discord-bots

[topaz stratus]

you actually do

[viral heart]

I do?

[topaz stratus]

yes, you use requests to make an api request to retrieve the information and then parse it

the issue here is that u need to find a free riddles api

or u can just hard code the riddles into a list? into a file? or whatever

[shrewd apex]

https://www.riddle.com/help/api you can use this maybe

[viral heart]

I want alot of riddles so it can send 1 daily for along time without a limit like that

[shrewd apex]

also use aiohttp not requests

[viral heart]

This is confusing

[topaz stratus]

confusing now, you just have to put in the effort

read https://docs.aiohttp.org/en/stable/ (we don't use requests in this case because with a discord bot its async; if u use requests, it'll be blocking meaning you'll be halting other processes)

[viral heart]

Would this work? Mind you I am using ChatGPT to help me as I don't know much py yet
https://paste.pythondiscord.com/XCTA

Looks like it works

[topaz stratus]

surprised it gave u an actual working api

[viral heart]

omg 😂

[topaz stratus]

        "nsfw": false,
        "religious": true,
        "political": false,
        "racist": false,
        "sexist": false,
        "explicit": true
    },

looks like they give these settings that u can change; i guess put false for explicit

[viral heart]

Oh thats nice

Would that make it were they aren't allowed?

[topaz stratus]

perhaps

i wouldn't know; i didn't code this api or test it

[viral heart]

I just figured true or false would be the same for most other things

I'll test it and have it send a riddle every time the command is sent so i can do it faster

[topaz stratus]

alright, but u didn't fix the actual problem; you kinda just walked around it
you still don't know what ur actually doing

[viral heart]

Yeahh that is true

[topaz stratus]

play around with the aiohttp module and the examples they have

[viral heart]

Alright, I'll have to do that tomorrow. It's getting pretty late and it's freezing so I want to get under the covers.

[topaz stratus]

have a good night

[viral heart]

You too, or have a good day, whichever fits

[viral heart]

Quick thing, how do I have it were the bot can be in 2 servers and both using the riddle-start command, cuz I have it in one of my buddies and when he did it, it said
The daily riddles are already running in Bot testing⁠ > the-riddler!

[topaz stratus]

that's what u get for copying chatgpt code without understanding it

check riddle_start function

[viral heart]

this part?```python
send_daily_riddle.start()
else:
await interaction.response.send_message(f"The daily riddles are already running in <#{riddle_channel_id}>!")

[viral heart]

And I won't be able to understand it for a bit until I learn python, which I'm trying to do while using ChatGPT

[indigo reef]

async def join(ctx):
    if (ctx.author.voice):
        channel = ctx.message.author.voice.channel
        voice = await channel.connect()
        source = FFmpegAudio('The Weeknd.mp3')
        player = voice.play(source)``` when i run i get error anything wrong?

[nova ravine]

python for me was a lot easier than c#, c or cpp

[viral heart]

Yeah, definitly. I started learning a couple months ago for a bit on my raspberry pi and was able to learn some things very quickly. But for bots its definitly alot more complicated

[indigo reef]

oh

but when i run it gives error

[viral heart]

Yeah I can't help you there, the bit of code I did learn wasn't related to bots at all and the small bit I have learned isn't related to that

[fair shuttle]

is there a way to fix that like i want the bot to only send the embed not the !report https://paste.pythondiscord.com/FKUA

the code is in the link

just fix that in general loll ive been trying to find for hrs and i cant

[mossy swallow]

Send

[indigo reef]

i fixed it but now im trying to make it play different audio

@client.command(pass_context = True)
async def play(ctx, arg):
    voice = ctx.guild.voice_client
    source = FFmpegPCMAudio('The Weeknd.mp3')
    player = voice.play(source)

i have another audio im trying to make there be different audio and want it so that someone can choose a different one

[mossy swallow]

use choices

[indigo reef]

can u help me with that

im still new but understand a lil bit tho

[mossy swallow]

sure

What do you use? Pycord or Discord.py

[indigo reef]

discord.py

@mossy swallow

[mossy swallow]

aight

[indigo reef]

ok

do u want tp help here or dms?

[mossy swallow]

here

[indigo reef]

ok

what do i need to do

do u need to see more of my code

?

