Clyde is a modern, type-hinted Python library for seamless interaction with the Discord Webhook API.
It's lightweight, developer-friendly, and supports advanced features like Components and Embeds.
- Fully type-hinted for an excellent developer experience
- Input validation powered by Pydantic
- Support for all Webhook-compatible Components
- Granular customization of rich Embeds
- Helpers for Discord-flavored markdown, including timestamps
- Compatible with both synchronous and asynchronous HTTP requests
Important
Clyde requires Python 3.13 or later.
Install with uv (recommended):
uv add discord-clyde
Alternatively, install with pip:
pip install discord-clyde
Tip
Take the examples below and copy/paste them into your project to get started in seconds.
Send a standard Message
from clyde import Webhook
relay: Webhook = Webhook(url="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/00000/XXXXXXXXXX")
relay.set_avatar_url("https://i.imgur.com/RzkhQgZ.png")
relay.set_username("Heisenberg")
relay.set_content("[Clyde](https://github.com/EthanC/Clyde) says hi!")
relay.execute()
Send a Message with Components
from clyde import Webhook
from clyde.components import ActionRow, LinkButton, TextDisplay
relay: Webhook = Webhook(url="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/00000/XXXXXXXXXX")
relay.set_avatar_url("https://i.imgur.com/BpcKmVO.png")
relay.set_username("TARS")
greeting: TextDisplay = TextDisplay(content="[Clyde](https://github.com/EthanC/Clyde) says hi!")
actions: ActionRow = ActionRow()
repository: LinkButton = LinkButton()
repository.set_label("Try Clyde")
repository.set_url("https://github.com/EthanC/Clyde")
actions.add_component(repository)
relay.add_component(greeting)
relay.add_component(actions)
relay.execute()
Send a Message with an Embed
from clyde import Embed, Webhook
relay: Webhook = Webhook(url="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/00000/XXXXXXXXXX")
relay.set_avatar_url("https://i.imgur.com/QaTHttz.png")
relay.set_username("Shady")
rich: Embed = Embed()
rich.set_description("[Clyde](https://github.com/EthanC/Clyde) says hi!")
rich.set_color("#5865F2")
relay.add_embed(rich)
relay.execute()
Clyde loosely follows Semantic Versioning for consistent, predictable releases.
Contributions are welcome—whether it’s fixing bugs or adding new features.
- See
CONTRIBUTING.md
for guidelines. - See Issues for known bugs and feature requests.
The Clyde character and Discord brand assets are owned by Discord.
This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Discord in any way.