feat: deprecate VoiceRegion enum in favour of dynamic voice regions

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 
 - Added `Member.vr_status` property.
   ([#3328](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3328))
+- Added `Guild.fetch_voice_regions()` method to retrieve the currently available voice
+  regions for the guild.
+  ([#3347](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3347))
 
 ### Changed
 
+- The `rtc_region` parameters of channel creation and edit methods now also accept a
+  region ID `str` in addition to a `VoiceRegion` member.
+  ([#3347](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3347))
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix `TypeError` when accessing `ApplicationCommand.guild_only` or
@@ -27,6 +34,10 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+- Deprecated the `VoiceRegion` enum in favor of the region ID `str` or
+  `Guild.fetch_voice_regions()`.
+  ([#3347](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3347))
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [2.8.1] - 2026-07-25

discord/channel.py

@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ async def edit(
         sync_permissions: int = ...,
         category: CategoryChannel | None = ...,
         overwrites: Mapping[Role | Member, PermissionOverwrite] = ...,
-        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | None = ...,
+        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | str | None = ...,
         video_quality_mode: VideoQualityMode = ...,
         slowmode_delay: int = ...,
         nsfw: bool = ...,
@@ -2135,10 +2135,15 @@ async def edit(self, *, reason=None, **options):
             The reason for editing this channel. Shows up on the audit log.
         overwrites: Dict[Union[:class:`Role`, :class:`Member`, :class:`~discord.abc.Snowflake`], :class:`PermissionOverwrite`]
             The overwrites to apply to channel permissions. Useful for creating secret channels.
-        rtc_region: Optional[:class:`VoiceRegion`]
-            The new region for the voice channel's voice communication.
+        rtc_region: Optional[Union[:class:`str`, :class:`VoiceRegion`]]
+            The new region ID for the voice channel's voice communication.
             A value of ``None`` indicates automatic voice region detection.
 
+            .. versionchanged:: 2.9
+
+                A :class:`VoiceRegion` member is still accepted, but it is
+                deprecated in favor of the region ID :class:`str`.
+
             .. versionadded:: 1.7
         video_quality_mode: :class:`VideoQualityMode`
             The camera video quality for the voice channel's participants.
@@ -2778,7 +2783,7 @@ async def edit(
         sync_permissions: int = ...,
         category: CategoryChannel | None = ...,
         overwrites: Mapping[Role | Member, PermissionOverwrite] = ...,
-        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | None = ...,
+        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | str | None = ...,
         video_quality_mode: VideoQualityMode = ...,
         reason: str | None = ...,
     ) -> StageChannel | None: ...
@@ -2816,9 +2821,14 @@ async def edit(self, *, reason=None, **options):
             The reason for editing this channel. Shows up on the audit log.
         overwrites: Dict[Union[:class:`Role`, :class:`Member`, :class:`~discord.abc.Snowflake`], :class:`PermissionOverwrite`]
             The overwrites to apply to channel permissions. Useful for creating secret channels.
-        rtc_region: Optional[:class:`VoiceRegion`]
-            The new region for the stage channel's voice communication.
+        rtc_region: Optional[Union[:class:`str`, :class:`VoiceRegion`]]
+            The new region ID for the stage channel's voice communication.
             A value of ``None`` indicates automatic voice region detection.
+
+            .. versionchanged:: 2.9
+
+                A :class:`VoiceRegion` member is still accepted, but it is
+                deprecated in favor of the region ID :class:`str`.
         video_quality_mode: :class:`VideoQualityMode`
             The camera video quality for the stage channel's participants.
 

discord/enums.py

@@ -27,9 +27,23 @@
 
 import types
 from collections import namedtuple
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, TypeVar, Union
 
+from .utils import warn_deprecated
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing_extensions import deprecated
+else:
+
+    def deprecated(message: str) -> Callable[[T], T]:
+        def decorator(value: T) -> T:
+            return value
+
+        return decorator
+
+
 __all__ = (
     "Enum",
     "ChannelType",
@@ -286,32 +300,64 @@ class MessageType(Enum):
     poll_result = 46
 
