Add Discord's new "display name" to the user object #1060
Labels
2.6
The issue/PR should go for the 2.6 release
p: high
Priority: high - should be worked on as soon as reasonable
t: api coverage
Type: api coverage - this adds code to cover the discord API
Milestone
Summary
Discord added the "display name" to the user profile a few weeks ago, nextcord doesn't support it yet.
What is the feature request for?
The core library
The Problem
Discord added the field "Display Name" to the user profile a few weeks ago, which is internally known as "global_name" (source).
As the username change rolls out to normal users now, it happens more and more often that a user will see their user-tag instead of their display name in bot responses.
The Ideal Solution
Add the field "global_name" or reuse the field "display_name" in the User object.
The Current Solution
No response
Additional Context
I haven't seen any pull request or issue yet, eventhough that change of discord is already known for a "longer" time now.
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