[mossy swallow]

Do you use only the old prefix or also /cmds

[indigo reef]

im only using prefix

[mossy swallow]

aight

[indigo reef]

ill learn later maybe slash cmds

[fast osprey]

Fwiw it's against tos to play music you don't have copyrights to

[indigo reef]

;-;

its just a bot that will play a song

[fast osprey]

Which again is against tos if you don't have rights to it

[indigo reef]

hows it that deep

so i cant play a song

[mossy swallow]

@client.command(pass_context=True)
async def play(ctx: commands.Context, song: str):
    voice = ctx.guild.voice_client
    if not song:
        return await ctx.send(f"Enter a Song.")
    if song == "The Weeknd.mp3".lower():
        source = FFmpegPCMAudio(songs[0])
        player = voice.play(source)
    elif song == "Cozy.mp3".lower():
        source = FFmpegPCMAudio('Cozy.mp3')
        player = voice.play(song[1])
    
    await ctx.send(f"I´m playing {song}")```

[indigo reef]

thanks

do i change the Cozy to my audio right

[mossy swallow]

yes

[indigo reef]

thanks so much

[indigo reef]

yo

@client.command(pass_context = True)
async def join(ctx):
    if (ctx.author.voice):
        channel = ctx.message.author.voice.channel
        voice = await channel.connect()
        source = FFmpegPCMAudio('The Weeknd.mp3')
        player = voice.play(source)

i also have this code but it doesnt switch to the song im trying to switch it to

[mossy swallow]

Use Buttons or something

[indigo reef]

k

[mossy swallow]

Or do you mean you execute the /play command?

[indigo reef]

when i choose to play my other song it stays on the weeknd

[fast osprey]

You can, but it will break tos

and it is against the rules of this server to help people break tos

[indigo reef]

ight

[stark ingot]

You can play songs that you have the copyright for or that you have purchased or been given the rights to stream.

[fast osprey]

Unless you're purchasing commercial rights, you've only purchased a limited license for personal use

[indigo reef]

i said ight im not playing it

File "c:\Users\onyob\OneDrive\Documents\Fortnite\Fortnite.py", line 110, in <module>
@has_permissions(kick_members=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NameError: name 'has_permissions' is not defined

[fast osprey]

has_permissions isn't something python knows natively

You need to import it or reference it from an imported module

[indigo reef]

ok

thanks

[young dagger]

!d discord.ext.commands.has_permissions

[unkempt canyon]

discord.ext.commands.has\_permissions

@discord.ext.commands.has_permissions(**perms)```
A [`check()`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ext/commands/api.html#discord.ext.commands.check) that is added that checks if the member has all of the permissions necessary.

Note that this check operates on the current channel permissions, not the guild wide permissions.

The permissions passed in must be exactly like the properties shown under [`discord.Permissions`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Permissions)...

[young dagger]

You want to use @discord.ext.commands.has_permissions(**perms)

[mild kiln]

guys

theres anyone who knows how to host for free 24/7

becuase I hosted it 24/7 but when visual code is closed then commands stop working

[fast osprey]

!hosting

[unkempt canyon]

Discord Bot Hosting

Using free hosting options like repl.it for continuous 24/7 bot hosting is strongly discouraged.
Instead, opt for a virtual private server (VPS) or use your own spare hardware if you'd rather not pay for hosting.

See our Discord Bot Hosting Guide on our website that compares many hosting providers, both free and paid.

You may also use #965291480992321536 to discuss different discord bot hosting options.

[fast osprey]

tl:dr is no, these things cost money to run and if you think you're getting it for free someone is scamming you

[mild kiln]

i mean

ig ot it from botghost to run python but it only run it commands

[mild kiln]

so i cant make it for free 24/7???

[fast osprey]

Not without getting scammed. Think about it.

This costs money. Who is going to spend their money to run your stuff for you

Thankfully there is a process where you can exchange your time for currency that can be then be used to rent a reliable host

[frail turtle]

and what would be the best hosting service

with a reasonable price

[fast osprey]

That is largely a matter of opinion and preference, and also varies based on your needs

[frail turtle]

[fast osprey]

I have very good experiences with Hetzner, but there's a bunch of reliable offerings out there

[frail turtle]

I'll check it out, thanks.

[indigo reef]

np i fixed it already thanks

[indigo reef]

