionType(
+        code=wrapper.__code__,
+        globals=new_globals,
+        name=wrapper.__name__,
+        argdefs=wrapper.__defaults__,
+        closure=wrapper.__closure__,
+    )
+
+
+def command_wraps(
+    wrapped: Callable[_P, _R],
+    assigned: Sequence[str] = functools.WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS,
+    updated: Sequence[str] = functools.WRAPPER_UPDATES,
+    *,
+    ignored_conflict_names: Set[str] = frozenset(),
+) -> Callable[[Callable[_P, _R]], Callable[_P, _R]]:
+    r"""
+    Update the decorated function to look like ``wrapped``\, and update globals for discord.py forwardref evaluation.
+
+    See :func:`update_wrapper_globals` for more details on how the globals are updated.
+
+    Args:
+        wrapped: The function to wrap with.
+        assigned: Sequence of attribute names that are directly assigned from ``wrapped`` to ``wrapper``.
+        updated: Sequence of attribute names that are ``.update``d on ``wrapper`` from the attributes on ``wrapped``.
+        ignored_conflict_names: A set of names to ignore if a conflict between them is found.
+
+    Returns:
+        A decorator that behaves like :func:`functools.wraps`,
+        with the wrapper replaced with the function :func:`update_wrapper_globals` returned.
+    """  # noqa: D200
+    def decorator(wrapper: Callable[_P, _R]) -> Callable[_P, _R]:
+        return functools.update_wrapper(
+            update_wrapper_globals(wrapper, wrapped, ignored_conflict_names=ignored_conflict_names),
+            wrapped,
+            assigned,
+            updated,
+        )
+
+    return decorator
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/interactions.py b/pydis_core/utils/interactions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e4acffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydis_core/utils/interactions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import contextlib
+from typing import Optional, Sequence
+
+from discord import ButtonStyle, Interaction, Message, NotFound, ui
+
+from pydis_core.utils.logging import get_logger
+
+log = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class ViewWithUserAndRoleCheck(ui.View):
+    """
+    A view that allows the original invoker and moderators to interact with it.
+
+    Args:
+        allowed_users: A sequence of user's ids who are allowed to interact with the view.
+        allowed_roles: A sequence of role ids that are allowed to interact with the view.
+        timeout: Timeout in seconds from last interaction with the UI before no longer accepting input.
+            If ``None`` then there is no timeout.
+        message: The message to remove the view from on timeout. This can also be set with
+            ``view.message = await ctx.send( ... )``` , or similar, after the view is instantiated.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        allowed_users: Sequence[int],
+        allowed_roles: Sequence[int],
+        timeout: Optional[float] = 180.0,
+        message: Optional[Message] = None
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(timeout=timeout)
+        self.allowed_users = allowed_users
+        self.allowed_roles = allowed_roles
+        self.message = message
+
+    async def interaction_check(self, interaction: Interaction) -> bool:
+        """
+        Ensure the user clicking the button is the view invoker, or a moderator.
+
+        Args:
+            interaction: The interaction that occurred.
+        """
+        if interaction.user.id in self.allowed_users:
+            log.trace(
+                "Allowed interaction by %s (%d) on %d as they are an allowed user.",
+                interaction.user,
+                interaction.user.id,
+                interaction.message.id,
+            )
+            return True
+
+        if any(role.id in self.allowed_roles for role in getattr(interaction.user, "roles", [])):
+            log.trace(
+                "Allowed interaction by %s (%d)on %d as they have an allowed role.",
+                interaction.user,
+                interaction.user.id,
+                interaction.message.id,
+            )
+            return True
+
+        await interaction.response.send_message("This is not your button to click!", ephemeral=True)
+        return False
+
+    async def on_timeout(self) -> None:
+        """Remove the view from ``self.message`` if set."""
+        if self.message:
+            with contextlib.suppress(NotFound):
+                # Cover the case where this message has already been deleted by external means
+                await self.message.edit(view=None)
+
+
+class DeleteMessageButton(ui.Button):
+    """
+    A button that can be added to a view to delete the message containing the view on click.
+
+    This button itself carries out no interaction checks, these should be done by the parent view.
+
+    See :obj:`pydis_core.utils.interactions.ViewWithUserAndRoleCheck` for a view that implements basic checks.
