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+"""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