discord-bots

[ocean dragon]

maybe I have some synchronized code running or smth, i dont think so tho

[shrewd apex]

!paste

[unkempt canyon]

Pasting large amounts of code

If your code is too long to fit in a codeblock in Discord, you can paste your code here:
https://paste.pythondiscord.com/

After pasting your code, save it by clicking the Paste! button in the bottom left, or by pressing CTRL + S. After doing that, you will be navigated to the new paste's page. Copy the URL and post it here so others can see it.

[hushed galleon]

is the bottom snippet exactly what you're using? if so, you haven't assigned view to the GeneratorView() instance you created inside message.edit()

[shrewd apex]

^^

[ocean dragon]

oh yeah no i just cleaned it up a bit

hold up

    @app_commands.command(name="chat", description="Chat with the bot")
    @app_commands.describe(prompt="The prompt to send to the bot")
    async def chat(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, prompt: str, stream: bool = True) -> None:
        await interaction.response.defer()

        last_edit = config.misc.message_edit_interval
        message = await interaction.original_response()
        async with message.channel.typing():
            payload = self.bot.openai_service.create_chat_completion_payload(prompt=prompt, stream=stream)
            generator = self.bot.openai_service.create_chat_completion(payload=payload)
            view = GeneratorView(bot=self.bot)
            async for content in generator:
                if view.stopped:
                    break
                if time() - last_edit > config.misc.message_edit_interval and len(content) < Utils.MAX_CHARACTERS:
                    await message.edit(content=content, view=view)
                    last_edit = time()

[shrewd apex]

u create the view but u never edited the message with the view here

[ocean dragon]

crap yeah sorry I dont have it added since it didnt work

but i mean when I added it it still doesnt do it so yea

[shrewd apex]

!d discord.Interaction.edit_original_response also u can use this instead of fetching the message and editing again

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Interaction.edit\_original\_response

await edit_original_response(*, content=..., embeds=..., embed=..., attachments=..., view=..., allowed_mentions=None)```
This function is a [*coroutine*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#coroutine).

Edits the original interaction response message.

This is a lower level interface to [`InteractionMessage.edit()`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/interactions/api.html#discord.InteractionMessage.edit) in case you do not want to fetch the message and save an HTTP request.

This method is also the only way to edit the original message if the message sent was ephemeral.

[ocean dragon]

I need the original message for other purposes

[shrewd apex]

like?

[ocean dragon]

I have a thread feature so I need message ids and contents

doesnt really concern this feature tho

[shrewd apex]

are you sure the stop button is actually setting the value to True

might wanna debug that

[ocean dragon]

class GeneratorView(discord.ui.View):
    def __init__(self, bot: MyBot, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.bot: MyBot = bot
        self.stopped: bool = False

    @discord.ui.button(label="Stop", style=discord.ButtonStyle.red)
    async def stop_button(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, button: discord.ui.Button) -> None:
        self.stopped = True
        self.stop()

yeah

[shrewd apex]

nothing wrong with the logic behind breaking out #bot-commands message the error is somewhere else

[shrewd apex]

ur not responding to the interaction here do u not get a interaction failed response?

[ocean dragon]

im responding to it in the slash command

or do I have to respond to a view as well

[shrewd apex]

all interactions need a response

[ocean dragon]

well setting the property doesnt take a long time, why would it matter

since I just check the property elsewhere

[shrewd apex]

in case of components u can defer then indefinitely but for slash commands is compulsory to respond

[shrewd apex]

did u log out the stopped property?

[ocean dragon]

no not yet

[slate swan]

question, I have a bot that reads csv files to read and write information, but I am moving the bot to bigger server with more interactions that could be simultaneous, is it better to convert this to sqlite for performance or does anyone have any alternative recommendations

[hushed galleon]

sqlite would definitely give you better data integrity plus the capabilities of SQL, but see this conversation and the links for more info #databases message
a few messages below links to appropriate uses for sqlite

[slate swan]

thanks, 2 follow up questions:
would I be losing performance for going sqllite instead of Postgres SQL?
what is the purpose of async support, am I just writting the code in a more familiar way with the rapptz asqlite? I mean I use it in discord py but Im self taught so I dont actually understand the purpose of it

[hushed galleon]

for performance, it depends on how much traffic you're expecting to have but sqlite can be quite efficient in low-concurrency workloads

with asyncio, your program's thread needs to run an event loop constantly, but non-async libraries that take too much time to do something prevents your event loop from doing anything else, like responding to commands or keeping the bot's connection to discord alive

sqlite3 in particular will block the event loop if it has to do a performance-intensive query or wait for another connection to release a database lock

[unreal pilot]

why are my discord images not loading in?

https://imgur.com/a/P9hvhcL

for example this ^

i have this little goofy image that i wanna load in, but its not showing up

any imgur gif that ive uploaded thus far is not showing up

[floral flax]

I haven't been keeping up with sqlite for years, but has it ever become more than just an abstraction over simple text files? I don't know, why you'd ever want to use sqlite other than for prototyping or embedded applications. If you want to deploy an actual service, people are actually going to use, don't use sqlite

[floral flax]

You only have that for embedded applications, so I guess what the colleague is saying makes sense

[hushed galleon]

sqlite uses a binary format, is serverless (pro/con), and has all the benefits of SQL and ACID transactions without needing to read/write the entire file as one might do for simplicity

[floral flax]

You're basically describing in-memory dictionaries with simple locking mechanisms

This is like saying a "programming language is turing complete" it doesn't give you much information

[warm copper]

Hi guys, I want to get back working on a discord bot of mine which I stopped developing back when discord.py's developers announced it was ending, but I dont know if I should update my bot to discord.py 2 or nextcord. Can someone advice me which is the best option?

[hushed galleon]

err sqlite isn't in-memory, and SQL isn't a key-value store - if you want that, you'd be looking at tinydb
btw this discussion should continue in #databases

[floral flax]

I didn't say"SQL is a key-value store." I've just pointed out, that your comment doesn't contribute much to the discussion

[hushed galleon]

discord.py i believe still remains as the most popular library for discord bots, so you're more likely to find people that can help you with it

[warm copper]

ty

[vapid parcel]

What does this error mean in discord Dev?

I read the full error too, still didn't really understand?

[fading linden]

a react error lmaoo

[vapid parcel]

it was an issue with discord

its fixed now

[tacit prawn]

You know how you have this for discord.py? I currently know how to add parameters and everything to it, but I have one question. I have a list of string's that I want to make the options for a parameter, if that makes sense. How would I do that? Like paramName: listName ??

[final iron]

fyi application commands don't take ctx as their first parameter, they take interaction and it's an important distinction

!d discord.app_commands.choices You can use this

[unkempt canyon]

discord.app\_commands.choices

@discord.app_commands.choices(**parameters)```
Instructs the given parameters by their name to use the given choices for their choices.

Example...

[tacit prawn]

Thanks!

[slate swan]

@feral timber see how the gif command says Search for a GIF, my command just has "..."

I want to add a description above like the gif command.

[feral timber]

Can you not just inline your description?
https://github.com/vipyrsec/bot/blob/main/src/bot/exts/dragonfly/dragonfly.py#L248

[unkempt canyon]

src/bot/exts/dragonfly/dragonfly.py line 248

@discord.app_commands.command(name="lookup", description="Scans a package")```

[slate swan]

I think they're after descriptions for each parameter, not the command itself

[slate swan]

Yup

[final iron]

!d discord.app_commands.describe

[unkempt canyon]

discord.app\_commands.describe

@discord.app_commands.describe(**parameters)```
Describes the given parameters by their name using the key of the keyword argument as the name.

Example:

```py
@app_commands.command(description='Bans a member')
@app_commands.describe(member='the member to ban')
async def ban(interaction: discord.Interaction, member: discord.Member):
    await interaction.response.send_message(f'Banned {member}')
```  Alternatively, you can describe parameters using Google, Sphinx, or Numpy style docstrings...

[acoustic kernel]

How do I add subcommands with discord interaction?

Like if I want to have /alliance create
/alliance add
/alliance kick

[final iron]

https://gist.github.com/AbstractUmbra/a9c188797ae194e592efe05fa129c57f#file-10-subclassing_group-py

[acoustic kernel]

preitiate it

[sturdy dragon]

just add another argument to the command after Interaction

i.e ```somegroup = app_commands.Group(name="mycommandgroup", description="some commands but grouped")
@somegroup.command(name="ping:, description="ping the bot")
async def ping_slash_command(self, Interaction: discord Interaction, somearg: str):
if somearg == "subcommand"
try:
subcommandstuff
except Exception as e:
print('something broke')
elif somearg == "subcommand2"
try:
somethingelse

just one way to do it

[naive briar]

This isn't so "Discord bots" stuff

[final iron]

What

You should be creating sub commands properly

[shrewd apex]

u can use groupcogs for making subcommands

[true vector]

I have two slash commands both interactive. But one gets registered and I am able to interact with it and the other doesnt, any idea ?

import discord
from discord.ext import commands 
from discord import app_commands
import logging
from colorama import Fore
import random


bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!' , intents= discord.Intents.all())


handler = logging.FileHandler(filename='discordPY.log', encoding='utf-8', mode  = 'w')

@bot.event    
async def on_ready():
    print(f'{bot.user} is ready to rumble!')
    print('Published by Moritz Reiswaffel')
    try:
        synced = await bot.tree.sync()
        print(f'Synced {len(synced)} commands!')
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
    print('------------------------------')    
            
@bot.event            
async def on_message(message):
        print(Fore.YELLOW + f'In server: {message.guild}')
        print(Fore.GREEN + f'Message from {message.author} in channel {message.channel}: {message.content}')
        
@bot.event     
async def on_message_delete(message):
        print(Fore.YELLOW + f'In server: {message.guild}')
        print(Fore.RED + f'Message deleted from {message.author} in channel {message.channel}: {message.content}') 
@bot.event 
async def on_message_update(before, after):
    print(Fore.YELLOW + f'In server: {before.guild}')
    print(Fore.BLUE + f'**{before.author}** edited their message: \n BEFORE: {before.content} --> AFTER: {after.content}')

# Commands

@bot.tree.command(name='get_word')
@app_commands.describe(output = 'Wie soll der Code sein ? ')
async def pwd(interaction: discord.Interaction, output: str): 
    await interaction.response.send_message(f'Ok, **{interaction.user.name}** der Code für die test Rolle ist jetzt: `{output}`')

# Ich will den Output in eine Liste speicher, sodass der Bot später darauf zugreifen kann

    Data = []
    Data.append(output)
    print(Data)


@bot.tree.command(name='test_role')
@app_commands.describe(input = 'Wie lautet der Code ?')
async def eingabe(interaction: discord.Interaction, input: str):
    if input in Data:
        await interaction.response.send_message(f'Ok,**{interaction.user.name}** du hast den richtigen Code eingegeben')
    else:
        await interaction.response.send_message(f'Ok,**{interaction.user.name}** du hast den falschen Code eingegeben')



bot.run('Token would be here' , log_handler=handler)

[sturdy dragon]

what does your on_ready function print for len(synced) commands?

[true vector]

Synced 2 commands!

Seems I took some time idk, just came back after a break and now its there.

[shrewd apex]

prolly just reload discord next time

happened to me previously few times as well

[young dagger]

Is there any way I could make this easier?

    # Create a progress bar using custom emojis
    if progress == 0:
        progress_bar = '![bar_mixed](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1183857960540192778.webp?size=128 "bar_mixed")' + '![bar_grey](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1183855403575033937.webp?size=128 "bar_grey")' * 9
    else:
        filled_bars = int(progress * 10)
        if filled_bars == 0:
            progress_bar = '![bar_mixed](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1183857960540192778.webp?size=128 "bar_mixed")' + '![bar_grey](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1183855403575033937.webp?size=128 "bar_grey")' * 9
        else:
            progress_bar = '![bar_blue](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1183855391906484274.webp?size=128 "bar_blue")' * filled_bars + '![bar_grey](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1183855403575033937.webp?size=128 "bar_grey")' * (10 - filled_bars)

The idea is that the progress bar never should be completely empty

[fading marlin]

What is bar_mixed, bar_grey, and bar_blue?

[hollow gazelle]

print('Hello world!')

[languid sequoia]

Syntax error: “print” undefined!

[true vector]

how can I prevent from being rate limited ?

[fading marlin]

Don't spam API requests...?

