Pincer Discord Bot Template (Python)

WARNING: Pincer is still in its alpha/planning stage, therefore it is not 100% stable. Create a bot with Pincer at your own risk.

This repository is a template for a Discord bot using the Pincer library in Python, which is meant to interact with the Discord API similar to libraries like nextcord.py, discord.py and disnake.

What is Pincer?

Pincer is a new Discord.py-like library for creating Discord bots in Python. It is very new, and in its alpha stage, but I believe that it is very promising and could be the future of Python Discord bots. From the Pincer GitHub Repository, it says that it is a "snappy, asynchronous Discord API wrapper written with aiohttp". From the Pincer PyPi Page, it says that it is a "Discord API wrapper rebuild from scratch".

How do I set a Discord bot up?

• Step 1: Create a Discord bot application at the Discord Developer Portal by pressing New Application, and naming it.
• Step 2: Go to the Bot section, and build your bot.
• Step 3: Under the token section, you can reveal your token if you'd like, but press copy. Make sure to enable all privileged gateway intents which include presence, server members, and message content intents.
• Step 4: To invite your bot to your testing server, head to OAuth2 -> URL Generator. Select bot in the second column, and applications.commands in the third column. Now copy your link, paste it into a new tab and invite the bot to the guild you want to test it in.
• Step 5: Create a .env file in the root of your cloned version of the GitHub repository. Inside of it, put TOKEN=yourtoken, as shown in the .env.example file.
• Step 6: Enter your terminal (in VSCode or PyCharm you can enter the terminal with Ctrl+`), and type python -m src.__main__. You have successfully setup and ran your first bot! Now you can create any commands you want, and add all of your own functionality.

Extra Links

• Pincer Docs
• Pincer Discord Server