Add tostring extension for embeds

src/Discord.Net.Rest/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs

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+using Discord.Net.Converters;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace Discord.Rest
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Responsible for formatting certain entities as json string, to reuse later on.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class StringExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets a Json formatted <see langword="string"/> from an <see cref="EmbedBuilder"/> to reuse.
+        ///     See <see cref="EmbedBuilder.TryParse(string, out EmbedBuilder)"/> to parse Json back into embeds.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="builder">The builder to format as Json <see langword="string"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="formatting">The formatting in which the Json will be returned.</param>
+        /// <returns>A Json <see langword="string"/> containing the data from the <paramref name="builder"/>.</returns>
+        public static string ToJsonString(this EmbedBuilder builder, Formatting formatting = Formatting.Indented)
+            => ToJsonString(builder.Build(), formatting);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets a Json formatted <see langword="string"/> from an <see cref="Embed"/> to reuse.
+        ///     See <see cref="EmbedBuilder.TryParse(string, out EmbedBuilder)"/> to parse Json back into embed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="embed">The embed to format as Json <see langword="string"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="formatting">The formatting in which the Json will be returned.</param>
+        /// <returns>A Json <see langword="string"/> containing the data from the <paramref name="builder"/>.</returns>
+        public static string ToJsonString(this Embed embed, Formatting formatting = Formatting.Indented)
+            => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(embed.ToModel(), formatting, new EmbedTypeConverter());
+    }
+}