[shrewd apex]

and dont use replit if ur using it

[glad cradle]

there's a third answer: destroy discord api and build a well working clone, your app, your choice

[rapid knoll]

how does one get a discord bot to send a private message as a reply to a message?

[shrewd apex]

!d discord.Message.author

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Message.author

A Member that sent the message. If channel is a private channel or the user has the left the guild, then it is a User instead.

[shrewd apex]

!d discord.Member.send

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Member.send

await send(content=None, *, tts=False, embed=None, embeds=None, file=None, files=None, stickers=None, delete_after=None, nonce=None, allowed_mentions=None, reference=None, ...)```
This function is a [*coroutine*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#coroutine).

Sends a message to the destination with the content given.

The content must be a type that can convert to a string through `str(content)`. If the content is set to `None` (the default), then the `embed` parameter must be provided.

To upload a single file, the `file` parameter should be used with a single [`File`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.File) object. To upload multiple files, the `files` parameter should be used with a [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list) of [`File`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.File) objects. **Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception**.

To upload a single embed, the `embed` parameter should be used with a single [`Embed`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Embed) object. To upload multiple embeds, the `embeds` parameter should be used with a [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list) of [`Embed`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Embed) objects. **Specifying both parameters will lead to an exception**.

[unreal pilot]

if you want to create your own measurements against that: replicate a 'leaky bucket' sort of thing

where you regulate your requests

[silent portal]

is there a way to make the bot send one of these

instead of a normal mp3 file?

[sick birch]

I don't believe so, no

[silent portal]

ok

[slate swan]

need ome help

Why i can’t run levels.py in cogs?

https://github.com/AdvicSaha443/Discord.py-Leveling-System-Bot/tree/main/discord.py leveling system bot/Leveling_system

[final iron]

Why do you think you cant?

[tardy lagoon]

how do you properly make http requests?

[celest cliff]

can i make a discord bot communicate with a db ? and also how to make it attach a file ?

[golden portal]

in discord.py since its async, use aiohttp lib for HTTP requests related

[golden portal]

use a async database driver, such as asyncpg for postgresql

[you need to elaborate on attach a file part]

[vale wing]

await send(file=discord.File(...))

!d discord.File

[unkempt canyon]

discord.File

class discord.File(fp, filename=None, *, spoiler=..., description=None)```
A parameter object used for [`abc.Messageable.send()`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.abc.Messageable.send) for sending file objects.

Note

File objects are single use and are not meant to be reused in multiple [`abc.Messageable.send()`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.abc.Messageable.send)s.

[ocean dragon]

How come I cant find any threads using this?

@tasks.loop(hours=1)
async def clear_threads(self):
    async for guild in self.bot.fetch_guilds():
        for thread in guild.threads:
            if thread.owner == self.bot.user:
                if time() - thread.created_at.timestamp() > config.misc.thread_lifetime_minutes * 60:
                    ...

[tardy lagoon]

yeah but, is there a way to use the bots own sessio? or do i create my own session? if I create my own session, how do I get it shared across all commands?

[golden portal]

if you're doing HTTP request outside of discord api you have to create your own session

[golden portal]

see the notes there

[ocean dragon]

guilds is empty though, fetch_guilds at least returns the guilds

do I have to fetch each guild after using fetch_guilds?

[golden portal]

perhaps you were using it before ready event is called? If so, use bot.wait_until_ready before using that attr

[naive briar]

!botvars

[unkempt canyon]

Bot variables

Python allows you to set custom attributes to most objects, like your bot! By storing things as attributes of the bot object, you can access them anywhere you access your bot. In the discord.py library, these custom attributes are commonly known as "bot variables" and can be a lifesaver if your bot is divided into many different files. An example on how to use custom attributes on your bot is shown below:

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!")
# Set an attribute on our bot
bot.test = "I am accessible everywhere!"

@bot.command()
async def get(ctx: commands.Context):
    """A command to get the current value of `test`."""
    # Send what the test attribute is currently set to
    await ctx.send(ctx.bot.test)

@bot.command()
async def setval(ctx: commands.Context, *, new_text: str):
    """A command to set a new value of `test`."""
    # Here we change the attribute to what was specified in new_text
    bot.test = new_text

This all applies to cogs as well! You can set attributes to self as you wish.

Be sure not to overwrite attributes discord.py uses, like cogs or users. Name your attributes carefully!

[slate swan]

it's not documented but there's an http attribute on your bot object

but as said before you're best off creating your own session and stuff if what you're doing is outside the scope of the library

[young dagger]

It's a progress bar that updates as the progress value changes

[celest cliff]

i have a python script that allows me to download files to a specified path

and i'd like to make my bot attach the said file

[true vector]

hmm ok

[golden portal]

'attach said file'? to a message? pretty much just this #discord-bots message

[unreal pilot]

use mongodb :0

mongo has an async driver 'Motor' very easy to use

so incase you dont know sql, use pymongo's 'Motor'

[rugged shadow]

https://tenor.com/view/exploding-star-trek-picard-boom-exploding-planet-paramount-plus-gif-21804218

mongodb users after their value turned out to be a string and not int

[unreal pilot]

as a mongodb user, i do not get it

[robust fulcrum]

tbh its good to use sql db incase you have a reson to use no sql

[flat solstice]

With Discord.py can I pass my Embed object a dict for the fields.
I have this and was hoping I could do somehting like embed[fields] or somehting instead of looping through the dict doing add_field

embed = discord.Embed(title="my title" ,description="some description" ,colour=0x1E90FF)

fields = {
  "field one name": "field one value",
  "field two name": "field two value"
}

[slate swan]

you can form an embed from dictionary but not with this style

it would have to be style that is set by discord

in this case what you have, you have to iterate over dict to add those fields

[flat solstice]

oh so I have to convert the entire embed to a dict.

[spark nimbus]

hello i am trying to create a wordle game and i get a weird error:

'function' object has no attribute 'to_dict' ```
the cog:
```py
import discord, random, utils
from discord import app_commands
from discord.ext import commands
from utils import generate_puzzle_embed

class wordle(commands.Cog):
    def __init__(self, client):
        self.client = client
    
    @app_commands.command(description="Play a nice game of wordle")
    async def wordle(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
        embed = generate_puzzle_embed
        try:
            await interaction.response.send_message(embed=embed)
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)

async def setup(client):
    await client.add_cog(wordle(client))```
the utils file:
```py
import discord

def generate_blanks():
    return ":white_medium_square: :white_medium_square: :white_medium_square: :white_medium_square: :white_medium_square:"

def generate_puzzle_embed():
    embed = discord.Embed(title="A game of wordle has been started")
    embed.description = "\n".join([generate_blanks()] * 6)
    embed.set_footer("To start a new game use the command: /wordle \nTo guess reply to the message")
    
    return embed```

[vocal snow]

you need to call the function: generate_puzzle_embed()

[spark nimbus]

added it but still

[vocal snow]

did it print an exception?

[spark nimbus]

no

nothing

[vocal snow]

do you have an error handler (on_command_error, etc)

[spark nimbus]

no

never used it

how can i?

[vocal snow]

You don't need to, I'm just trying to figure out why you aren't seeing a traceback

!d discord.Embed.set_footer

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Embed.set\_footer

set_footer(*, text=None, icon_url=None)```
Sets the footer for the embed content.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining.

[vocal snow]

that might be why

[spark nimbus]

ohhh

the text

[vocal snow]

yep

[spark nimbus]

thx, working now

[flat solstice]

Is the first block the correct list comprehension for the below block

fields = [embed.add_field(name=key, value=value) for key, value in fields]

for key, value in fields
    embed.add_field(name=key, value=value)

This si the dict I'm working off of

embed = discord.Embed(title="my title" ,description="some description" ,colour=0x1E90FF)

fields = {
  "field one name": "field one value",
  "field two name": "field two value"
}

[slate swan]

the second block isn't building a list though

embed.add_field doesn't return some useful value that you store in a list

fields would just be a list of None values in your list comprehension

[flat solstice]

Oh, I'd forgotten to add some context; this is what my field dict is. This is declared outside of the loop

embed = discord.Embed(title="my title" ,description="some description" ,colour=0x1E90FF)

fields = {
  "field one name": "field one value",
  "field two name": "field two value"
}

[slate swan]

commands not working
code is not mine, someone gave me months ago, when he gave me code it was working perfect, commands working too good but then commands stop working (here is code link)
https://paste.pythondiscord.com/MNXA

[slate swan]

I'd argue sqlite is much more well-suited to most discord bot projects, picking up SQL isn't too difficult

[unreal pilot]

for what reason?

well, ig its serverless

but how does that make it better for discord bot projects

[solar path]

ayo , the bot concept is nice
a wordle bot

looks cool too 👍

[slate swan]

I've used PyMongo and Motor-Asyncio and I feel that most bots lend themselves well to a relational-style database system, given that every discord object can be stored via it's unique ID. I also think that the Mongo Python drivers leave something to be desired in terms of documentation/type annotations. And they introduce an unnecessary dependency on mongoDBs services for the bot to function.

unless you have a specific need for storing stuff in mongo's JSON-style documents I'd usually just recommend just using SQL and an on-disk database

[spark nimbus]

Thx

[unreal pilot]

im not convinced by what youve said

you keep your explanation too abstract

in case of relational-style, that is what mongo uses as well

a document, as you know

[slate swan]

no mongo is non-relational

[unreal pilot]

ah yea youre right

[unreal pilot]

tho a non relational style still doesnt mean its not suitable for filtering by ids

if i were to have a

object_id in my non relational db

[flat solstice]

Anyone got any thoughts on this list comprehension being valid

[shrewd apex]

!d discord.Embed.add_field

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Embed.add\_field

add_field(*, name, value, inline=True)```
Adds a field to the embed object.

This function returns the class instance to allow for fluent-style chaining. Can only be up to 25 fields.

[shrewd apex]

the list comp is fine but fields will just be reassigned to references of the same embed object

[ocean dragon]

it has tasks.loop(hours = 1) decorator, how do I run it only after its ready

[flat solstice]

Do you mean it will start iterating the field's dict but then will start iterating over the fields list after a few runs?
Do I need the fields list array or can I remove it whilst still making the loop a one-liner?

[slate swan]

!d discord.ext.tasks.Loop.before_loop

[unkempt canyon]

discord.ext.tasks.Loop.before\_loop

@before_loop```
A decorator that registers a coroutine to be called before the loop starts running.

This is useful if you want to wait for some bot state before the loop starts, such as [`discord.Client.wait_until_ready()`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Client.wait_until_ready).

The coroutine must take no arguments (except `self` in a class context).

Changed in version 2.0: Calling [`stop()`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ext/tasks/index.html#discord.ext.tasks.Loop.stop) in this coroutine will stop the loop before the initial iteration is run.

[ocean dragon]

ty

[shrewd apex]

embed = discord.Embed(title="my title" ,description="some description" ,colour=0x1E90FF)

fields = {
  "field one name": "field one value",
  "field two name": "field two value"
}
for k, v in fields.items():
   embed.add_field(name=k, value=v)

this is sufficient no need for any unecessary comps

[flat solstice]

Thanks Asher

[ocean dragon]

can I delete multiple threads with 1 request?

also is there no way to create a thread from a message that is private? I'd like if it was possible to create threads for users so that it doesnt flood the channel thread list

[cloud dawn]

No, this is to prevent mass deletion aka raids.

[shrewd apex]

i feel threads have lost value since forum channels came out

[cloud dawn]

That and it not automatically opening when clicked on the main channel

[shrewd apex]

++

[ocean dragon]

is this possible though?

[shrewd apex]

wdym by message that is private?

[hushed galleon]

i think you're simply looking for private threads, since those don't send a message to the channel when they get created

!d discord.TextChannel.create_thread

[unkempt canyon]

discord.TextChannel.create\_thread

await create_thread(*, name, message=None, auto_archive_duration=..., type=None, reason=None, invitable=True, slowmode_delay=None)```
This function is a [*coroutine*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#coroutine).

Creates a thread in this text channel.

To create a public thread, you must have [`create_public_threads`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Permissions.create_public_threads). For a private thread, [`create_private_threads`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Permissions.create_private_threads) is needed instead.

New in version 2.0.

[ocean dragon]

do private theads have a starter_message

[hushed galleon]

apparently not

[shrewd apex]

just send an embed with message jump link

[hushed galleon]

starter_message is also None when a user creates a private thread, which is kind of weird because discord's UI requires you to send a "Starter Message"

but i guess starter_message only applies to threads created from an existing message, i.e. what the Start Thread from Message endpoint does

[ocean dragon]

Too bad 😕 Would've been good for what I'm doing

[hushed galleon]

why not create a private thread and send the first message in there instead?

