Added optional channel parameter to !echo:

- Added the option to specify a channel to have Python repeat what you said to it, as well as keeping the old functionality of having it repeat what you said in the current channel if no channel argument is given.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Brown <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bot/cogs/bot.py b/bot/cogs/bot.py
index 7583b2f2d..ee0a463de 100644
--- a/bot/cogs/bot.py
+++ b/bot/cogs/bot.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 import time
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
-from discord import Embed, Message, RawMessageUpdateEvent
+from discord import Embed, Message, RawMessageUpdateEvent, TextChannel
 from discord.ext.commands import Bot, Cog, Context, command, group
 
 from bot.constants import Channels, DEBUG_MODE, Guild, MODERATION_ROLES, Roles, URLs
@@ -71,9 +71,12 @@ class Bot(Cog):
 
     @command(name='echo', aliases=('print',))
     @with_role(*MODERATION_ROLES)
-    async def echo_command(self, ctx: Context, *, text: str) -> None:
-        """Send the input verbatim to the current channel."""
-        await ctx.send(text)
+    async def echo_command(self, ctx: Context, channel: Optional[TextChannel], *, text: str) -> None:
+        """Repeat the given message in either a specified channel or the current channel."""
+        if channel is None:
+            await ctx.send(text)
+        else:
+            await channel.send(text)
 
     @command(name='embed')
     @with_role(*MODERATION_ROLES)