How can I make Discord bots display the "Bot is typing ..." status?

Question

So if I have a long command like this:

@bot.command(pass_context=True)
async def longCommand(ctx):
   #typing status
   sleep(10)
   bot.say("Done!")

Didn't find anything in the documentation or here, unfortunately.

Answer 1

EDIT: Newer versions of discord require you to use the new syntax:

@bot.command()
async def mycommand(ctx):
    async with ctx.typing():
        # do expensive stuff here
        await asyncio.sleep(10)
    await ctx.send('done!')

Older versios used this:

@bot.command(pass_context=True)
async def longCommand(ctx):
   await bot.send_typing(ctx.channel)
   await asyncio.sleep(10)
   await bot.say("Done!")

Remember to use await on every asynchronous call to coroutines.

Answer 2

If you use the rewrite branch, then all Messageables have a typing context manager that allows you to type indefinitely, and a trigger_typing coroutine that displays the typing message for a few seconds.

@bot.command()
async def longCommand(ctx):
   async with ctx.typing():
        await sleep(10)
   await ctx.send("Done!")

Answer 3

@bot.command()
async def type(ctx):
    await ctx.channel.trigger_typing()
    await asyncio.sleep(5)
    await ctx.send("Done!")

This worked for me! Im using Discord.py (not rewrite)