[ocean dragon]

Hmm maybe, I'd like if the prompt message was visible somewhere in the thread, technically possible with webhooks but would prolly look weird

not that the message is visible in public threads either, but it's in the original message

[hushed galleon]

i guess your slash command could send a modal instead of a message to type out their prompt (which also lets you accept multi-line input), and then you can defer the modal interaction and create a private thread with the prompt and response in separate messages

[ocean dragon]

oh multi-line input would be nice, I didnt know bots had modals, ig I could try that

[hushed galleon]

!d discord.ui.Modal has an example

[unkempt canyon]

discord.ui.Modal

class discord.ui.Modal(*, title=..., timeout=None, custom_id=...)```
Represents a UI modal.

This object must be inherited to create a modal popup window within discord.

New in version 2.0.

Examples...

[languid sequoia]

What package should I use for doing voice macro commands?

[final iron]

What are voice macro commands

[languid sequoia]

Pretty much just commands that execute when the bot hears a voice in a vc, I’ve seen it done before and it looks pretty cool, I’m just not sure where I should start with making something like that.

Or at least I think that is how the bots I’ve seen work, I’m not certain though.

[final iron]

https://github.com/imayhaveborkedit/discord-ext-voice-recv

When it actually hears a voice, or when there’s any output from a user in a voice channel?

[languid sequoia]

Output

[final iron]

I think you’ll still have to use this

I don’t believe discord returns is_talking or similar

[graceful basin]

hey, i'm trying to work on a project involving discordpy with others, if you are interested please dm me!!!

[unborn ether]

Hey I was wondering, is there any framework to develop discord bot text based games? I only found https://pypi.org/project/DiscordGame/ which doesn't seem developed anymore. I am now working on a bot game that's based on text commands and reactions, but it's becoming spaghetti code. If there isn't such a framework I was thinking about developing one..

[warm copper]

can someone help me with my code? The kick command isnt working and I dont know why

the code on the right is the moderation file

[upbeat otter]

add the setup function above the line bot.run and also call the function like so setup(bot)

[final iron]

lol no

[final iron]

The setup function needs to be in the same file as the cog

[upbeat otter]

no not really

they aren't even loading the extensions

no wait

ok my bad

but that would work too

[warm copper]

ok

tysm

[void mauve]

How can I pass client object to other files? It appears if I make client object global and use in another scope it says that I can't do that as loop is already running:

async def main():
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

    async with create_pool(
        host=HOST,
        port=PORT,
        user=USER,
        password=PASSWORD,
        database=DATABASE_NAME,
    ) as pool:

        async with TicketBot(
            db=pool,
            initial_extensions=load_cogs(),
            command_prefix='!',
            intents=discord.Intents.all()
        ) as client:
            await create_db()
            await client.start(token=bot_token)

[void mauve]

used asyncio.run on this function

[fading marlin]

What "other files"?

[void mauve]

I have utils.py where I need to pass guild object to a certain function, but without client/bot object it's kinda not possible

as I need to use bot.fetch_guild

[fading marlin]

Any chance you could send your code?

[void mauve]

yea

[unkempt canyon]

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[cerulean geyser]

!unmute 399163302455803904

[unkempt canyon]

:incoming_envelope: :ok_hand: pardoned infraction timeout for @void mauve.

[fading marlin]

!paste

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[cerulean geyser]

Please use paste services for longer code snippets

otherwise the bot will mistake you for a spammer

[void mauve]

ok thanks\

[void mauve]

sent you everything in dms tho

[shrewd apex]

reactions and text usage has been minimized in favour of interactions and modals mostly

[unborn ether]

That works too, I’m just looking for a library or framework that would handle things like game state, serialization, dialogues and whatnot you might need for a game

[shrewd apex]

well there isn't really anything extensive such as that for discord bots as a framework people just usually build their own based on games they want to make

what all features are u looking for as a framework

serialisation and game state i can see happening with some database adapter not sure about the others

[unborn ether]

Apart from managing the game state, things like translations, dialogue flows (do you know Disco Elysium? It was a dialogue heavy game, but implementing such thing is not easy), DnD style games, character customization so easy manipulation with mutable attributes, asset library and oh well I guess I'm looking for a game engine but instead of some vulkan/opengl/directx rendering, it will work with discord input (be it text, reaction, modals, it'd be up to the developer)

but yeah I am making my game and it feels like a chore reimplementing building blocks that could be done generic in some library

especially the dialogue flow, you need to keep the state of the dialogue and know what the user is replying to, then you get the branching and you don't want to see my code

[shrewd apex]

tbf discord limits a lot of what a game possibly can be and at the end of the day interactions are just a few of them like a few button clicks or some text message or a select
so when making ur game u would be using these now when making a module with these its hard not to end up with a package of games instead of like a "game engine"

dialogue flow imo is mostly customisable to each use case and at the end these are just a bunch of callbacks atleast as far i use (interactions) which edits the view further

[unborn ether]

So in conclusion there wouldn't be much benefit to having something like that you think?

[ashen notch]

Are ephemeral embeds a thing?

[fading marlin]

Yes

[ashen notch]

Sweet. Thanks.

[cloud dawn]

Anything thats sendable inside a message can be ephemeral.

Buttons. Modals and even custom formats like invite embeds etc.

[ashen notch]

Oh huh

Didn't know that was possible

The buttons and modals I mean

[cloud dawn]

Would be a nice update for the Python bot, an ephemeral help command with buttons :)

[ashen notch]

Currently doing an update to the voice verify thingy with a persistent button. I wouldn't mind working on (or having others work on) overhauling things to be more interactions based. Not 100% what the feeling is on that, though

[shrewd apex]

imo hybrid commands or autocompletes for existing commands such as rules tags etc would be cool

[ashen notch]

We do have slash commands for the tag system

[cloud dawn]

Yea especially hybrid since then the old option still persists.

[ashen notch]

Oh fair, I forgot about hybrid

[shrewd apex]

!d discord.ui.View

[unkempt canyon]

discord.ui.View

class discord.ui.View(*, timeout=180.0)```
Represents a UI view.

This object must be inherited to create a UI within Discord.

New in version 2.0.

[shrewd apex]

for this? ^^

it would be cool to have it for the above as the other alternative is to go to the docs if u forgot the attributes

[cloud dawn]

Would be interesting to see what people would use, message or slash commands.

[ashen notch]

I know for mod and admin stuff, it'd take a while for me to get used to using the slash commands

Been doing the regular commands for so long

Actually the discussion about the hybrid commands might be worth bringing up in #community-meta

[cloud dawn]

Actually if a command doesn't take longer than 3 seconds it's nearly identical minus the decorator.

[ashen notch]

How much work do you have to do to convert?

[ashen notch]

Do you mean for the bot to finish executing the command?

[shrewd apex]

@commands.command to @commands.hybrid_command

[ashen notch]

That's... much less work than I thought it would be

[shrewd apex]

its pretty less

[cloud dawn]

Depends on the cmd ofc but a simple command would only need a change in decorator. This is assuming there is no custom context being used.

[shrewd apex]

if it takes longer than 3 secs discord stipulates u have to defer the interaction and then respond between 15 mins thats the only thing u need to take care of

[ashen notch]

I guess that makes sense

[cloud dawn]

Yes for example the current message command for help depending if using raw_reaction_add or wait_for, wait_for would keep the command alive and thus timing out the slash command.

[ashen notch]

I think in our case most of that is managed through redis and scheduling

Yeah, they're setup as separate scheduled tasks and checked on

https://github.com/python-discord/bot-core/blob/main/pydis_core/utils/scheduling.py

All that routes through here

[cloud dawn]

What exactly is the benefit of this?

[ashen notch]

Consistent tracking and logging for anything we have to schedule

[shrewd apex]

allows a lot more management of tasks unlike fire and forget here u can manage task states when to start, cancel, how many pending and so on

one simple example say u have bunch of tasks fired on startup for a specific task say caching but this task was cancelled or aborted u would want to clear up ur bg tasks as well to prevent resource wastage

[quasi depot]

Is there any free tournament bot?

[final iron]

There would be more work than that, but that would be one of the main changes

[final iron]

Try looking on GitHub or top.gg. This isn’t really a channel to find discord bots

[quasi depot]

Oh my bad sorry

[hard nest]

yo guys, im trying to host a bot that uses selenium, but it seems like applications like replit wont work with it as obviously it cant really open an app in a online environment, does anyone have any solutions or free/cheap hosting they know will work with this kinda thing

[final iron]

See: #1184898165057527838

[hard nest]

ight

[lean shard]

Hello! I'm looking to see if anyone's up to chat with me about approach for a discord dnd bot. I'll be tracking sessions attended and points earned. This would be for folks who aren't tech savvy, so it has to be kind resilient to garbage

[sick birch]

Feel free to ask a specific question if you have them

[lean shard]

How do you safely do a database for this kind of application?

[final iron]

What would you consider unsafe?

[sick birch]

Like most things in life a relational database will solve your problems 👍

[lean shard]

Something that crashes if multiple people are using it, crashing if it handles ususal text (i know i can use placeholders in sqlite3 for that part) and poor error explainations

[lean shard]

I am so bad with databases as much as I try, i'm still very new to them
Would you have a suggestion on making it not garbage?

[sick birch]

boils down to good data modeling and normalization

[lean shard]

How do you normalize data when you can't fully expect the inputs? Just a lot of solid error handling?

[sick birch]

What do you mean, you don't expect the inputs? What exactly are you going to be storing?

[lean shard]

... now that I think of it, I think i'm being paranoid in that respect 😅

I'm expecting odd naming schemes for player names (potential characters like undescores) and character names, and then numbers for the point counting

[sick birch]

As long as it's valid UTF-8 most databases will be able to handle it

[lean shard]

Happy to hear that!

if I have just a separate computer tower running the bot, do I need to worry about a formalized service?

[sick birch]

You can either have your database from something like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft's Azure if you want redundancy, reliability, and security, but at the cost of price, or you can self-host a Postgres container or similar

[lean shard]

I know zero about postgres, so I'll have to read into it

I may be worrying too hard about this project, haha
Do folks do code reviews in this server?

[sick birch]

SQLite3 should work fine too. Just doesn't scale that well, if that's something you're worried about

[sick birch]

We do code reviews, in fact there's a Code Reviews tag in #1035199133436354600 . Feel free to ping me over there whenever

[lean shard]

I'll make sure I do that!

[pliant mica]

what could the problem be??

[final iron]

The input should be Type a number:

You shouldn't be printing that

[pliant mica]

but for some reason it works on vs code

[pliant mica]

why shouldnt i print?

[final iron]

Why wouldn't it?

[pliant mica]

I mean I really dont know the answer to that

[pliant mica]

but can you explain on why I shouldnt be printing it?

[final iron]

Look at the expected input/output

[pliant mica]

ohh okay I see

thanks for pointing that out

[young dagger]

How do I use cogs? Is there an example I can see?

[slate swan]

https://google.com/search?q=discord+py+cogs

[naive briar]

Didcord

[young dagger]

Thanks. Should I add error handling for each cog individually, or should I create a single cog to handle all the errors?

[rugged shadow]

both

the single cog should be a fallback - like if the error was unexpected

otherwise you can just handle known cases in each cog themselves

[slate swan]

can not run

cog file

[slate swan]

You don't run the cog file, you run the main file

[void mauve]

How to get list of the threads in a current channel? channel.threads seems to output nothing but an empty list

    @tasks.loop(seconds=5)
    async def auto_delete_task(self):
        AUTODELETE_TIME_THRESHOLD = timedelta(seconds=10)

        guild_id = await db.select_guild(session)
        guild: discord.Guild = await self.bot.fetch_guild(guild_id)

        channel_ids = await db.select_active_channels(session)
        channels = [await guild.fetch_channel(channel_id) for channel_id in channel_ids]

        for channel in channels:

            print(channel.threads)

            for thread in channel.threads:
                last_message_id = thread.last_message_id

                if last_message_id is not None:
                    last_message = await thread.fetch_message(last_message_id)

                    print(last_message.created_at)

                    tz = timezone('Europe/Moscow')

                    time_diff = datetime.now(tz) - last_message.created_at

                    if time_diff > AUTODELETE_TIME_THRESHOLD:
                        await thread.delete()

                        print(f'Deleted: {thread.name}')    @tasks.loop(seconds=5)

[lean shard]

I'm seeing online in tutorials that you can't use client and bot.commands at the same time, but how does the discord bot connect without the client giving it a token?

