Slash commands in cogs - Pycord

jokes.py

from discord.ext import commands
import discord
from . import api
from typing import Optional
from discord.app import Option

slash_categories = {
    ...
}

category_aliases = {
    ...
}


class Jokes(commands.Cog):  # May be renamed to Fun or Random
    def __init__(self, bot):
        self.bot = bot
        self.bot.application_command(name="joke", cls=discord.SlashCommand)(self.joke_slash)

    @commands.command(name="joke")
    async def joke_cmd(self, ctx: commands.Context, category: Optional[str] = "any"):
        category = category.lower()
        category = category_aliases.get(category) or category
        response = await api.get_joke(category)
        joke_type = response.get("type")
        if joke_type == "single":
            content = response.get("joke")
        elif joke_type == "twopart":
            content = f"{response.get('setup')}\n\n{response.get('delivery')}"
        else:
            raise Exception("unknown joke type")
        await ctx.send(embed=discord.Embed(description=content))

    async def joke_slash(self, ctx: commands.Context, category: Option(str, "Category",
                                                                       choices=["Dark", "Programming", "Dad Joke",
                                                                                "Spooky", "Christmas"],
                                                                       required=False)):
        await self.joke_cmd(ctx, slash_categories.get(category, "any"))


def setup(bot):
    bot.add_cog(Jokes(bot))