Synchronized Discord bot in Python 3.

sync_discord_bot.py

from discord import Client, CategoryChannel
import discord.utils
from time import sleep
import threading
import asyncio
import os

class Bot(Client):
    guild = None
    guild_id = os.getenv("DISCORD_GUILD_ID", None)
    TOKEN = os.getenv("DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN", None)

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
        loop.create_task(self.start(self.TOKEN))
        thread = threading.Thread(target=loop.run_forever)
        thread.daemon = True
        thread.start()
        while not self.is_ready():
            sleep(0.1)

    def run_async(self, function):
        self.loop.create_task(function)

    def set_guild(self):
        self.guild = self.get_guild(self.guild_id)
        return bool(self.guild)

    def normalize_channel_name(self, string):
        return string.replace(" ","-").lower()

    def normalize_category_name(self, string):
        return string.replace(" ", "").lower()

    def get_category(self, category_name):
        return discord.utils.get(self.guild.categories, name=category_name)

    def get_channel(self, channel_name, category):
        return discord.utils.get(category.channels, name=channel_name)

    def create_channel(self, channel_name, category_name):
        category = self.get_category(category_name)
        if not self.get_channel(channel_name, category):
            self.run_async(self.guild.create_text_channel(channel_name, category=category))

    def delete_channel(self, channel_name, category_name):
        category = self.get_category(category_name)
        channel = self.get_channel(channel_name, category)
        if channel:
            self.run_async(channel.delete())

    def send_message(self, message, channel_name, category_name):
        category = self.get_category(category_name)
        channel = self.get_channel(channel_name, category)
        self.run_async(channel.send(message))
        
        
bot = Bot()
bot.send_message("this is a synchronized message without the need of an async method", "channel", "category")