[brazen raft]

I believe it has to do with abstracting message commands and command handling that way rather than general Discord applications vs bot users if you know what I mean

The bot classes inherit from the client classes

[golden portal]

see note

[void mauve]

Well it gives me the desired channel object, it just doesn't retrieve threads

[golden portal]

i guess it didnt really elaborate clearly, when you do fetch_guild it is not constructed with cache, so when you do guild.fetch_channel the channel object is constructed not from the cache, so it doesnt have threads filled

[void mauve]

Oh I see

Thanks, I'll try that out

[lean shard]

👍

[tepid dagger]

how do you print only the contents of a message (using on_message event)

cus rn when i print the message it comes with a lot of other stuff and i want to only work with the message content

[slate swan]

!d discord.Message.content

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Message.content

The actual contents of the message. If Intents.message_content is not enabled this will always be an empty string unless the bot is mentioned or the message is a direct message.

[true vector]

how do I add descriptions like this ?

couldnt find anything

[hushed galleon]

with discord.py? you either use the description= parameter, or add a docstring to your function

[true vector]

yes discord.py sorry

[hushed galleon]

for example: ```py
@bot.tree.command(description="Do something fancy")
async def my_command(interaction):
...

or:

@bot.tree.command()
async def my_command(interaction):
"""Do something fancy"""``` the latter i usually find more convenient, especially when documenting parameters of that command since it supports numpy/google/sphinx-style docstrings, but the former is required if you intend to translate your bot using locale_str

[true vector]

so obv, thanks

[hushed galleon]

hmm wait, auto_locale_strings= handles that so i guess technically docstrings are fine too

[spark nimbus]

!paste

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[spark nimbus]

well, i ran into a problem in my wordle command. idk what is it tho. i only get "the application did not responde"
my cog code:

import discord, random, utils
from discord import app_commands
from discord.ext import commands
from utils import generate_blanks, generate_puzzle_embed, is_valid_word, random_puzzle_id, generate_color_word, update_embed

class wordle(commands.Cog):
    def __init__(self, client):
        self.client = client
    
    @app_commands.command(description="Play a nice game of wordle")
    async def wordle(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
        puzlle_id = random_puzzle_id()
        embed = generate_puzzle_embed(puzlle_id)
        await interaction.response.send_message(embed=embed)
            
    @commands.Cog.listener()
    async def on_message(self, message: discord.Message):
        ref = message.reffrence
        if not ref or not isinstance(ref.resolved, discord.Message):
            return
        parent = ref.resolved #check if the message replies to the embed 
        
        if parent.author.id != self.client.user.id:
            return
        
        if not parent.embeds:
            return
        
        if not is_valid_word(message.content):
            await message.reply("That is not a valid word!\nEnter a valid word of 5 letters in english only!", delete_after=5)
            await message.delete(delay=5)
            return
        
        embed = parent.embeds[0]
        
        embed = update_embed(embed, message.content)
        await parent.edit(embed=embed)
        
        try:
            await message.delete()
        except Exception:
            pass

async def setup(client):
    await client.add_cog(wordle(client))```
and this is my utils code where i have most of my functions: 
https://paste.pythondiscord.com/44JA

i think it is some thing with the puzzle id

bc since i have added that it is not working

[final iron]

You have to respond to an interaction within 3 seconds

[keen yew]

how do i start with python discord bots?

[spark nimbus]

I am sry but what do you mean by that?

[final iron]

By what

[final iron]

Do you have a specific goal in mind?

[keen yew]

id like to know what i can do first

[final iron]

You’re not being very specific. What can you do with what?

[spark nimbus]

"You have to respond to an interaction by 3 seconds" what do you mean about the 3 seconds part

[final iron]

Are you asking how to respond to an interaction?

[spark nimbus]

I know how to respond

But what do you mean bout by the 3 sec..?

[final iron]

You have to respond to it within 3 seconds

3 seconds of when it was invoked

[spark nimbus]

I don't think I know what are you talking about

[final iron]

Seconds, as in the unit of time

[spark nimbus]

OK, so my steps to fix it are to lower the message delay time? Or I am missing a something that I didn't understand

I think I don't understand what I need to do...

[final iron]

That’s one solution, or you can use

!d discord.InteractionResponse.defer

[unkempt canyon]

discord.InteractionResponse.defer

await defer(*, ephemeral=False, thinking=False)```
This function is a [*coroutine*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#coroutine).

Defers the interaction response.

This is typically used when the interaction is acknowledged and a secondary action will be done later.

This is only supported with the following interaction types...

[final iron]

This will give you 15 minutes to respond

[spark nimbus]

I don't think you hot the problem bc I didn't explained it well....
When I am using the slash command(/wordle) I get an application command fail, since I added the puzzle ID function..

[final iron]

.

[final iron]

.

If its failing entirely that’s a separate issue, but its most likely just taking too long

[spark nimbus]

Ohhh ok

[hushed galleon]

it doesnt look like there's any blocking code in your util functions... did you get any error in your console? have you tried putting a print statement at the start of your command to see if it's being invoked correctly?

[spark nimbus]

Console clear

[spark nimbus]

I will try later

Thx for the help I am going to sleep I will update you later

[midnight oracle]

Can someone please tell me why this cog isn't being shown as a /???:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands 
from discord import app_commands

class Greetings(commands.Cog): 
    def __init__(self, bot) -> None: 
        self.bot = bot
    
    @app_commands.command(name = "hi")
    async def hi(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, user: discord.Member):
        await interaction.response.send_message(f"hi {user.name}")
        
        
async def setup(bot: commands.Bot) -> None:
    await bot.add_cog(Greetings(bot))

In main i'm using this lo load the cogs:

@bot.event
    async def on_ready():
        logging.info(f'Inicialidado como {bot.user}')
        
        bot.tree.copy_global_to(guild = settings.GUILD_ID)
        await bot.tree.sync(guild = settings.GUILD_ID)
        
        for cog_file in settings.COG_DIR.glob("*.py"):
           if cog_file != "__init__.py":
                await bot.load_extension(f"cogs.{cog_file.name[:-3]}")

[final iron]

You’re syncing the command tree, and then loading the cogs

[midnight oracle]

Oh god, I'm dumb

Thanks

[urban hound]

i am facing this error, and i have no idea why i am getting it
i am not even using audiloop library

[midnight oracle]

remove the import

[robust fulcrum]

Guys can an Android phone be used for hosting a discord bot 24/7?

[urban hound]

i am not even using it anywhere in my code

[robust fulcrum]

That's a warning not error

And it's being used by discord.py not by you

[urban hound]

well right

[robust fulcrum]

You can ignore it

[urban hound]

well i have to submit this project somewhere
not sure if submitting with warning in pytest file is okay

is there like a fix or something? that pytest ignores this warning?

[robust fulcrum]

The warning is just about depreciation like it will be deprecated in python , 3.13 which is in alpha yet ,
You can ignore it , I won't cause any error for now

I don't know how you can stop to show this warning, sorry

[slate swan]

Used? Yes
Ideal? No

[robust fulcrum]

Why not ideal?

[slate swan]

Guess it

[stark kite]

import discord
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'discord'
how to fix it?

[robust fulcrum]

Use pip to install it , i recommend to install in an venv

[stark kite]

thanks

[urban hound]

yeah okay, thanks

[shrewd apex]

its due to the operating system phones are based on which make development and dev related tools hard to operate on it they dont have the necessary binaries

[spark nimbus]

i have added the defer, changed nothing maybe i am a dummy that dont know how to add this correctly
code:py @app_commands.command(description="Play a nice game of wordle") async def wordle(self, interaction: discord.Interaction): puzlle_id = random_puzzle_id() embed = generate_puzzle_embed(interaction.user, puzlle_id) await interaction.response.defer(ephemeral=True) try: await interaction.followup.send(embed=embed) except Exception as e: print(e)
and the terminal is still clear

[shrewd apex]

    @app_commands.command(description="Play a nice game of wordle")
    async def wordle(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
        await interaction.response.defer(ephemeral=True)
        puzlle_id = random_puzzle_id()
        embed = generate_puzzle_embed(interaction.user, puzlle_id)
        await interaction.edit_original_response(embed=embed)

try this

[spark nimbus]

well, he is thinking in 15 min i will check

[shrewd apex]

does it take that long to generate the puzzles?

[shrewd apex]

are u sure the puzzle generation code is not raising any error that is going unchecked?

[spark nimbus]

no it takes almost instantly without the random puzle id function in utils

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/44JA

that is the utils ^^^

[shrewd apex]

tbh seems very likely it the puzzle generation function thats causing some error and that u dont have an error handler which causes the error to go unnoticed

def random_puzzle_id() -> int:
    return random.randint(0, len(popular_words-1))

can u spot the issue?

len(popular_words-1)

[spark nimbus]

i think i get it

[shrewd apex]

also it seems u dont have an error handler which caused the error to go unnoticed i would recommend setting up one for future cases https://fallendeity.github.io/discord.py-masterclass/slash-commands/#error-handling-and-checks

[spark nimbus]

the embed has been sent with the id thx

[shrewd apex]

cool

[spark nimbus]

i will check that out

[shrewd apex]

u dont want errors like those to go unchecked makes it way harder to debug than it should be 😄

[robust fulcrum]

So how can I get necessary binaries?
I see many use termux and download Ubuntu or any light os in it

[shrewd apex]

isn't termux an app

[robust fulcrum]

Ye an terminal emulator

[shrewd apex]

iirc its a bit unstable on like Androids greater than 12 or smn

so you should be able to download it right?

[robust fulcrum]

I am on Android 9 (pie)

[shrewd apex]

then it should be fine

[robust fulcrum]

Imma try

[robust fulcrum]

Is alpine os fine for running discord bot?

[shrewd apex]

any os is fine you just need to be able to run a python process well prerequisite is python should be able to run and your phone cpu dosent arbitrarily clear up the process

[spark nimbus]

can i make an error handler to events?

[shrewd apex]

as in?

[spark nimbus]

?

[shrewd apex]

u need to register the error under the command tree if u want a global error handler

[spark nimbus]

got it working the emoji codes are not good i will change it.
thx asher, pep

[tepid dagger]

how do you check if a message contains attachments

and then send all the attachments that the message contains

[naive briar]

!d discord.Messages.attachments - check if this is empty

[unkempt canyon]

Nah.

No documentation found for the requested symbol.

[naive briar]

!d discord.Message.attachments - check if this is empty

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Message.attachments

A list of attachments given to a message. If Intents.message_content is not enabled this will always be an empty list unless the bot is mentioned or the message is a direct message.

[tepid dagger]

like if len(Message.attachments) = 0?

or just like

[naive briar]

Message objects, not the class

[tepid dagger]

can you just do like

if message.attachments:
  code

to check if it has attachments

[naive briar]

Yes?

[tepid dagger]

ok lol i realized i never figured out how to check if a list is empty

[tepid dagger]

how do you do this for embeds

await user.send(content=message.embeds[0].url) 

didn't work

it says that it can't send an empty message

why is this an empty message and how do you fix it

[shrewd apex]

what url are u trying to send

[tepid dagger]

oh lol

[shrewd apex]

!d discord.Embed.url can be string or None basically u cannot send None or empty string as a message

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Embed.url

The URL of the embed. This can be set during initialisation.

[shrewd apex]

await user.send(content=message.embeds[0].url or "No url present") 

u would need to modify it like this

[spark nimbus]

well its again about the wordle, i have this update embed function and i cant update the embed in the last part with the:py if guess == answer: if num_empty_slots == 0: embed.description += "\n\nPhew!" elif num_empty_slots == 1: embed.description += "\n\nGreat!" elif num_empty_slots == 2: embed.description += "\n\nSplendid!" elif num_empty_slots == 3: embed.description += "\n\nImpressive!" elif num_empty_slots == 4: embed.description += "\n\nMagnificent!" elif num_empty_slots == 5: embed.description += "\n\nWow buddy you killed it!"
that is the function:```py
def update_embed(embed: discord.Embed, guess: str) -> discord.Embed:
# Print the original description for debugging
print(f"Original description: {embed.description}")

puzzle_id = int(embed.footer.text.split()[16])
answer = popular_words[puzzle_id]
colored_word = generate_color_word(guess, answer)
empty_slot = generate_blanks()

embed.description = embed.description.replace(empty_slot, colored_word, 1)

print(f"Description after replacement: {embed.description}")

num_empty_slots = embed.description.count(empty_slot)

if guess == answer:
    if num_empty_slots == 0:
        embed.description += "\n\nPhew!"
    elif num_empty_slots == 1:
        embed.description += "\n\nGreat!"
    elif num_empty_slots == 2:
        embed.description += "\n\nSplendid!"
    elif num_empty_slots == 3:
        embed.description += "\n\nImpressive!"
    elif num_empty_slots == 4:
        embed.description += "\n\nMagnificent!"
    elif num_empty_slots == 5:
        embed.description += "\n\nWow buddy you killed it!"