+
+    Args:
+        style (:literal-url:`ButtonStyle <https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/interactions/api.html#discord.ButtonStyle>`):
+            The style of the button, set to ``ButtonStyle.secondary`` if not specified.
+        label: The label of the button, set to "Delete" if not specified.
+    """  # noqa: E501
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        style: ButtonStyle = ButtonStyle.secondary,
+        label: str = "Delete",
+        **kwargs
+    ):
+        super().__init__(style=style, label=label, **kwargs)
+
+    async def callback(self, interaction: Interaction) -> None:
+        """Delete the original message on button click."""
+        await interaction.message.delete()
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/logging.py b/pydis_core/utils/logging.py
new file mode 100644
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+"""Common logging related functions."""
+
+import logging
+import typing
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    LoggerClass = logging.Logger
+else:
+    LoggerClass = logging.getLoggerClass()
+
+TRACE_LEVEL = 5
+
+
+class CustomLogger(LoggerClass):
+    """Custom implementation of the :obj:`logging.Logger` class with an added :obj:`trace` method."""
+
+    def trace(self, msg: str, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Log the given message with the severity ``"TRACE"``.
+
+        To pass exception information, use the keyword argument exc_info with a true value:
+
+        .. code-block:: py
+
+            logger.trace("Houston, we have an %s", "interesting problem", exc_info=1)
+
+        Args:
+            msg: The message to be logged.
+            args, kwargs: Passed to the base log function as is.
+        """
+        if self.isEnabledFor(TRACE_LEVEL):
+            self.log(TRACE_LEVEL, msg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def get_logger(name: typing.Optional[str] = None) -> CustomLogger:
+    """
+    Utility to make mypy recognise that logger is of type :obj:`CustomLogger`.
+
+    Args:
+        name: The name given to the logger.
+
+    Returns:
+        An instance of the :obj:`CustomLogger` class.
+    """
+    return typing.cast(CustomLogger, logging.getLogger(name))
+
+
+# Setup trace level logging so that we can use it within pydis_core.
+logging.TRACE = TRACE_LEVEL
+logging.setLoggerClass(CustomLogger)
+logging.addLevelName(TRACE_LEVEL, "TRACE")
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/members.py b/pydis_core/utils/members.py
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+++ b/pydis_core/utils/members.py
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+"""Useful helper functions for interactin with :obj:`discord.Member` objects."""
+import typing
+from collections import abc
+
+import discord
+
+from pydis_core.utils import logging
+
+log = logging.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+async def get_or_fetch_member(guild: discord.Guild, member_id: int) -> typing.Optional[discord.Member]:
+    """
+    Attempt to get a member from cache; on failure fetch from the API.
+
+    Returns:
+        The :obj:`discord.Member` or :obj:`None` to indicate the member could not be found.
+    """
+    if member := guild.get_member(member_id):
+        log.trace(f"{member} retrieved from cache.")
+    else:
+        try:
+            member = await guild.fetch_member(member_id)
+        except discord.errors.NotFound:
+            log.trace(f"Failed to fetch {member_id} from API.")
+            return None
+        log.trace(f"{member} fetched from API.")
+    return member
+
+
+async def handle_role_change(
+    member: discord.Member,
+    coro: typing.Callable[[discord.Role], abc.Coroutine],
+    role: discord.Role
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Await the given ``coro`` with ``role`` as the sole argument.
+
+    Handle errors that we expect to be raised from
+    :obj:`discord.Member.add_roles` and :obj:`discord.Member.remove_roles`.
+
+    Args:
+        member: The member that is being modified for logging purposes.
+        coro: This is intended to be :obj:`discord.Member.add_roles` or :obj:`discord.Member.remove_roles`.
+        role: The role to be passed to ``coro``.
+    """
+    try:
+        await coro(role)
+    except discord.NotFound:
+        log.error(f"Failed to change role for {member} ({member.id}): member not found")
+    except discord.Forbidden:
+        log.error(
+            f"Forbidden to change role for {member} ({member.id}); "
+            f"possibly due to role hierarchy"
+        )
+    except discord.HTTPException as e:
+        log.error(f"Failed to change role for {member} ({member.id}): {e.status} {e.code}")
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/regex.py b/pydis_core/utils/regex.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/pydis_core/utils/regex.py
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+"""Common regular expressions."""
