testing colored diffs in message edits (like github!)

app.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from pytz import timezone # for times
 import asyncio # check if used
 import logging
 import urllib.parse
+from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 
 
 from discord.ui import Button, View
@@ -61,6 +62,18 @@ def extract_tenor_gif_url(content):
 
 
 
+def highlight_diff(before: str, after: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    matcher = SequenceMatcher(None, before, after)
+    for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in matcher.get_opcodes():
+        if tag != "equal":
+            # Bold the changed segments
+            before_highlighted = before[:i1] + "**" + before[i1:i2] + "**" + before[i2:]
+            after_highlighted = after[:j1] + "**" + after[j1:j2] + "**" + after[j2:]
+            return before_highlighted, after_highlighted
+    return before, after
+
+
+
 @bot.event
 async def on_message(message):
     try:  
@@ -219,7 +232,12 @@ async def on_message_edit(before, after):
             embed = Embed(color=Color.orange())
             embed.set_author(name=f"{before.author}    ID: {before.author.id}", icon_url=before.author.avatar.url if before.author.avatar else bot.user.avatar.url)
             embed.title = "Message Edited"
-            embed.description = f"**Before:** {before.content or '*(empty message)*'}\n**After:** {after.content or '*(empty message)*'}"
+            #embed.description = f"**Before:** {before.content or '*(empty message)*'}\n**After:** {after.content or '*(empty message)*'}"
+
+            # testing
+            highlighted_before, highlighted_after = highlight_diff(before.content or "", after.content or "")
+            embed.description = f"**Before:** {highlighted_before or '*(empty message)*'}\n**After:** {highlighted_after or '*(empty message)*'}"
+
             embed.add_field(name="Author Username", value=before.author.name, inline=True)
             embed.add_field(name="Channel", value=before.channel.mention, inline=True)
             #embed.add_field(name="Message Created On", value=before.created_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC"), inline=True)