from discord.ext.commands import has_permissions
``` this is what i did to fix it

[runic dawn]

Is it risky hosting discord bot on local network

[stark ingot]

what do you mean by that?
Your bot only communicates with discord (unless you tell it to communicate with other things)
So if you are worried about a user of your bot getting access to your bots IP or something that is not possible by interacting with your bot

[slate swan]

chat, i made this bot that y'all can use in dm or servers. whatever. i made sum commands, fun, informative and yeah...now..i got no ideas for the bot, i mean i made a lot of cmds and i ran out of ideas, i'll put a small list of commands:

-# /instagram, /userinfo, /tiktoks(this one it's made by me for fun, posting tiktoks uploaded on catbox.moe), /roblox

give me some ideas please 😭

[haughty ore]

Someone here a good discord bot developer?

[slate swan]

Just ask your question if you have one

If you search for a developer, it's not the place for that - use Fiverr, Upwork or something like that

[haughty ore]

Alright

[topaz stratus]

what are all the commands?

[slate swan]

my god, they are like 21, i dont remember them all...

i'll tell you soon

[slate swan]

-# /streaming - set the status for the bot (only dev)
-# /say - say something trough bot (only dev)
-# /urban - urban dictionary finder
-# /kiss, /hug, /lick, /f**k, /blowj-, /slap, /ana-
-# /tiktoks - choose from a list of tiktoks set by the dev
-# /fakenitro - fake gift nitro parnk
-# /botinfo - info about the bot
-# /website - bot's website
-# /instagram - show an instagram profile
-# /tiktok - show an tiktok profile
-# /roblox - show a roblox profile
-# /avatar - show user avatar
-# /banner - show user banner
-# /membercount - show member count of a server
-# /userinfo -show the last server the user was seen, his id, creation date etc.

[topaz stratus]

oh these really do basic stuff

why do u need more commands?

[slate swan]

i wanna learn more

after my learning shit, i wanna make a discord bot 4 people who want to use it

so, it s for fun

[topaz stratus]

alright, here's one: make a discord game, make a leaderboard

[slate swan]

leaderboard? by what?

i would like to make a economy system but i got no idea with the databases

i mean im still trying to make a family cog with /marry, /family and /adopt

[topaz stratus]

do research into databases then

[slate swan]

(if you use /marry it will marry with yourself)

[slate swan]

i will

but in the first place, i would like to know python very well

and after that i will start using databases and other things

[topaz stratus]

what aspect of python?

[slate swan]

i think im gonna go with game development

but i have a low end pc so i cant code any good game

[topaz stratus]

the pre-req problem is 🥶

[slate swan]

yes.

[topaz stratus]

#pyweek-game-jam on here has some fun games, nothing crazy

[slate swan]

yeah idk

[glad cradle]

if your objective is to produce basic games you don't really need a powerful pc, if your objective is to produce epic 3d A games then you have 2 problems: python is not the correct language for that and the pc

[slate swan]

so i have to learn c++?

[glad cradle]

I mean, it depends what you want to do... every language can do almost everything but that doesn't mean that they're good at everything

so it depends if it's to get into the game industry for real or if it's just a small thing that you want to make, not really supposed to be published or you don't have high hopes for

[slate swan]

nah, i wanna learn it and then get a job from it or at least make money

so i want it to be published

[topaz stratus]

🗿

[soft osprey]

Does anyone know how to make a bot that can complete hw for me Sparx Maths, one of my friends has one using gauth math and gpt 4

[stark ingot]

Using AI and other problem solving tools like you described are often considered cheating. Additionally, not doing the homework will not allow you to learn the topic so you will probably end up failing exams. This also violates

!rule 8

[unkempt canyon]

Rules

8. Do not help with ongoing exams. When helping with homework, help people learn how to do the assignment without doing it for them.

[drifting arrow]

When using interactions, such as buttons, how do I make my bot detect the interaction if the bot has to reconnect to discord?

[fast osprey]

What library are you using?

[drifting arrow]

discordpy

[fast osprey]

If you go to the repo, under the examples/views folder there is a persistent.py example which gives you two approaches

[drifting arrow]

ty

[drifting arrow]

🤔 https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py/blob/master/examples/views/persistent.py

I do this, and sorta understand it. I need to dynamic button stuff. But if I understood it correctly, I have to create a new class for each button? I can't just have 1 class with like 5 buttons?

[fast osprey]

One class represents one pattern of button

If all 5 do the same thing with one value different, you could put the value in the custom id and parse that out in the same class

[indigo reef]

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

class Greetings(commands.Cog):
    self.client = client

@client.command()
async def hello(ctx):
    await ctx.send("Hello, I am the Fortnite bot!")

ive been searching on how to define self everywhere i cant find a solution ive problem solved the others with importing but cant seem to understand this one

its prob a simple fix anyone help

its fine i fixed it

[fair shuttle]

does any1 know what is this ive been stuck for hours with that

[slate swan]

Nobody knows, you're sending a random picture of logs without code nor what you goal is

[fair shuttle]

its when i try to start my server where my bot is hosted thats literally the only error i have

[finite salmon]

wherever you may be using the aiohttp lib, you forgot to close the connection and comes out as warning

it could even be from one of your libraries you're using

the same thing happend to me once when i tried integrating stripe's lib to my bot and i had to manually pass in an async http client either from aiohttp, httpx or some other. Initially i tried using aiohttp but i ended up getting the same output you got and seemed like stripe doesn't have good support on aiohttp so i just passed in a httpx client to the stripe instance instead

