NowPlayingDiscordPlugin.py

import discord
import logging
import asyncio
import os
import platform

#constants
nowPlayingFilePath = r"filepath"

#logging stuff
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

logger = logging.getLogger('discord')
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
handler = logging.FileHandler(filename='discord.log', encoding='utf-8', mode='w')
handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s: %(message)s'))
logger.addHandler(handler)

#discord client
client = discord.Client()

def readFromFile(path_to_file):
	with open (path_to_file, "r") as myfile:
		data = myfile.read()
		print('read data from file: ' + data)
		return data

#fetching the date a file was last modified in nanoseconds
def modification_date(path_to_file): #source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/237079/how-to-get-file-creation-modification-date-times-in-python
	"""
	Try to get the date that a file was last modified, falling back to when it was created if that isn't possible.
	See http://stackoverflow.com/a/39501288/1709587 for explanation. <-- ?¿?
	"""
	if platform.system() == 'Windows':
		return os.path.getmtime(path_to_file)
	else:
		stat = os.stat(path_to_file)
		try:
			return stat.st_mtime
		except AttributeError:
			# We're probably on Linux. This should probably never be run and if it is, it is almost guaranteed to throw some exception
			return stat.st_birthtime

#checking for file change, if so, update the play text
async def my_background_task():
	await client.wait_until_ready()
	timeLastModified = 0
	actualTimeLastModified = 0
	nowPlayingMessage = ""
	channel = discord.Object(id='memesnspam')
	while not client.is_closed:
		actualTimeLastModified = modification_date(nowPlayingFilePath)
		if timeLastModified != actualTimeLastModified:
			timeLastModified = actualTimeLastModified
			nowPlayingMessage = 'hello' #readFromFile(nowPlayingFilePath)
			await client.change_presence(game=discord.Game(name=nowPlayingMessage))
		await asyncio.sleep(5) # task runs every 5 seconds

@client.event
async def on_ready():
	print('Logged in as')
	print(client.user.name)
	print(client.user.id)
	print('------')

client.loop.create_task(my_background_task())
client.run('token')