 
-class VoiceRegion(Enum):
-    """Voice region"""
+class _VoiceRegionMeta(Enum.__class__):
+    def _warn(self, label: str) -> None:
+        warn_deprecated(
+            label,
+            instead="the region ID string or Guild.fetch_voice_regions()",
+            since="2.9",
+            removed="3.0",
+            stacklevel=4,
+        )
+
+    def __getattribute__(cls, name: str) -> Any:
+        members = super().__getattribute__("_enum_member_map_")
+        if name in members:
+            cls._warn(f"VoiceRegion.{name}")
+        return super().__getattribute__(name)
+
+    def __getitem__(cls, name: str) -> Any:
+        member = super().__getitem__(name)
+        cls._warn(f"VoiceRegion[{name!r}]")
+        return member
+
+    def __call__(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        cls._warn(f"VoiceRegion({', '.join(map(repr, args))})")
+        return super().__call__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __getattr__(cls, name: str) -> Any:
+        if name.startswith("_"):
+            raise AttributeError(name)
+        cls._warn(f"VoiceRegion.{name}")
+        return create_unknown_value(cls, name)
+
+
+@deprecated(
+    "VoiceRegion is deprecated in favour of the region ID str or "
+    "Guild.fetch_voice_regions() since version 2.9, and will be removed in version 3.0."
+)
+class VoiceRegion(Enum, metaclass=_VoiceRegionMeta):
+    """Specifies the region a voice server belongs to.
+
+    .. deprecated:: 2.9
+        The list of voice regions is dynamic, so this enum is deprecated in favor
+        of the region ID :class:`str` or :meth:`Guild.fetch_voice_regions` and
+        will be removed in version 3.0.
+    """
 
-    us_west = "us-west"
-    us_east = "us-east"
-    us_south = "us-south"
-    us_central = "us-central"
-    eu_west = "eu-west"
-    eu_central = "eu-central"
-    singapore = "singapore"
-    london = "london"
-    sydney = "sydney"
-    amsterdam = "amsterdam"
-    frankfurt = "frankfurt"
     brazil = "brazil"
     hongkong = "hongkong"
-    russia = "russia"
+    india = "india"
     japan = "japan"
-    southafrica = "southafrica"
+    rotterdam = "rotterdam"
+    singapore = "singapore"
     south_korea = "south-korea"
-    india = "india"
-    europe = "europe"
-    dubai = "dubai"
-    vip_us_east = "vip-us-east"
-    vip_us_west = "vip-us-west"
-    vip_amsterdam = "vip-amsterdam"
+    southafrica = "southafrica"
+    sydney = "sydney"
+    us_central = "us-central"
+    us_east = "us-east"
+    us_south = "us-south"
+    us_west = "us-west"
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.value

discord/guild.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import datetime
 import unicodedata
 from collections.abc import Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -147,6 +148,21 @@ class _GuildLimit(NamedTuple):
     filesize: int
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class VoiceServerRegion:
+    """Represents a voice region a guild can use for voice channels.
+
+    This is returned by :meth:`Guild.fetch_voice_regions`.
+    """
+
+    id: str
+    name: str
+    vip: bool
+    optimal: bool
+    deprecated: bool
+    custom: bool
+
+
 class GuildRoleCounts(dict[int, int]):
     """A dictionary subclass that maps role IDs to their member counts.
 
@@ -1602,7 +1618,7 @@ async def create_voice_channel(
         position: int = MISSING,
         bitrate: int = MISSING,
         user_limit: int = MISSING,
-        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | None = MISSING,
+        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | str | None = MISSING,
         video_quality_mode: VideoQualityMode = MISSING,
         overwrites: dict[Role | Member, PermissionOverwrite] = MISSING,
         slowmode_delay: int = MISSING,
@@ -1629,10 +1645,15 @@ async def create_voice_channel(
             The channel's preferred audio bitrate in bits per second.
         user_limit: :class:`int`
             The channel's limit for number of members that can be in a voice channel.
-        rtc_region: Optional[:class:`VoiceRegion`]
-            The region for the voice channel's voice communication.
+        rtc_region: Optional[Union[:class:`str`, :class:`VoiceRegion`]]
+            The region ID for the voice channel's voice communication.
             A value of ``None`` indicates automatic voice region detection.
 
