Allow creating announcement channels (#2837)

src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Channels/TextChannelProperties.cs

@@ -59,5 +59,9 @@ namespace Discord
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown if the value does not fall within [0, 21600].</exception>
         public Optional<int> DefaultSlowModeInterval { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the type of the channel. Only applicable for <see cref="ChannelType.Text"/> or <see cref="ChannelType.News"/> channels.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Optional<ChannelType> ChannelType { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Discord.Net.Core/Entities/Guilds/IGuild.cs

@@ -800,6 +800,21 @@ namespace Discord
         ///     text channel.
         /// </returns>
         Task<ITextChannel> CreateTextChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func = null, RequestOptions options = null);
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Creates a new announcement channel in this guild.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     Announcement channels are only available in Community guilds.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <param name="name">The new name for the announcement channel.</param>
+        /// <param name="func">The delegate containing the properties to be applied to the channel upon its creation.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The options to be used when sending the request.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///     A task that represents the asynchronous creation operation. The task result contains the newly created
+        ///     announcement channel.
+        /// </returns>
+        Task<INewsChannel> CreateNewsChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func = null, RequestOptions options = null);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Creates a new voice channel in this guild.
         /// </summary>

src/Discord.Net.Rest/API/Rest/ModifyTextChannelParams.cs

@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@ namespace Discord.API.Rest
 
         [JsonProperty("default_thread_rate_limit_per_user")]
         public Optional<int> DefaultSlowModeInterval { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonProperty("type")]
+        public Optional<ChannelType> Type { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Channels/ChannelHelper.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
             func(args);
             var apiArgs = new API.Rest.ModifyTextChannelParams
             {
+                Type = args.ChannelType,
                 Name = args.Name,
                 Position = args.Position,
                 CategoryId = args.CategoryId,

src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Guilds/GuildHelper.cs

@@ -280,6 +280,39 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
             var model = await client.ApiClient.CreateGuildChannelAsync(guild.Id, args, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return RestTextChannel.Create(client, guild, model);
         }
+
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="name"/> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
+        public static async Task<RestNewsChannel> CreateNewsChannelAsync(IGuild guild, BaseDiscordClient client,
+            string name, RequestOptions options, Action<TextChannelProperties> func = null)
+        {
+            if (name == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(paramName: nameof(name));
+
+            var props = new TextChannelProperties();
+            func?.Invoke(props);
+
+            var args = new CreateGuildChannelParams(name, ChannelType.News)
+            {
+                CategoryId = props.CategoryId,
+                Topic = props.Topic,
+                IsNsfw = props.IsNsfw,
+                Position = props.Position,
+                SlowModeInterval = props.SlowModeInterval,
+                Overwrites = props.PermissionOverwrites.IsSpecified
+                    ? props.PermissionOverwrites.Value.Select(overwrite => new API.Overwrite
+                    {
+                        TargetId = overwrite.TargetId,
+                        TargetType = overwrite.TargetType,
+                        Allow = overwrite.Permissions.AllowValue.ToString(),
+                        Deny = overwrite.Permissions.DenyValue.ToString()
+                    }).ToArray()
+                    : Optional.Create<API.Overwrite[]>(),
+                DefaultAutoArchiveDuration = props.AutoArchiveDuration
+            };
+            var model = await client.ApiClient.CreateGuildChannelAsync(guild.Id, args, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return RestNewsChannel.Create(client, guild, model);
+        }
+
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="name"/> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
         public static async Task<RestVoiceChannel> CreateVoiceChannelAsync(IGuild guild, BaseDiscordClient client,
             string name, RequestOptions options, Action<VoiceChannelProperties> func = null)

src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Guilds/RestGuild.cs

@@ -760,6 +760,11 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
         /// </returns>
         public Task<RestTextChannel> CreateTextChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func = null, RequestOptions options = null)
             => GuildHelper.CreateTextChannelAsync(this, Discord, name, options, func);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IGuild.CreateNewsChannelAsync"/>
+        public Task<RestNewsChannel> CreateNewsChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func = null, RequestOptions options = null)
+            => GuildHelper.CreateNewsChannelAsync(this, Discord, name, options, func);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Creates a voice channel with the provided name.
         /// </summary>
@@ -1547,6 +1552,9 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
         async Task<ITextChannel> IGuild.CreateTextChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func, RequestOptions options)
             => await CreateTextChannelAsync(name, func, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
         /// <inheritdoc />
+        async Task<INewsChannel> IGuild.CreateNewsChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func, RequestOptions options)
+            => await CreateNewsChannelAsync(name, func, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        /// <inheritdoc />
         async Task<IVoiceChannel> IGuild.CreateVoiceChannelAsync(string name, Action<VoiceChannelProperties> func, RequestOptions options)
             => await CreateVoiceChannelAsync(name, func, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
         /// <inheritdoc />

src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/Entities/Guilds/SocketGuild.cs

@@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         /// </returns>
         public Task<RestTextChannel> CreateTextChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func = null, RequestOptions options = null)
             => GuildHelper.CreateTextChannelAsync(this, Discord, name, options, func);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IGuild.CreateNewsChannelAsync"/>
+        public Task<RestNewsChannel> CreateNewsChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func = null, RequestOptions options = null)
+            => GuildHelper.CreateNewsChannelAsync(this, Discord, name, options, func);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Creates a new voice channel in this guild.
         /// </summary>
@@ -2132,6 +2137,11 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         /// <inheritdoc />
         async Task<ITextChannel> IGuild.CreateTextChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func, RequestOptions options)
             => await CreateTextChannelAsync(name, func, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        async Task<INewsChannel> IGuild.CreateNewsChannelAsync(string name, Action<TextChannelProperties> func, RequestOptions options)
+            => await CreateNewsChannelAsync(name, func, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         async Task<IVoiceChannel> IGuild.CreateVoiceChannelAsync(string name, Action<VoiceChannelProperties> func, RequestOptions options)
             => await CreateVoiceChannelAsync(name, func, options).ConfigureAwait(false);