+
+import re
+
+DISCORD_INVITE = re.compile(
+    r"(https?://)?(www\.)?"                      # Optional http(s) and www.
+    r"(discord([.,]|dot)gg|"                     # Could be discord.gg/
+    r"discord([.,]|dot)com(/|slash)invite|"      # or discord.com/invite/
+    r"discordapp([.,]|dot)com(/|slash)invite|"   # or discordapp.com/invite/
+    r"discord([.,]|dot)me|"                      # or discord.me
+    r"discord([.,]|dot)li|"                      # or discord.li
+    r"discord([.,]|dot)io|"                      # or discord.io.
+    r"((?<!\w)([.,]|dot))gg"                     # or .gg/
+    r")(/|slash)"                                # / or 'slash'
+    r"(?P<invite>\S+)",                          # the invite code itself
+    flags=re.IGNORECASE
+)
+"""
+Regex for Discord server invites.
+
+.. warning::
+    This regex pattern will capture until a whitespace, if you are to use the 'invite' capture group in
+    any HTTP requests or similar. Please ensure you sanitise the output using something
+    such as :func:`urllib.parse.quote`.
+
+:meta hide-value:
+"""
+
+FORMATTED_CODE_REGEX = re.compile(
+    r"(?P<delim>(?P<block>```)|``?)"        # code delimiter: 1-3 backticks; (?P=block) only matches if it's a block
+    r"(?(block)(?:(?P<lang>[a-z]+)\n)?)"    # if we're in a block, match optional language (only letters plus newline)
+    r"(?:[ \t]*\n)*"                        # any blank (empty or tabs/spaces only) lines before the code
+    r"(?P<code>.*?)"                        # extract all code inside the markup
+    r"\s*"                                  # any more whitespace before the end of the code markup
+    r"(?P=delim)",                          # match the exact same delimiter from the start again
+    flags=re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE         # "." also matches newlines, case insensitive
+)
+"""
+Regex for formatted code, using Discord's code blocks.
+
+:meta hide-value:
+"""
+
+RAW_CODE_REGEX = re.compile(
+    r"^(?:[ \t]*\n)*"                       # any blank (empty or tabs/spaces only) lines before the code
+    r"(?P<code>.*?)"                        # extract all the rest as code
+    r"\s*$",                                # any trailing whitespace until the end of the string
+    flags=re.DOTALL                         # "." also matches newlines
+)
+"""
+Regex for raw code, *not* using Discord's code blocks.
+
+:meta hide-value:
+"""
diff --git a/pydis_core/utils/scheduling.py b/pydis_core/utils/scheduling.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/pydis_core/utils/scheduling.py
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+"""Generic python scheduler."""
+
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import inspect
+import typing
+from collections import abc
+from datetime import datetime
+from functools import partial
+
+from pydis_core.utils import logging
+
+
+class Scheduler:
+    """
+    Schedule the execution of coroutines and keep track of them.
+
+    When instantiating a :obj:`Scheduler`, a name must be provided. This name is used to distinguish the
+    instance's log messages from other instances. Using the name of the class or module containing
+    the instance is suggested.
+
+    Coroutines can be scheduled immediately with :obj:`schedule` or in the future with :obj:`schedule_at`
+    or :obj:`schedule_later`. A unique ID is required to be given in order to keep track of the
+    resulting Tasks. Any scheduled task can be cancelled prematurely using :obj:`cancel` by providing
+    the same ID used to schedule it.
+
+    The ``in`` operator is supported for checking if a task with a given ID is currently scheduled.
+
+    Any exception raised in a scheduled task is logged when the task is done.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str):
+        """
+        Initialize a new :obj:`Scheduler` instance.
+
+        Args:
+            name: The name of the :obj:`Scheduler`. Used in logging, and namespacing.
+        """
+        self.name = name
+
+        self._log = logging.get_logger(f"{__name__}.{name}")
+        self._scheduled_tasks: dict[abc.Hashable, asyncio.Task] = {}
+
+    def __contains__(self, task_id: abc.Hashable) -> bool:
+        """
+        Return :obj:`True` if a task with the given ``task_id`` is currently scheduled.
