Add clean_text_or_reply util.

botcore/utils/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Useful utilities and tools for Discord bot development."""
 
-from botcore.utils import _monkey_patches, caching, channel, interactions, logging, members, regex, scheduling
+from botcore.utils import _monkey_patches, caching, channel, commands, interactions, logging, members, regex, scheduling
 from botcore.utils._extensions import unqualify
 
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def apply_monkey_patches() -> None:
     apply_monkey_patches,
     caching,
     channel,
+    commands,
     interactions,
     logging,
     members,

botcore/utils/commands.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from discord import Message
+from discord.ext.commands import BadArgument, Context, clean_content
+
+
+async def clean_text_or_reply(ctx: Context, text: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+    """
+    Cleans a text argument or replied message's content.
+
+    Args:
+        ctx: The command's context
+        text: The provided text argument of the command (if given)
+
+    Raises:
+        :exc:`discord.ext.commands.BadArgument`
+            `text` wasn't provided and there's no reply message / reply message content.
+
+    Returns:
+         The cleaned version of `text`, if given, else replied message.
+    """
+    clean_content_converter = clean_content(fix_channel_mentions=True)
+
+    if text:
+        return await clean_content_converter.convert(ctx, text)
+
+    if (
+        (replied_message := getattr(ctx.message.reference, "resolved", None))  # message has a cached reference
+        and isinstance(replied_message, Message)  # referenced message hasn't been deleted
+    ):
+        if not (content := ctx.message.reference.resolved.content):
+            # The referenced message doesn't have a content (e.g. embed/image), so raise error
+            raise BadArgument("The referenced message doesn't have a text content.")
+
+        return await clean_content_converter.convert(ctx, content)
+
+    # No text provided, and either no message was referenced or we can't access the content
+    raise BadArgument("Couldn't find text to clean. Provide a string or reply to a message to use its content.")

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+- :feature:`101` Add a utility to clean a string or referenced message's content
+
+
 - :release:`7.4.0 <17th July 2022>`
 - :feature:`106` Add an optional ``message`` attr to :obj:`botcore.utils.interactions.ViewWithUserAndRoleCheck`. On view timeout, this message has its view removed if set.