# Print the final description for debugging
print(f"Final description: {embed.description}")

return embed

embed.description += ..... like this line what should i put instead?

[slate swan]

can-u-show-code

use @bot.event

here:
@client.event([e-mail]) async def on_message(message):

👍

[young dagger]

Is there any way to simplify this code?

def generate_progress_bar(progress):
    bar_25 = "![bar_25](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185598195754074295.webp?size=128 "bar_25")"
    bar_50 = "![bar_50](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185598239198691388.webp?size=128 "bar_50")"
    bar_75 = "![bar_75](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185598300435525663.webp?size=128 "bar_75")"
    bar_blue = "![bar_blue](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185583736897675264.webp?size=128 "bar_blue")"
    bar_grey = "![bar_grey](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185583748440404092.webp?size=128 "bar_grey")"

    bars = {
        2.5: bar_25,
        5: bar_50,
        7.5: bar_75,
        10: bar_blue
    }

    result = []
    remaining = progress

    for bar_value, bar_emoji in sorted(bars.items(), reverse=True):
        while remaining >= bar_value and len(result) < 10:
            result.append(bar_emoji)
            remaining -= bar_value

    while len(result) < 10:
        result.append(bar_grey)

    return ''.join(result)```

Working as it should, but it feels more complicated than it should

[shrewd apex]

i mean it works 🤷‍♂️ seems readable too it aint that bad

[young dagger]

Would you use list comprehension instead?

[formal basin]

@commands.Cog.listener()
    async def on_member_join(self, member):
     
        key = f'wchannelid {str(member.guild.id)}'
        key2 = f'wmessage {str(member.guild.id)}'
        exis = await self.check_exists(key)
        if exis:
          channel1 = await self.bot.redis.get(key)
          channel2 = int(channel1.decode("utf-8"))
          channel = self.bot.get_channel(channel2) or await self.bot.fetch_channel(channel2)
          message =  await self.bot.redis.get(key2)
          message1 = (message.decode("utf-8"))
          key45 = f'embed {str(member.guild.id)}'
          exis1 = await self.check_exists(key45)
          if exis1:
             embed = discord.Embed(title="", description=f"{message1.format(mention=member.mention)}")
             await channel.send(content=member.mention, embed=embed)
          else:
             await channel.send(message1.format(mention=member.mention))
             print(f"someone joined: {member.guild.id}")
     ```

2023-12-16 16:13:14 ERROR discord.client Ignoring exception in on_member_join
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/zagzag/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 441, in _run_event
await coro(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Users/zagzag/vscode/zagzag/cog-folder/join-leave.py", line 61, in on_member_join
channel2 = int(channel1.decode("utf-8"))
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

[hushed galleon]

this is more suited for a #1035199133436354600 code review, but i'd probably use divmod instead ```py
def bar(progress: float) -> str:
progress = int(progress * 1000)
wholes, progress = divmod(progress, 100)
three_quarters, progress = divmod(progress, 75)
halves, progress = divmod(progress, 50)
quarters, progress = divmod(progress, 25)
empty = 10 - wholes - three_quarters - halves - quarters
return (
"4" * wholes
+ "3" * three_quarters
+ "2" * halves
+ "1" * quarters
+ "0" * empty
)

for progress in range(101):
print(bar(progress / 100), progress)```

[shrewd apex]

^^

was just gonna say that

[hushed galleon]

apparently redis.get() already returned a string, so you don't have to decode it

[formal basin]

does anyone know why i get this error

[formal basin]

okj

[young dagger]

Where would you define the emojis?

[formal basin]

im decoding it to a int

[hushed galleon]

i mean like you don't have to call .decode("utf-8") on it, decoding is only needed if you had a bytes object instead of a string

redis seems like an odd choice for this though

[formal basin]

so how do io turn it to an int?

[hushed galleon]

you just call int() on the string, nothing else

[formal basin]

ok

[shrewd apex]

thats the 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 in the code given above

u can hardcode it above

[young dagger]

It's not working for some reason:

def generate_progress_bar(progress: float) -> str:
    # Define your emojis here
    emoji_whole = "![bar_blue](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185583736897675264.webp?size=128 "bar_blue")"
    emoji_three_quarters = "![bar_75](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185598300435525663.webp?size=128 "bar_75")"
    emoji_half = "![bar_50](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185598239198691388.webp?size=128 "bar_50")"
    emoji_quarter = "![bar_25](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185598195754074295.webp?size=128 "bar_25")"
    emoji_empty = "![bar_grey](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1185583748440404092.webp?size=128 "bar_grey")"

    progress = int(progress)
    print(progress)
    wholes, progress = divmod(progress, 100)
    three_quarters, progress = divmod(progress, 75)
    halves, progress = divmod(progress, 50)
    quarters, progress = divmod(progress, 25)
    empty = 10 - wholes - three_quarters - halves - quarters
    return (
            emoji_whole * wholes
            + emoji_three_quarters * three_quarters
            + emoji_half * halves
            + emoji_quarter * quarters
            + emoji_empty * empty
    )

@client.command(name='progress2')
async def progress2(ctx):
    # Print progress bars from 0% to 100%
    for progress in range(101):
        print(progress)
        progress_bar = generate_progress_bar(progress)
        await ctx.send(f"{progress}%: \n{progress_bar}")```

[shrewd apex]

u dont wanna send 101 messages 💀

[hushed galleon]

(off-by-one)

[young dagger]

I'm just testing it

[shrewd apex]

mb range

forgot

[hushed galleon]

i suggest testing your code in a console first

note that the unit scales in my example are different from your previous function

[shrewd apex]

wait no including 0 its still 101 right?

[young dagger]

It's printing out the correct numbers

They match, I mean

[hushed galleon]

this one took a float from 0-1 and scaled it to 0-1000 before performing integer division

[hushed galleon]

now im off-by-one :derp:

[shrewd apex]

relatable ;-;

[young dagger]

Gotcha. Thanks

[languid sequoia]

How can I make a slash command option required?

[sick birch]

they're all required by default unless you explicitly make it optional by typing it as Optional[T] or T | None

Assuming you're using discord.py, that is

[languid sequoia]

I havent really used slash commands much, Can the options be stored in a variable?

[severe sonnet]

guys i need help with my VPS

i can't acess my OVH cloud VPS even with my password

i tried acessing via root

but it's not aeessing even with password

i even tried without password and it's not acessing

[sick birch]

discord.py accepts typehints for the options, so you'd need to make a typevar. but yes

[slate swan]

i wouldnt define constant varriables in function but rather outside

[young dagger]

You mean the emojis?

I guess

[slate swan]

yeah but thats rather small improvement

i can look into the actual algorithm later

if that wasnt already optimized cause thats rather old message

[young dagger]

Do you think this is overkill? 😅

[slate swan]

Nah you are good

[rain burrow]

what line of code would i write to ban people from there id

like !ban 991707603560300685

[young dagger]

[slate swan]

I mean it works

[final iron]

No, this is the type shit i like to see in a bot

attention to detail is great

[drifting mantle]

have it overwrite rather than creating new image each time maybe? and randomize it so maybe go from 1 to 3 then 3 to 4, etc.

[young dagger]

I was just testing the script

[drifting mantle]

ahh

[lusty anvil]

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True

client = discord.Client(intents=intents)

#client = commands.Bot(command_prefix=".")
__________________________________________
@client.command(pass_context=True)
async def join(ctx):
    if (ctx.author.voice):
        channel = ctx.message.author.voice.channel
        await channel.connect()
        print(channel)

Hey, guys its been a min this is old code to a cmd I was wondering what the change was to use the same old cmd but im just not sure how to set the prefix since the change?

[final iron]

Client doesn’t support commands, while Bot does

It has always been like this iirc

[cloud dawn]

Where did you find this ancient code? 💀

[lusty anvil]

lol thank you I knew it was a thing before but it was mine from a long time ago I was just wanting to update it to run again

Im finding my way but by chance do you know the change for

in on_message
    await client.process_commands(message)
AttributeError: 'Client' object has no attribute 'process_commands'

[cloud dawn]

Got moved to the Bot constructor.

You'd need to change to Bot or implement slash commands or find a different way all together.

[lusty anvil]

Ah okay thank I appreciate it

[ocean dragon]

is there no way to increase modal size? it's pretty small by default

if max characters is 4000 that's pretty small text area for it

[golden portal]

nop frontend dev lazy issue, u can't rly change that

[naive briar]

#bot-commands

Okay then

[young dagger]

How can I convert the datetime for each user?
TypeError: can't compare offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes

[lunar gale]

it's basic

if you are using discord.py you need to use their method in discord.Member

[young dagger]

Can't you compare utcnow with timedelta like this?

thirty_days_ago = discord.utils.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(days=30)
        if user.get('last_activity') and user['last_activity'] >= thirty_days_ago:```

[young dagger]

So in my database the timestamp is represent as: last_activity 2023-05-22T13:55:17.114+00:00

When I print out thirty_days_ago it's giving me 2023-11-17 10:34:09.434256+00:00

But then when I grab user['last_activity'] it gives me 2023-05-22 13:55:17.114000

And when I do the comparison if user.get('last_activity') and user['last_activity'] >= thirty_days_ago: it gives me:
TypeError: can't compare offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes

I'm so confused. Can somebody help me out?

Should I just do discord.utils.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=None) when I do the comparison?

[shrewd fjord]

Replace tzinfo with either None or UTC

Uh

[young dagger]

I don't get it. Why is it showing +00:00 in mongodb

[glad cradle]

!d datetime.tzinfo

[unkempt canyon]

datetime.tzinfo

class datetime.tzinfo```
This is an abstract base class, meaning that this class should not be instantiated directly. Define a subclass of [`tzinfo`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.tzinfo) to capture information about a particular time zone.

An instance of (a concrete subclass of) [`tzinfo`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.tzinfo) can be passed to the constructors for [`datetime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime) and [`time`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.time) objects. The latter objects view their attributes as being in local time, and the [`tzinfo`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.tzinfo) object supports methods revealing offset of local time from UTC, the name of the time zone, and DST offset, all relative to a date or time object passed to them.

[young dagger]

And when I do print(user['last_activity']) it says 2023-05-22 13:55:17.114000

Btw ignore the date

I meant why is it not adding tzinfo by default as in the database

[formal basin]

async def get_perspective_score(self, text, type):
    # Specify the API endpoint URL and API key
      url = 'https://commentanalyzer.googleapis.com/v1alpha1/comments:analyze'
      api_key = 'api_key'
    
    # Define the parameters for the request
      params = {
        'key': api_key
    }
    
    # Define the request body
      data = {
        'comment': {'text': text},
        'languages': ['en'],
        'requestedAttributes': {type: {}}
    }
    
    # Send the request using aiohttp
      async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        async with session.post(url, params=params, json=data) as response:
            result = await response.json()
        return result

This keeps breaking

[slate swan]

What about it is breaking?