+
+        Args:
+            task_id: The task to look for.
+
+        Returns:
+            :obj:`True` if the task was found.
+        """
+        return task_id in self._scheduled_tasks
+
+    def schedule(self, task_id: abc.Hashable, coroutine: abc.Coroutine) -> None:
+        """
+        Schedule the execution of a ``coroutine``.
+
+        If a task with ``task_id`` already exists, close ``coroutine`` instead of scheduling it. This
+        prevents unawaited coroutine warnings. Don't pass a coroutine that'll be re-used elsewhere.
+
+        Args:
+            task_id: A unique ID to create the task with.
+            coroutine: The function to be called.
+        """
+        self._log.trace(f"Scheduling task #{task_id}...")
+
+        msg = f"Cannot schedule an already started coroutine for #{task_id}"
+        assert inspect.getcoroutinestate(coroutine) == "CORO_CREATED", msg
+
+        if task_id in self._scheduled_tasks:
+            self._log.debug(f"Did not schedule task #{task_id}; task was already scheduled.")
+            coroutine.close()
+            return
+
+        task = asyncio.create_task(coroutine, name=f"{self.name}_{task_id}")
+        task.add_done_callback(partial(self._task_done_callback, task_id))
+
+        self._scheduled_tasks[task_id] = task
+        self._log.debug(f"Scheduled task #{task_id} {id(task)}.")
+
+    def schedule_at(self, time: datetime, task_id: abc.Hashable, coroutine: abc.Coroutine) -> None:
+        """
+        Schedule ``coroutine`` to be executed at the given ``time``.
+
+        If ``time`` is timezone aware, then use that timezone to calculate now() when subtracting.
+        If ``time`` is naïve, then use UTC.
+
+        If ``time`` is in the past, schedule ``coroutine`` immediately.
+
+        If a task with ``task_id`` already exists, close ``coroutine`` instead of scheduling it. This
+        prevents unawaited coroutine warnings. Don't pass a coroutine that'll be re-used elsewhere.
+
+        Args:
+            time: The time to start the task.
+            task_id: A unique ID to create the task with.
+            coroutine: The function to be called.
+        """
+        now_datetime = datetime.now(time.tzinfo) if time.tzinfo else datetime.utcnow()
+        delay = (time - now_datetime).total_seconds()
+        if delay > 0:
+            coroutine = self._await_later(delay, task_id, coroutine)
+
+        self.schedule(task_id, coroutine)
+
+    def schedule_later(
+        self,
+        delay: typing.Union[int, float],
+        task_id: abc.Hashable,
+        coroutine: abc.Coroutine
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Schedule ``coroutine`` to be executed after ``delay`` seconds.
+
+        If a task with ``task_id`` already exists, close ``coroutine`` instead of scheduling it. This
+        prevents unawaited coroutine warnings. Don't pass a coroutine that'll be re-used elsewhere.
+
+        Args:
+            delay: How long to wait before starting the task.
+            task_id: A unique ID to create the task with.
+            coroutine: The function to be called.
+        """
+        self.schedule(task_id, self._await_later(delay, task_id, coroutine))
+
+    def cancel(self, task_id: abc.Hashable) -> None:
+        """
+        Unschedule the task identified by ``task_id``. Log a warning if the task doesn't exist.
+
+        Args:
+            task_id: The task's unique ID.
+        """
+        self._log.trace(f"Cancelling task #{task_id}...")
+
+        try:
+            task = self._scheduled_tasks.pop(task_id)
+        except KeyError:
+            self._log.warning(f"Failed to unschedule {task_id} (no task found).")
+        else:
+            task.cancel()
+
+            self._log.debug(f"Unscheduled task #{task_id} {id(task)}.")
+
+    def cancel_all(self) -> None:
+        """Unschedule all known tasks."""
+        self._log.debug("Unscheduling all tasks")
+
+        for task_id in self._scheduled_tasks.copy():
+            self.cancel(task_id)
+
+    async def _await_later(
+        self,
+        delay: typing.Union[int, float],
+        task_id: abc.Hashable,
+        coroutine: abc.Coroutine
+    ) -> None:
+        """Await ``coroutine`` after ``delay`` seconds."""
