Struct twilight_util::builder::embed::EmbedBuilder

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pub struct EmbedBuilder(_);

Available on crate feature builder only.

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Create an Embed with a builder.

Examples

Build a simple embed:

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedBuilder, EmbedFieldBuilder};

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .description("Here's a list of reasons why Twilight is the best pony:")
    .field(EmbedFieldBuilder::new("Wings", "She has wings.").inline())
    .field(EmbedFieldBuilder::new("Horn", "She can do magic, and she's really good at it.").inline())
    .validate()?
    .build();

Build an embed with an image:

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedBuilder, ImageSource};

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .description("Here's a cool image of Twilight Sparkle")
    .image(ImageSource::attachment("bestpony.png")?)
    .validate()?
    .build();

Implementations

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impl EmbedBuilder

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pub fn new() -> Self

Create a new embed builder.

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pub fn build(self) -> Embed

Build this into an embed.

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pub fn validate(self) -> Result<Self, EmbedValidationError>

Ensure the embed is valid.

Errors

Refer to the documentation of twilight_validate::embed::embed for possible errors.

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pub fn author(self, author: impl Into<EmbedAuthor>) -> Self

Set the author.

Examples

Create an embed author:

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedAuthorBuilder, EmbedBuilder};

let author = EmbedAuthorBuilder::new("Twilight".into())
    .url("https://github.com/twilight-rs/twilight")
    .build();

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new().author(author).validate()?.build();

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pub const fn color(self, color: u32) -> Self

Set the color.

This must be a valid hexadecimal RGB value. 0x000000 is not an acceptable value as it would be thrown out by Discord. Refer to COLOR_MAXIMUM for the maximum acceptable value.

Examples

Set the color of an embed to 0xfd69b3:

use twilight_util::builder::embed::EmbedBuilder;

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .color(0xfd_69_b3)
    .description("a description")
    .validate()?
    .build();

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pub fn description(self, description: impl Into<String>) -> Self

Set the description.

Refer to DESCRIPTION_LENGTH for the maximum number of UTF-16 code points that can be in a description.

Examples

use twilight_util::builder::embed::EmbedBuilder;

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .description("this is an embed")
    .validate()?
    .build();

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pub fn field(self, field: impl Into<EmbedField>) -> Self

Add a field to the embed.

Examples

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedBuilder, EmbedFieldBuilder};

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .description("this is an embed")
    .field(EmbedFieldBuilder::new("a field", "and its value"))
    .validate()?
    .build();

Set the footer of the embed.

Examples

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedBuilder, EmbedFooterBuilder};

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .description("this is an embed")
    .footer(EmbedFooterBuilder::new("a footer"))
    .validate()?
    .build();

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pub fn image(self, image_source: ImageSource) -> Self

Set the image.

Examples

Set the image source to a URL:

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedBuilder, EmbedFooterBuilder, ImageSource};

let source = ImageSource::url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twilight-rs/twilight/main/logo.png")?;
let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .footer(EmbedFooterBuilder::new("twilight"))
    .image(source)
    .validate()?
    .build();

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pub fn thumbnail(self, image_source: ImageSource) -> Self

Add a thumbnail.

Examples

Set the thumbnail to an image attachment with the filename "twilight.png":

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedBuilder, ImageSource};

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .description("a picture of twilight")
    .thumbnail(ImageSource::attachment("twilight.png")?)
    .validate()?
    .build();

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pub const fn timestamp(self, timestamp: Timestamp) -> Self

Set the ISO 8601 timestamp.

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pub fn title(self, title: impl Into<String>) -> Self

Set the title.

Refer to TITLE_LENGTH for the maximum number of UTF-16 code points that can be in a title.

Examples

Set the title to “twilight”:

use twilight_util::builder::embed::EmbedBuilder;

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .title("twilight")
    .url("https://github.com/twilight-rs/twilight")
    .validate()?
    .build();

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pub fn url(self, url: impl Into<String>) -> Self

Set the URL.

Examples

Set the URL to twilight’s repository:

use twilight_util::builder::embed::{EmbedBuilder, EmbedFooterBuilder};

let embed = EmbedBuilder::new()
    .description("twilight's repository")
    .url("https://github.com/twilight-rs/twilight")
    .validate()?
    .build();