[formal basin]

like i think the request somethimes doesnt send

but it breaks somrtimes

[slate swan]

Do you have a traceback

[formal basin]

nope

It does look like its sending the request

I see the problem now

print("test")
                content = content.lower().replace("niger", "a country").replace("ass", "arse").replace("phuck", "fuck")
                modified_content = content
                type = 'PROFANITY'
                type2 = 'SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT'
                result = await self.get_perspective_score(modified_content, type)
                result = result.get('attributeScores', {}).get('PROFANITY', {}).get('summaryScore', {}).get('value', 0.0)
                result2 = await self.get_perspective_score(modified_content, type2)
                result2 = result2.get('attributeScores', {}).get('SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT', {}).get('summaryScore', {}).get('value', 0.0)
                print("test2")

                if result > 0.40 or result2 > 0.40:

if result > 0.40 or result2 > 0.40:

``` is not passing through

now its working

but for some reason

it stops working after

[slate swan]

It doesn't seem discord-specific to me so consider opening a help post or something

[young dagger]

I would really appreciate it if someone could explain this

Why am I getting a different value (without tzinfo) when I print it out?

[shrewd fjord]

It added tzinfo 00:00 which is eq to None, thats why you should always use timestamp

[blazing condor]

Python's datetime objects by default are naive, which means they don't have any timezone information IIRC

Documentation:

Aware and Naive Objects

Date and time objects may be categorized as “aware” or “naive” depending on whether or not they include timezone information.

[young dagger]

The problem with timestamps is that if you host the bot over multiple servers or change to a different VPS in another location, the time zone will not be the same, and the comparison will fail. That's why I'm using discord.utils.utcnow

[blazing condor]

what're you trying to do @young dagger , i just woke up few mins ago 🥱

[young dagger]

I want to use an accurate timestamp for future comparison

So the time will always be the same no matter where the bot is hosted

[naive briar]

Uh

[young dagger]

timestamp - 30 days will not be the same discord.utils.utcnow - 30 days if you change location, would it?

[naive briar]

Just change it back

[young dagger]

Because discord.utils.utcnow will always stay the same no matter where you are located

[naive briar]

If I have multiple datetime objects with different timezones, I'd just convert them all to UTC before comparing them

[young dagger]

Isn't that what I'm doing?

[naive briar]

I don't even know your codebase, so I'm not sure

[blazing condor]

AFAIK discord.utils.utcnow just returns the current utc time

subtracting 30 days will give the same result regardless of the location, but a local timestamp will vary based on the timezone, so subtracting those 30 days could give different results in different locations, i would think.

[young dagger]

Exactly. You took the words right out of my mouth

[blazing condor]

😆

[young dagger]

I'm using discord.utils.utcnow() and here is the result in mongodb

Now when I do later comparison it doesn't include tzinfo

And for that reason I'm getting TypeError: can't compare offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes

[slate swan]

How are you parsing it back into a date-time

[young dagger]

users = await collection.find().to_list(length=None)
    for user in users:

        thirty_days_ago = discord.utils.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(days=30)
        if user.get('last_activity') and user['last_activity'] >= thirty_days_ago:
            ### CODE HERE```

[blazing condor]

because one of your datetime object is aware meaning it has the tz information and the other comparison is naive meaning it doesn't have the information of the tz

we can't compare these two, it leads to issues like incorrect results.

you need to make sure they're both either aware or naive.

[young dagger]

Yeah, I get that now. But still I'm wondering why user['last_activity'] is showing as aware when saved as naive in the database

[slate swan]

ugh I'm not thoroughly familiar with mongodb here, sorry

[blazing condor]

because it always stores it in UTC and includes the information hence why it's aware in Mongo

so you need to convert it to a naive datetime in the same timezone.

[young dagger]

So this would do the work. But is it the right approach?

        thirty_days_ago = discord.utils.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=None) - datetime.timedelta(days=30)
        if user.get('last_activity') and user['last_activity'] >= thirty_days_ago:```

[slate swan]

wouldnt if user.get('last_activity', -1) >= thirty_days_ago: do the work?

!e from datetime import datetime, timedelta; print(datetime.now() >= (datetime.now() - timedelta(days=1)))

[unkempt canyon]

@slate swan :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

True

[slate swan]

yea ..

[young dagger]

Yes thanks, it's either that or .replace(tzinfo=None)

The reason is that MongoDB is converting the timestamps to UTC and not including the offset on output
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/v4.4/tutorial/model-time-data/

[slate swan]

        voicec = message.author.voice.channel
        await client.connect(voicec)

errors : Client.connect() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

Please send help

[young dagger]

What are you trying to do

Connect the bot to a voice channel on command?

[slate swan]

yea it is

i'm not used to discord.py

[slate swan]

and I don't understand why it said that error...

[young dagger]

Try this

voicec = message.author.voice.channel

if voicec:
    if voicec.permissions_for(message.guild.me).connect and voicec.permissions_for(message.guild.me).speak:
        voice_channel = await voicec.connect()
    else:
        await message.channel.send("No permissions.")
else:
    await message.channel.send("You need to be in a voice channel for the bot to connect.")```

[slate swan]

alright thanks

:0

IT WORKED

TYSM !!

[young dagger]

Good

No problem

[slate swan]

oh yeah, therefore I need the variable 🫡

[final iron]

Spoonfeeding isn’t helpful, and is generally discouraged

[young dagger]

Yeah, I know how it feels when you want to get something to work. Sometimes it's just about the push in the right direction 🙂

[final iron]

That’s not a push in the right direction though. You gave him an entire block of code without explaining why his didn’t work, or what yours is doing

[blazing condor]

the error is saying you gave it 2 arguments but only expected one, which is a mismatch between how the connect method is called and how it's define in the library, which in this case the Client. Connect method doesn't take channel as a parameter, which is why Beer used Voicec.connect() and i believe you could also use VoiceChannel.connect() but not entirely sure.

VoiceClient

[brittle moss]

whats the best server location for discord bots

[final iron]

There is none

[true vector]

I have two commands where you can make a "code" for a role, if a user enters the code with a slash command they get the role. You should be able to delete the codes but I cannot figure out how to check the whole file and delete the code the user input in the slash command

@bot.tree.command(name='delete')
@commands.has_permissions(administrator=True)
@app_commands.describe(input_one = 'Welchen Code willst du löschen ?')
async def delete_code(interaction: discord.Interaction, input_one: str): 
    if input_one in showCodes:
        with open("codes.txt", "r") as file_input:
            with open("codes.txt", "w") as output: 
                for line in file_input:
                    if line.strip("\n") != input_one:
                        output.write(line)
    
        await interaction.response.send_message(f'Ok, **{interaction.user.name}** der Code `{input_one}` wurde gelöscht. \n Folgende Codes sind noch aktiv: `{DATA}`')
        print(DATA)
        print(f'Code {input_one} wurde gelöscht')
    else: 
        await interaction.response.send_message(f'Blöd gelaufen, **{interaction.user.name}** der Code `{input_one}` existiert nicht')
        print(f'Code {input_one} existiert nicht')

[midnight oracle]

Why if my bot has administrator permissions and all the intents allowed, It can't auto-rol new bot using the on_member_join and neither send messages to specific channels though the on_member_join??

The Cog.listener looks like this:

@commands.Cog.listener()
    async def on_member_join(self, member):
        await self.setup_role()
        await self.setup_bot_role()

        if member.bot:
            try:
                new_bot_role_name = discord.utils.get(member.guild.roles, name = self.new_bot_role_name)
                if new_bot_role_name:
                    channel = member.guild.get_channel(self.channel_id)
                    await member.add_roles(new_bot_role_name)
                    
                    avatar_url = member.avatar_url
                    name = member.name
                    
                    embed = discord.Embed(
                        colour = discord.Color.blue(),
                        title = 'A new bot has arrived',
                        description = f'Welcome to the army {name}')
                    embed.set_footer(text= f"{self.bot.user} — System")
                    embed.set_thumbnail(url= avatar_url)
                    #embed.set_image(url="")
                    channel.send(embed = embed)
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Missing Permissions: {e}")
            
        else:
            new_member_role = discord.utils.get(member.guild.roles, name=self.new_member_role_name)
            if new_member_role:
                await member.add_roles(new_member_role)
                print(f"Se unió un usuario: {member.name}")

the output: Missing Permissions: 403 Forbidden (error code: 50013): Missing Permissions

[true vector]

did you do this ?

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!' , intents= discord.Intents.all())

[midnight oracle]

in the main.py, yes :b

[true vector]

hmm

[midnight oracle]

i thought it was the bot, so I created another one, and got the same error

[true vector]

check all these ?

[midnight oracle]

yup

0.o

With users it works just fine

But not with bots

[true vector]

this is over my head xd

[midnight oracle]

xd, thx by the way

[midnight oracle]

It was a typo :D

[true vector]

it happend to everyone hahaha

[final iron]

What's the full traceback

[midnight oracle]

It was a typo, I fixed it :D

[tacit prawn]

How can I run two bots at once? Like, I can't make two bots in the same file, then do clientA.run(tokenA) and clientB.run(tokenB) at the same time. What else can I do?

[hushed galleon]

it's usually better to run both bots in separate scripts so they can't interfere with each other (like when you want to shut down one bot to update it), but if you really want to run them in one file, you can start them in separate asyncio tasks so both bots share the same event loop with each other, for example: ```py
async def main():
async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as tg: # Python 3.11+
foobot_task = tg.create_task(foobot.start(SOME_TOKEN))
barbot_task = tg.create_task(barbot.start(SOME_OTHER_TOKEN))
# Runs until both bots close themselves, or one bot raises an error,
# or the main program receives KeyboardInterrupt

asyncio.run(main())```

[final iron]

Threading is a solution, but that has it's whole host of other issues

[unkempt canyon]

Kindling Projects

The Kindling projects page on Ned Batchelder's website contains a list of projects and ideas programmers can tackle to build their skills and knowledge.

[raw stump]

Looking for good telegram python devs please dm me

[cloud dawn]

!rule ads

[unkempt canyon]

Rules

6. Do not post unapproved advertising.

[raw stump]

Where can I post this?

[cloud dawn]

Nowhere, this Discord doesn't allow hiring.

[tacit prawn]

Anyone know why whenever I do this, it just stops working when it gets to user.roles? It doesnt give any errors, nothing. Just stops everything except the program. New role will never print

user = guild.get_member(userId) #This works perfectly fine, and gets the user
for i in user.roles:
  print("New role")
  print(i.id)

I have even tried this, and it still doesnt work. Test 1 and 2 both will print but not 3

print("Test1")
user = guild.get_member(userId)
print("Test2")
user.edit(roles=[]) #Just stops here
print("Test3")

[final iron]

edit is a coro, and naming your object user is misleading as discord.User and discord.Member are very different

[tacit prawn]

So what should I do to fix it?

[final iron]

Await it

[tacit prawn]

Alr, one sec

[final iron]

It's a coroutine

!d discord.Member.edit

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Member.edit

await edit(*, nick=..., mute=..., deafen=..., suppress=..., roles=..., voice_channel=..., timed_out_until=..., bypass_verification=..., reason=None)```
This function is a [*coroutine*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#coroutine).

Edits the member’s data.

Depending on the parameter passed, this requires different permissions listed below...

[final iron]

This function is a coroutine.

[blazing condor]

Note that simply calling a coroutine will not schedule it to be executed:

[tacit prawn]

Should I try the first method again? That I said above?

[final iron]

How is this relevant

It is in this case

[blazing condor]

my point exactly.

[final iron]

get_... methods return None if the item isn't found in the bots cache

You'll need to use fetch_member

[final iron]

Can you elaborate?

[blazing condor]

i was just stating that Coroutines don't run on their own just by calling them , they have to be schedule on the event loop to be executed.

[tacit prawn]

After I await fetch_member and await user.roles, it works! Thank you very much

[tacit prawn]

But now I get an issue on this:
I tried doing the await thing but it has the exact same issue, just stopping and not continuing. The data[item][userId]['Prefix'] is what I want, its just not changing it or continuing
user is from a guild.fetch_member()
Any solutions?

Changing user to a guild.get_member() doesn't work since edit isnt a member of get_member.

[final iron]

Is there an error?

[tacit prawn]

Nope, just stops like the problem from earlier

[naive briar]

So, is there actually an error or not?

Or am I misunderstanding something

[tacit prawn]

Oh shoot, I didn't mean to say that. There is no error, it just stops

Sorry about that lol

[final iron]

Why do you have to log out and log back in

[sick birch]

probably easiest to do this with extensions

it has hot reloading capabilities

[vale wing]

Typical day after update rollout

[safe wasp]

Hello, when i try to do "pip install discord", i get that error while i did downoald Microsoft C++ Builds Tools

[safe wasp]

Nvm, i fixed it

[dim solar]

Which type of OS should I use for my Python discord bot

[robust fulcrum]

I guess alpine linux if available

[dim solar]

How do I connect this to VSC

Alpine isnt available

[rugged shadow]

debian if you're used to Ubuntu

or rocky if you're used to Fedora

[slate swan]

i would go with debian but thats just cause i always just debian

[vale wing]

Just pick ubuntu

Cause I have a dockerization guide https://www.pythondiscord.com/pages/guides/python-guides/docker-hosting-guide/

[rugged shadow]

u wrote that?

[vale wing]

Yeah

[full cosmos]

Hello! I have a button that always gives the "interaction failed" message within discord even though everything happens as it should. I read online, that the button needs a response even if it is just empty but all the other buttons in my code work just fine without it.

[tacit prawn]

real

[slate swan]

Is anyone aware of a bot that I can use to generate Discord conversations? Possibly one where I could enter their ID and it will simply generate the conversation using their Username + Profile Image. So I can configure the conversation before and then generate the same conversation each time?

[glad cradle]

skill issue 😈

[vale wing]

Snipy you haven't even completed your issue 🥱

[vale wing]

Bro that's some wild personal data collection 💀

[slate swan]

Haha it's not for malicious intent I just wondered if it was possible

[vale wing]

If you mean simulate the conversation

With like AI

[slate swan]

Well yeah just like creating a conversation to be screenshotted

[vale wing]

Or do you want to screenshot conversation that already exists

In that case it's okay

[slate swan]

So basically for example like the conversation we are having now, I want to be able to regenerate it but replace your username and avatar with something else

[vale wing]

I think there might be libraries that can render discord messages, but in case there are no you can build your custom renderer with pillow

[slate swan]

Is there any tutorials or possibly existing software I can use because I have next to 0 coding knowledge

[vale wing]

Not that I know of and tbh you picked a very complicated topic for a beginner

[slate swan]

I did find an opensource on github which is pretty simillar to what I'm trying to achieve but like everything ever from github it doesn't run properly

[vale wing]

Could you link me that project

[slate swan]

Sure

[vale wing]

@slate swan no dms

[slate swan]

can I send links here?

https://github.com/yokharian/ImageDis

oh yes I can

[vale wing]

The reason you can't run the code is it's not meant to be ran directly

It's a cog that can be loaded into main bot

[slate swan]

Holy shit I'm dumb lol do I need to go to developer portal and do all that

[vale wing]

Not even that

You don't have the main script

I can help you with tweaking that thing so it works but not rn

[slate swan]

That's fine I dont expect you to but that would be great if you could whenever you have the time

https://github.com/Limesssss/FakeDmGenerator this one i think is a finished tool if im not mistaken

[glad cradle]

calculus hittin'

[sly hamlet]

Is there a way to track how many times a command is run?

[naive briar]

Add 1 to an integer in its callback

[shrewd fjord]

Dang yall shouldn't help with this problem, these stuffs are mostly for scam ^^

Like fake vouches and stuff

[slate swan]

That is not my intent for this software

[naive briar]

I don't see any use of it. At least not legitimately

[slate swan]

Content creation, being able to generate the conversations rather than typing it all out myself will be much easier

[final iron]

As in, does this functionality already exist in discord.py, or are you asking how to implement it yourself?

[slate swan]

hi im not sure if i use this or the help thread but im having trouble with this code

for user_id in users:
  member = interaction.guild.get_member(user_id)
  if role1 in member.roles:
    for _ in range(int(r1_entries)):
     users.append(_)
     winner = await client.fetch_user(random.choice(users))
     await msg.reply(f"Congratulations {winner.mention}! You won the giveaway! :tada:")
     users.clear()

there is a list with user ids it fetchs the user but i cant find a way to check the users roles member.has_roles() and member.roles has no attribute to it the role is defined in the async def as role1: discord.Role=None

[final iron]

You’ll need to specify what you need help with

[slate swan]

finding a method to get to check the users roles

[final iron]

discord.Member.roles returns the users roles in a list

[slate swan]

Hello, I'm still at the beginning of coding and i need some help. The bot wont respond to my "hello" command. Any ideas why? (you can js dm me i guess)

||import discord
from discord.ext import commands

TOKEN = ''

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.all()
intents.members = True

client = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)

@client.event
async def on_ready():
print(f'{client.user} has connected to Discord!')
print("-----------------------------------")

@client.command()
async def hello(ctx):
await ctx.send(f'Hello {ctx.author.name}!')

client.run(TOKEN)||

it was a stup1d warning i fixed it 👍

[midnight oracle]

Can I limit SlashCommands usage to a certain channel? I mean, the commands will only be visible if you're in that channel. Is that possible?

[final iron]

Only through the discord integrations ui

You cannot change the visibility with your bot

[midnight oracle]

but can I check if the person that will use it is part of a ID's list for example, if not, then send an error message?

[shrewd apex]

yes

[final iron]

Yeah sure

[midnight oracle]

how xd?

[shrewd apex]

i would suggest putting a role or perm check

[midnight oracle]

slahscommand*

[midnight oracle]

is it in the docs?

[shrewd apex]

yeah they have decorators for it

[midnight oracle]

0.o

how do i look for it

nevermind found it xd

[shrewd apex]

https://fallendeity.github.io/discord.py-masterclass/checks/#built-in-checks

got a few examples here

[midnight oracle]

yei!

[midnight oracle]

thanks!

[slate swan]

I have a main file called bot.py that inits the pool connection to my database. How should I go about having a connection to the db in cogs?

    async def setup_hook(self):

        self.pool         = await asyncpg.create_pool(user='postgres', password='root', database='bipolar', host='localhost')
        self.db           = self.pool```
Code in `setup_hook` ^

[slate swan]

Probably just access your bot object through ctx.bot/interaction.client inside command callbacks

Or pass your bot object in as self.bot when instantiating cogs

[slate swan]

example?

ctx.bot.db works

[lean shard]

Question: how do you know when to make a Help topic vs coming here to post?

[slate swan]

If it's a simple question you come here. if it would require a lot of attention make a post

[lean shard]

👍

[brazen geyser]

hey guyss, can someone please tell me why this isnt working?

[lean shard]

It helps if you explain what the issue is vs what you expect

[desert kiln]

ok so, I'm making a bot, using cogs, but I wanna make it load all cogs in a folder [cogs], but I'm not sure how To make it do that

Here's what I have so far:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands
import os

TOKEN = "********"

class Nxghtmare(commands.Bot):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(
            command_prefix="!",
            intents=discord.Intents.all()
        )
    

Nxghtmare().run(TOKEN)```

[graceful meadow]

does anyone know how i can make a bot with slash commands? i have this code from the docs but it doesnt work

import discord

from dotenv import main

main.load_dotenv()

TOKEN = os.getenv('BOT_TOKEN')

bot = discord.Bot()

@bot.slash_command()
async def hello(ctx, name: str = None):
    name = name or ctx.author.name
    await ctx.respond(f"Hello {name}!")

bot.run(TOKEN)
print('logged into discord bot')
```the error i get says