+        try:
+            self._log.trace(f"Waiting {delay} seconds before awaiting coroutine for #{task_id}.")
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+
+            # Use asyncio.shield to prevent the coroutine from cancelling itself.
+            self._log.trace(f"Done waiting for #{task_id}; now awaiting the coroutine.")
+            await asyncio.shield(coroutine)
+        finally:
+            # Close it to prevent unawaited coroutine warnings,
+            # which would happen if the task was cancelled during the sleep.
+            # Only close it if it's not been awaited yet. This check is important because the
+            # coroutine may cancel this task, which would also trigger the finally block.
+            state = inspect.getcoroutinestate(coroutine)
+            if state == "CORO_CREATED":
+                self._log.debug(f"Explicitly closing the coroutine for #{task_id}.")
+                coroutine.close()
+            else:
+                self._log.debug(f"Finally block reached for #{task_id}; {state=}")
+
+    def _task_done_callback(self, task_id: abc.Hashable, done_task: asyncio.Task) -> None:
+        """
+        Delete the task and raise its exception if one exists.
+
+        If ``done_task`` and the task associated with ``task_id`` are different, then the latter
+        will not be deleted. In this case, a new task was likely rescheduled with the same ID.
+        """
+        self._log.trace(f"Performing done callback for task #{task_id} {id(done_task)}.")
+
+        scheduled_task = self._scheduled_tasks.get(task_id)
+
+        if scheduled_task and done_task is scheduled_task:
+            # A task for the ID exists and is the same as the done task.
+            # Since this is the done callback, the task is already done so no need to cancel it.
+            self._log.trace(f"Deleting task #{task_id} {id(done_task)}.")
+            del self._scheduled_tasks[task_id]
+        elif scheduled_task:
+            # A new task was likely rescheduled with the same ID.
+            self._log.debug(
+                f"The scheduled task #{task_id} {id(scheduled_task)} "
+                f"and the done task {id(done_task)} differ."
+            )
+        elif not done_task.cancelled():
+            self._log.warning(
+                f"Task #{task_id} not found while handling task {id(done_task)}! "
+                f"A task somehow got unscheduled improperly (i.e. deleted but not cancelled)."
+            )
+
+        with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
+            exception = done_task.exception()
+            # Log the exception if one exists.
+            if exception:
+                self._log.error(f"Error in task #{task_id} {id(done_task)}!", exc_info=exception)
+
+
+TASK_RETURN = typing.TypeVar("TASK_RETURN")
+
+
+def create_task(
+    coro: abc.Coroutine[typing.Any, typing.Any, TASK_RETURN],
+    *,
+    suppressed_exceptions: tuple[type[Exception], ...] = (),
+    event_loop: typing.Optional[asyncio.AbstractEventLoop] = None,
+    **kwargs,
+) -> asyncio.Task[TASK_RETURN]:
+    """
+    Wrapper for creating an :obj:`asyncio.Task` which logs exceptions raised in the task.
+
+    If the ``event_loop`` kwarg is provided, the task is created from that event loop,
+    otherwise the running loop is used.
+
+    Args:
+        coro: The function to call.
+        suppressed_exceptions: Exceptions to be handled by the task.
+        event_loop (:obj:`asyncio.AbstractEventLoop`): The loop to create the task from.
+        kwargs: Passed to :py:func:`asyncio.create_task`.
+
+    Returns:
+        asyncio.Task: The wrapped task.
+    """
+    if event_loop is not None:
+        task = event_loop.create_task(coro, **kwargs)
+    else:
+        task = asyncio.create_task(coro, **kwargs)
+    task.add_done_callback(partial(_log_task_exception, suppressed_exceptions=suppressed_exceptions))
+    return task
+
+
+def _log_task_exception(task: asyncio.Task, *, suppressed_exceptions: tuple[type[Exception], ...]) -> None:
+    """Retrieve and log the exception raised in ``task`` if one exists."""
+    with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
+        exception = task.exception()
+        # Log the exception if one exists.
+        if exception and not isinstance(exception, suppressed_exceptions):
+            log = logging.get_logger(__name__)
+            log.error(f"Error in task {task.get_name()} {id(task)}!", exc_info=exception)