+            .. versionchanged:: 2.9
+
+                A :class:`VoiceRegion` member is still accepted, but it is
+                deprecated in favor of the region ID :class:`str`.
+
             .. versionadded:: 1.7
         video_quality_mode: :class:`VideoQualityMode`
             The camera video quality for the voice channel's participants.
@@ -1713,7 +1734,7 @@ async def create_stage_channel(
         reason: str | None = None,
         bitrate: int = MISSING,
         user_limit: int = MISSING,
-        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | None = MISSING,
+        rtc_region: VoiceRegion | str | None = MISSING,
         video_quality_mode: VideoQualityMode = MISSING,
         slowmode_delay: int = MISSING,
         nsfw: bool = MISSING,
@@ -1752,10 +1773,15 @@ async def create_stage_channel(
 
             .. versionadded:: 2.7
 
-        rtc_region: Optional[:class:`VoiceRegion`]
-            The region for the voice channel's voice communication.
+        rtc_region: Optional[Union[:class:`str`, :class:`VoiceRegion`]]
+            The region ID for the voice channel's voice communication.
             A value of ``None`` indicates automatic voice region detection.
 
+            .. versionchanged:: 2.9
+
+                A :class:`VoiceRegion` member is still accepted, but it is
+                deprecated in favor of the region ID :class:`str`.
+
             .. versionadded:: 2.7
 
         video_quality_mode: :class:`VideoQualityMode`
@@ -3786,6 +3812,42 @@ async def vanity_invite(self) -> Invite | None:
         payload["uses"] = payload.get("uses", 0)
         return Invite(state=self._state, data=payload, guild=self, channel=channel)
 
+    async def fetch_voice_regions(self) -> list[VoiceServerRegion]:
+        """|coro|
+
+        Retrieves the voice regions that the guild has access to.
+
+        The list of voice regions is dynamic, so this method is the
+        recommended way to get the currently available regions.
+        .. versionadded:: 2.9
+
+        Each :class:`~discord.guild.VoiceServerRegion` has the following attributes:
+
+        :attr:`~discord.types.voice.VoiceRegion.id`
+            The region ID, e.g. ``"us-west"``. Use this as the
+            :attr:`~discord.VoiceChannel.rtc_region` of a voice channel.
+        :attr:`~discord.types.voice.VoiceRegion.name`
+            The region's display name, e.g. ``"US West"``.
+        :attr:`~discord.types.voice.VoiceRegion.optimal`
+            Whether the region is optimal for the guild's members.
+        :attr:`~discord.types.voice.VoiceRegion.deprecated`
+            Whether the region is deprecated.
+        :attr:`~discord.types.voice.VoiceRegion.custom`
+            Whether the region is a custom region.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        List[:class:`~discord.guild.VoiceServerRegion`]
+            The list of voice regions the guild has access to.
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+        HTTPException
+            Retrieving the voice regions failed.
+        """
+        regions = await self._state.http.get_guild_voice_regions(self.id)
+        return [VoiceServerRegion(**region) for region in regions]
+
     # TODO: use MISSING when async iterators get refactored
     def audit_logs(
         self,

discord/http.py

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     )
     from .types.snowflake import Snowflake, SnowflakeList
     from .types.soundboard import SoundboardSound as SoundboardSoundPayload
+    from .types.voice import VoiceRegion as VoiceRegionPayload
 
     T = TypeVar("T")
     BE = TypeVar("BE", bound=BaseException)
@@ -1043,6 +1044,17 @@ def guild_voice_state(
 
         return self.request(r, json=payload, reason=reason)
 
+    def get_guild_voice_regions(
+        self,
+        guild_id: Snowflake,
+    ) -> Response[list[VoiceRegionPayload]]:
+        return self.request(
+            Route("GET", "/guilds/{guild_id}/regions", guild_id=guild_id)
+        )
+
+    def get_voice_regions(self) -> Response[list[VoiceRegionPayload]]:
+        return self.request(Route("GET", "/voice/regions"))
+
     def edit_profile(self, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> Response[user.User]:
         return self.request(Route("PATCH", "/users/@me"), json=payload)