bot = discord.Bot()
^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'discord' has no attribute 'Bot'

[ornate linden]

I'm struggling to figure out how to use Groups within Cogs, I keep getting TypeError: Command signature requires at least 1 parameter(s)

    @commands.group(name='list')
    async def list_group():
        pass

    @list_group.command(name='duplicates')
    async def _list_duplicates(self, ctx: commands.Context) -> None:
    ...

[desert kiln]

1. You need to register slash commands
2. The bot = discord.Bot()
   Needs to be replaced with

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=intents)```

And once it's replaced, make sure to pass your intents through too.

[ornate linden]

I wrote a basic framework that I build my bots around, it has branches for hybrid and slash command based bots and contains a few utilities
https://github.com/Sm1mg/discord.py-bot-core

[desert kiln]

@ornate linden can you help with this?

[ornate linden]

sure yeah

[ornate linden]

do you want to make it automatically load every cog in the folder or can you enumerate it in the main file?

also, use a .env to store your token instead of being in the file

[desert kiln]

automatically load all .py files in the cogs folder

[ornate linden]

you can have os list all of the files in the directory and run self.load_extension("cogfoldername.cogname") from inside your commands.Bot subclass on each of them

afaik there's no way to do it that's more automated than that

[desert kiln]

I managed to do it like that last time, I just lost my files, it would load all the cogs inside the folder

[graceful meadow]

i got the bot to log in, but how do i make it use slash commands?

[ornate linden]

I'll write a script that does it that you can drop into your subclass

[desert kiln]

I'm not sure with slash commands.

[drifting mantle]

use disnake and you can .load_extensions lol

dpy is so behind in terms of stuff like this

[ornate linden]

@desert kiln ```py
async def setup_hook(self):

this won't play nice if you have subdirectories

cogs = os.listdir("cogfolderpath")
for cog in cogs:
self.load_extension(f"cogfolderpath.{cog}")

[drifting mantle]

especially if you are just starting i would highly suggest using something other than dpy

pretty sure every lib other than dpy has .load_extensions

so you can load a folder of cogs

[desert kiln]

Cog didn't load

[ornate linden]

is it an fstring?

[desert kiln]

I have no idea what's going on @ornate linden

[ornate linden]

uhhh

are your cogs working properly?

[desert kiln]

they do work properly

it's just not loading them correctly

[ornate linden]

try moving it into the __init__ instead of having it inside setup_hook

[ornate linden]

it was my method signature, i needed to include self and ctx

[desert kiln]

tried it, it didn't work

[ornate linden]

ah i know what's wrong

my bad, the fileextension shouldn't be there

change it to {cog[:-3]} and it should work

[desert kiln]

where do I replace that

[ornate linden]

    async def setup_hook(self):
        # this won't play nice if you have subdirectories
        cogs = os.listdir("cogs")
        for cog in cogs:
            if cog == "__pycache__":
                continue
            await self.load_extension(f"cogs.{cog[:-3]}")

found another problem with the pycache

should be good now

[desert kiln]

ok I ran it, but no "cogs loaded" message appeared when I ran it

[ornate linden]

that doesn't happen automatically, you could put a print statement in the __init__ of the cog

or add ```py
...
continue
await self.load_extension(f"cogs.{cog[:-3]}")
print(f"Cog {cog[:-3]} loaded!")

[desert kiln]

I added that, in the cog

but it dosent print, when ran

[ornate linden]

sorry, the setup fn not init

[ornate linden]

hm

i don't know, but what I wrote is effectively the same as load_extension(cog1) load_extension(cog2) etc

I hate to say it, but it works for me..

[old vine]

so, i am trying to make this function where with a slash command, it locks the channel at the given lock time and unlocks the channel at the given unlock time.

i created the function and i even add it to the mongodb and it works fine, no error in the database part so it stores the date, but it doesn't lock the channel when lock time has been reached.

it sends a message saying "locking channel in in an minute and then it doesn't lock once the timer is finished. can you help me?

and also, i keep getting this error when i run the command.

Ignoring exception in command <nextcord.application_command.SlashApplicationCommand object at 0x000001F2AB202470>:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Kaushik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\nextcord\application_command.py", line 895, in invoke_callback_with_hooks
    await self(interaction, *args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\Users\Kaushik\Documents\Programming\r-IGCSE-Beta\lockdown.py", line 166, in Channellockcommand
    await interaction.response.send_message(f"<#{channelinput.id}> is scheduled to lock on {unixlocktime} and unlock on {unixunlocktime}", ephemeral=True)
  File "C:\Users\Kaushik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\nextcord\interactions.py", line 896, in send_message
    await adapter.create_interaction_response(
  File "C:\Users\Kaushik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\nextcord\webhook\async_.py", line 195, in request
    raise NotFound(response, data)
nextcord.errors.NotFound: 404 Not Found (error code: 10062): Unknown interaction

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

nextcord.errors.ApplicationInvokeError: Command raised an exception: NotFound: 404 Not Found (error code: 10062): Unknown interactio

code is in #1186487018121871361

[cobalt falcon]

Do I need C++ to do

pip install discord

[old vine]

huh?

[normal falcon]

im getting the same errors right now too

seems to be sporadic but primarily non-functional. sometimes it will work and sometimes it won't and i don't know why. functions that have always worked are now doing it to me too

https://downdetector.com/status/discord/ looks like its a server outage maybe

[final iron]

You have to respond to the interaction within 3 seconds

You cannot respond twice

[old vine]

place await interaction.response.defer() right after async def..

[normal falcon]

it just started working again randomly for me. no issues now. didnt change anything

[old vine]

can you help me with the lock part?

[final iron]

Don't ask to ask please

If you have a question, send it and somebody will help if they want to

Many other people can help you as well

[old vine]

i alr sent it

so, i am trying to make this function where with a slash command, it locks the channel at the given lock time and unlocks the channel at the given unlock time.

i created the function and i even add it to the mongodb and it works fine, no error in the database part so it stores the date, but it doesn't lock the channel when lock time has been reached.

it sends a message saying "locking channel in in an minute and then it doesn't lock once the timer is finished. can you help me?

