Disable guild join (#597)

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ v4.1.0
   information.
 - Fixed SQL log removal through the GUI.
 - Fixed CSV and JSON reading through remote.
+- Disabled the :ref:`Automatic guild discovery and join` features due to the search provider shutting down its
+  services. It will be reenabled in a future version.
+
 
-
 v4.0.5
 =====================
 - Fixed exe build.

docs/source/guide/core/web.rst

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ If you restart DAF, it will not re-login, but will just load the data from the s
 
 Automatic guild discovery and join
 ======================================
+
+.. error::
+
+    This feature is currently **disabled** due to the search provider going down its
+    services. It will be reenabled in a future version.
+
 The web layer beside login with username and password, also allows (semi) automatic guild discovery and join.
 
 To use this feature, users need to create an :class:`~daf.guild.AutoGUILD` instance, where they pass the ``auto_join``

src/daf/guild/autoguild.py

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ class AutoGUILD:
     auto_join: Optional[web.GuildDISCOVERY] = None
         .. versionadded:: v2.5
 
+        .. warning::
+            This is temporarily disabled until a new guild provider is found.
+            It will be reenabled in a future version.
+
         Optional :class:`~daf.web.GuildDISCOVERY` object which will automatically discover
         and join guilds though the browser.
         This will open a Google Chrome session.
@@ -155,6 +159,14 @@ def __init__(
         self._remove_after = remove_after
         self._messages: List[MessageDuplicator] = []
         self.logging = logging
+
+        if auto_join is not None:  # TODO: remove in future after feature is reenabled.
+            auto_join = None
+            trace(
+                "Automatic join feature is currently disabled and will not work. It will be reenabled in a future version.",
+                TraceLEVELS.WARNING
+            )
+
         self.auto_join = auto_join
         self.parent = None
         self.guild_query_iter = None

src/daf/web.py

@@ -728,6 +728,10 @@ def __init__(self, id: int, name: str, url: str) -> None:
 @doc.doc_category("Web")
 class GuildDISCOVERY:
     """
+    .. warning::
+
+        This is temporarily disabled (since v4.1) until a new guild provider is found.
+
     Client used for searching servers.
     To be used with :class:`daf.guild.AutoGUILD`.
 

src/daf_gui/tod_extensions/loader.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def register_extensions():
 def register_deprecations():
     register_deprecated(daf.AutoGUILD, "include_pattern", str)
     register_deprecated(daf.AutoGUILD, "exclude_pattern")
+    register_deprecated(daf.AutoGUILD, "auto_join")
 
     register_deprecated(daf.AutoCHANNEL, "include_pattern", str)
     register_deprecated(daf.AutoCHANNEL, "exclude_pattern")