From dd4cd0eeb176ab09dffcb620e432675319de989c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael H <Sinbad@michaelhall.tech>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 02:16:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] provide an extra method for helping wor with embed_requested
 (#1558)

---
 redbot/core/context.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/redbot/core/context.py b/redbot/core/context.py
index 10aae2e6e..83b35ec37 100644
--- a/redbot/core/context.py
+++ b/redbot/core/context.py
@@ -137,3 +137,32 @@ class RedContext(commands.Context):
         return await self.bot.embed_requested(
             self.channel, self.author, command=self.command
         )
+
+    async def maybe_send_embed(self, message: str) -> discord.Message:
+        """
+        Simple helper to send a simple message to context
+        without manually checking ctx.embed_requested
+        This should only be used for simple messages.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        message: `str`
+            The string to send
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        discord.Message:
+            the message which was sent
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+        discord.Forbidden
+            see `discord.abc.Messageable.send`
+        discord.HTTPException
+            see `discord.abc.Messageable.send`
+        """
+
+        if await self.embed_requested():
+            return await self.send(embed=discord.Embed(description=message))
+        else:
+            return await self.send(message)