[calm shard]

@client.event #for ads cards:-
async def on_reaction_add(reaction, user):
    message = reaction.message
    if await toolfn.check_if_kco(reaction, user, client, message):
        embed =toolfn.collection_cards(message, reaction)
        channel = reaction.message.channel
        await channel.send(embed=embed)
        asyncio.sleep(5)
    else:
        print("error")```
Hi, this is my half code of what I'm actually trying to build.
So, when a user reacts on a specific message with specific emoji, this will trigger, and it'll copy the message and send it in the channel as an embed but this is just half of what I tried to build.

Actually, I want the bot to hold for some time and wait for the user to edit their messages ( like for 5 seconds) and when the user edit their same message which was sent in the first place, then the bot will also save that new message content as  new variable, and then the bot will send the new message which will contain both messages ( first sent by  the user + 2nd after the message is edited)

[odd path]

And I am just trying to get mine to respond in my server chat...

[old vine]

@final iron ?

[astral tiger]

message.content isnt working for some reason, anyone know why?

^ tryna create where i can monitor people message

[vocal snow]

Do you have message content intents enabled?

[astral tiger]

OHHH

no, actually

that's probably my problem

ill check

[astral tiger]

hey it works, thank you

❤️

[languid sequoia]

How do you enable message content intents? Are they the same as just the normal intents or are you talking about something different?

[ornate linden]

if I use py async for msg in channel.history(limit=None, oldest_first=True):
and a message is sent in that channel while the loop is running, will it be ignored or entered into the loop?

[old vine]

how to make the bot fetch the message id right after it sends a message?

[ornate linden]

message = await ctx.send(...)
message.id

or alternatively await ctx.send(...).id

[ornate linden]

from some very rough testing, I think that it doesn't

[slate swan]

    @blacklist.error
    async def blacklist_error(self, error, ctx):
        if isinstance(error, commands.errors.MissingRequiredArgument):
            await ctx.send(embed=discord.Embed(description=f"> you can't blacklist nothing silly :3"))
        elif isinstance(error, commands.MissingPermissions):
            await ctx.send(embed=discord.Embed(description=f"> you don't have the required permission to do this! >:3"))```

    @commands.command()
    @commands.has_permissions(administrator=True)
    async def blacklist(self, ctx, word):
        async with self.db.acquire() as c:
            a = await c.fetch("SELECT blacklisted FROM servers WHERE sid = $1", str(ctx.guild.id))

            if word in list(a[0]['blacklisted']):
                await ctx.send(embed=discord.Embed(description=f"> {ctx.author.mention}: {word} is already blacklisted :3", color=self.pink))
            else:
                a = list(a[0]['blacklisted'])
                a.append(word)
                await c.fetchrow("UPDATE servers SET blacklisted = $1 WHERE sid = $2", a, str(ctx.guild.id))
                await ctx.send(embed=discord.Embed(description=f"> {ctx.author.mention}: {word} has been blacklisted :3", color=self.pink))```

No error gets printed, it goes into the blacklist error command (I checked with else statmeent). It just doesn't go to missing perms or missing arguments one even though both errors I've gotten are those.

Ping me if u know how to fix it :3

Hi Guys
How should I change the code to
The user who sent the message gets the role, not the user who added the reaction.

@bot.event
async def on_raw_reaction_add(payload):
    
    channel_id = 1186540419354468353  
    if payload.channel_id != channel_id:
        return

    
    emoji = '👍'
    if payload.emoji.name != emoji:
        return

   
    channel = bot.get_channel(payload.channel_id)
    message = await channel.fetch_message(payload.message_id)
    user = await bot.fetch_user(payload.user_id)

 
    role_id = 1091865008268386314  
    guild = bot.get_guild(payload.guild_id)
    member = guild.get_member(payload.user_id)
    if role_id not in [role.id for role in member.roles]:
        return

    role = guild.get_role(1091865047682261013)
    await member.add_roles(role)

    await channel.send(f'{user.mention}, You have been added to the identity group {role.name}！')```

[naive briar]

Ugh

[drifting mantle]

get msg author

[slate swan]

!d discord.Message.author

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Message.author

A Member that sent the message. If channel is a private channel or the user has the left the guild, then it is a User instead.

[pale cobalt]

Hey Can Anyone help me with my discord bot i am getting so many errors

[shrewd apex]

https://fallendeity.github.io/discord.py-masterclass

[old vine]

Ignoring exception in command <nextcord.application_command.SlashApplicationCommand object at 0x000001D4AC417460>:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Kaushik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\nextcord\application_command.py", line 895, in invoke_callback_with_hooks
    await self(interaction, *args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\Users\Kaushik\Documents\Programming\r-IGCSE-Beta\F-lock.py", line 135, in Forumlockcommand
    await interaction.response.defer(ephemeral=True)
  File "C:\Users\Kaushik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\nextcord\interactions.py", line 679, in defer
    await adapter.create_interaction_response(
  File "C:\Users\Kaushik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\nextcord\webhook\async_.py", line 195, in request
    raise NotFound(response, data)
nextcord.errors.NotFound: 404 Not Found (error code: 10062): Unknown interaction

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

nextcord.errors.ApplicationInvokeError: Command raised an exception: NotFound: 404 Not Found (error code: 10062): Unknown interaction```

this is the new error

how to solve it?

[karmic shore]

how do I get the id of a user who is mentioned in a message, regardingless if its an @ mention or the ID or their name. For example someone types "@karmic shore" or "1017915595083231283" or "heromaex"

the text that Im getting is ONLY that so no need to search for it

[slate swan]

You can't

Only the actual mentions

!d discord.Message.mentions

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Message.mentions

A list of Member that were mentioned. If the message is in a private message then the list will be of User instead. For messages that are not of type MessageType.default, this array can be used to aid in system messages. For more information, see system_content.

Warning

The order of the mentions list is not in any particular order so you should not rely on it. This is a Discord limitation, not one with the library.

[naive briar]

You'd have to somehow search for the last 2 yourself

[slate swan]

IDs you can use a regex and then match the user

Name however, you'd have to look at every single word in the message and check if a user has this as username in the guild/all guilds - which is definitely not recommended

[naive briar]

Also note that names can be duplicated

Nicknames, at least

[karmic shore]

I see yea

[slate swan]

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    channel_id = 1186540419354468353 
    if message.channel.id != channel_id:
        return

    guild = message.guild
    member = message.author

    role_id = 1091865008268386314  
    role = guild.get_role(role_id)
    if role not in member.roles:
        return

    await member.add_roles(1091865047682261013)

    channel = guild.get_channel(channel_id)
    await channel.send(f'{user.mention}, You have been added to the identity group {role.name}！')```

[brazen geyser]

hey guyss, can someone tell me whats wrong with this?

[shrewd apex]

await ping.delete() u missed the ()

[brazen geyser]

OHH, RIGHTT

i forgot that ()

thank you so much

[shrewd apex]

np

[ashen notch]

Anyone know if there's a way to see if a DM you send is getting caught in someone's "Message Request" pile?

For context, the "you've never joined voice before" notification we have for the bot will attempt to send a message to someone's DMs and if that fails, pings them in the #voice-verification channel. Needing to see if we can re-route to the channel if we're getting thrown into the Message Request pile as well

[shrewd apex]

hmm never thought about this before iirc message request happens when discord flags a dm as spam iirc

[sick birch]

I don't believe so, no

[sick birch]

also if this is for the button thing the feedback message should probably be ephemeral and leave DMs out altogether

IIRC that's kind of the intention if ephemeral messages

[final iron]

I agree. Ephemeral messages would be a good alternative. Discord doesn’t return the information when your message is hidden in the message requests section

[final iron]

Might depend on user settings. For me, every DM sent to me from somebody i don’t have an active DM channel with or have friended gets put into the message requests

[ashen notch]

This isn't for the feedback message. The thing I'm mentioning there is purely when they join VC for the first time

I do only use ephemerals when they hit the buttom

And I wouldn't be able to use an ephemeral message on this since it's not being triggered from an interaction, unlike the button

[vale stone]

i have a problem i can't import discord in visual code studio how can i fix that?

[leaden jasper]

pip install discord

[brazen geyser]

hey guyss, can someone tell me whats wrong please, its giving me this error and i dunno what am i doing wrong

[sick birch]

can you show us how you're starting your bot

[midnight oracle]

In a DM with a user, the Bot says "Hi, press the button" and there's going to be a button, but when the user press the button I want that original message to be edited to something else, and so on. Or delete the message and send another one, to keep it clean. How can I archive that?

[sick birch]

!d discord.InteractionResponse.edit_message

[unkempt canyon]

discord.InteractionResponse.edit\_message

await edit_message(*, content=..., embed=..., embeds=..., attachments=..., view=..., allowed_mentions=..., delete_after=None, suppress_embeds=...)```
This function is a [*coroutine*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#coroutine).

Responds to this interaction by editing the original message of a component or modal interaction.

[midnight oracle]

Oh, fantastic, thanks!

[ornate linden]

How do I set up a Group in a Cog using slash commands?

I found GroupCog in the documentation but there's just a few commands I would like to be in a subcommand

I just found AppCommandGroup, is that what i'm looking for?

[hushed galleon]

@ornate linden

[ornate linden]

huzzah, StackOverflow saves me again https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76531100/how-to-code-sub-commands-for-discord-py-but-they-are-slash-commands-and-in-a-cog

[hushed galleon]

yup thats it

actually an up-to-date answer about discord.py in stackoverflow >.>

[final iron]

pulled straight from umbras gist 😭

[upbeat mason]

are nsfw discord bots against tos and if so are they allowed if commands may only be executed in nsfw channels? (asking for @vapid parcel cause he's lazy!!)

[vapid parcel]

Nah bro pinged me

[upbeat mason]

yep

[vapid parcel]

More like i just didnt wanna ask 😭

[upbeat mason]

mainly cause I wanna sleep

[vapid parcel]

[lean shard]

If anyone's up for it, I need a rubber duck.

I've learned how to do buttons, and I've gotten them to output values in their own function. I want that value to be accessible to the function that's calling it. The guides I'm seeing put the buttons in a class. Somehow, the class thing is not working with my brain bc I'm unsure how to get it to return a value from that class one the user has hit the button.

Is it as simple as return ClassName == "cats"?

It could also be that I'm still having a hard time with the class object

[sick birch]

that would return a boolean. perhaps you just wanted return "cats"?

[lean shard]

Would that make the result of the class equal cats?
I suppoer Im having a little trouble with the idea of getting buttons to do more complicated operations

[sick birch]

the result of whatever function it's in

if you want to show us your code that'd be helpful

[lean shard]

It is a complete mess atm since i've gone in a few directions to try and get what I want

I'll give a breakdown of what I want to do:

This is for adding to a database. Users start the bot and press one of a few options [Create, Delete, Modify]. For create, they can then type in the name of a user on the server and a character they're playing to add them to the sqlite3 database. For modify and delete, they'd be able to sleect from existing player/character combos and do stuff to them

[lean shard]

I've gotta do that sleep thing, so please ping me with any replies after this point

[torn sail]

Yeah nsfw commands should be in nsfw channels. Idk if it’s like official but every bot list website has it in their rules so probably yeah

Also if ur under 18 there’s also stuff for making nsfw bots

[naive briar]

It's very self-explanatory

[sick birch]

that sounds reasonable enough. if you provide us with your code we can give you more concrete help

[desert kiln]

I need help, I've done with before, but I lost files for it, I need help with the cogs loader, I don't mind specifying the cogs .py files, as I wanna do it like that anyways

Nevermind, I've managed to figure it out, but I do need help with command for reloading the cogs

[slate swan]

https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ext/commands/api.html#discord.ext.commands.Bot.reload_extension

[rugged shadow]

what is the API endpoint to create a channel?

[golden portal]

/guilds/{guild}/channels
https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/guild#create-guild-channel

[brazen geyser]

hey guyss, can someone tell me whats wrong please, its giving me this error and i dunno what am i doing wrong

[blazing condor]

text is better then a screen shot.

!paste

[unkempt canyon]

Pasting large amounts of code

If your code is too long to fit in a codeblock in Discord, you can paste your code here:
https://paste.pythondiscord.com/

After pasting your code, save it by clicking the Paste! button in the bottom left, or by pressing CTRL + S. After doing that, you will be navigated to the new paste's page. Copy the URL and post it here so others can see it.

[brazen geyser]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/FXQA

[pulsar bridge]

Which do you guys recommend:
Discord.py, py-cord or disnake?
Used discord.py in the past, but a while ago. Didn't really like how they were implementing slash commands...