[fair shuttle]

yk by anychance where this is?

[finite salmon]

idk your code

but seems like it has to do with code thats being executed on start up, check every task object that youre running on start up and any related code to that

wait also i just realized you're using dpy v2.3.2

its really outdated

the latest is 2.4.0

[fair shuttle]

dayummmn didnt even saw that 😭

thanks for that loll

[viral heart]

@topaz stratus Guess what riddle showed up today😂

[fair shuttle]

lmao

[topaz stratus]

if u go to the website of that free api https://v2.jokeapi.dev: they have a form for customizing the request and provide a query parameter:
blacklistFlags=explicit for the flags

[viral heart]

I don't mind what riddles it gives, just thought it was funny that one showed up this early

Although nice to know how to do that

[topaz stratus]

also these aren't even riddles: they are just bad jokes

[viral heart]

Yeah, I noticed that. Might have to rename the bot or find a different api

But I mean I did use the joke api so it makes sense that there just jokes

[teal delta]

It happens to me too

I get "Unclosed Client Session" warning

[stoic tusk]

PS C:\Users\deutchHD\Desktop\github\BasketPlus> python test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):                                              ges\discord\app_commands\models.py", line 44, in
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\Desktop\github\BasketPlus\test.py", line 1, in <module>
    import discord                                                              ges\discord\member.py", line 33, in <module>    
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\__init__.py", line 23, in <module>                                  ges\discord\abc.py", line 59, in <module>       
    from .client import *
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\voice_client.py", line 35, in <modulges\discord\client.py", line 51, in <module>
    from .sku import SKU, Entitlement
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\player.py", line 29, in <module>    ges\discord\sku.py", line 31, in <module>
    from .app_commands import MissingApplicationID
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\app_commands\__init__.py", line 12, 
in <module>
    from .commands import *
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\app_commands\commands.py", line 53, 
in <module>
    from .models import Choice
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\app_commands\models.py", line 44, in <module>
    from ..member import Member
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\member.py", line 33, in <module>    
    import discord.abc
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\abc.py", line 59, in <module>       
    from .voice_client import VoiceClient, VoiceProtocol
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\voice_client.py", line 35, in <module>
    from .player import AudioPlayer, AudioSource
  File "C:\Users\deutchHD\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\discord\player.py", line 29, in <module>    
    import audioop
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'audioop'

interesting.

import discord

class Client(discord.client):
    async def on_ready(self):
        print(f"Logged,{self.user}!")

intents = discord.Intents.all()

client = Client(intents=intents)
client.run('TOKEN_IS_PRESENT')

Anyone hows the fix?

[teal delta]

Type in terminal pip install audioop-lts

I think that's how it works

[fast osprey]

Or downgrade python

[slate swan]

Ideally you'd downgrade, as 3.13 is not officially supported by discord.py and you may face some other issues later on

[tardy lagoon]

any similar bots offering functionalities of the python forum based help system?

[slate swan]

probably better off making your own

it's not super hard

[young dagger]

What is the most efficient way to create a Voice XP System?

[glad cradle]

track the minutes users were in vc unmuted and use the minutes to calculate the xp

you could do this in a pretty way by using math (not the module)

[viral heart]

Could anyone help me fix this problem?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\kille\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\discord\app_commands\commands.py", line 858, in _do_call
    return await self._callback(interaction, **params)  # type: ignore
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\kille\Downloads\Trader.py", line 162, in trader_prices_command
    price_view = PriceView(categories)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\kille\Downloads\Trader.py", line 114, in __init__
    self.update_buttons()
  File "C:\Users\kille\Downloads\Trader.py", line 119, in update_buttons
    self.next_button.disabled = self.current_page == len(self.pages) - 1
                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PriceView' object has no attribute 'pages'

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

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\kille\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\discord\app_commands\tree.py", line 1310, in _call
    await command._invoke_with_namespace(interaction, namespace)
  File "C:\Users\kille\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\discord\app_commands\commands.py", line 883, in _invoke_with_namespace
    return await self._do_call(interaction, transformed_values)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\kille\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\discord\app_commands\commands.py", line 876, in _do_call
    raise CommandInvokeError(self, e) from e
discord.app_commands.errors.CommandInvokeError: Command 'trader-prices' raised an exception: AttributeError: 'PriceView' object has no attribute 'pages'```

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/4HJQ

[slate swan]

You've never defined the pages attribute in your class, error says it all

[viral heart]

I may need help figuring out how to do that, for the meantime I got a class so ill have to do that later

[slate swan]

I mean, you do it in create_pages

But the issue is that you already try to use the pages attribute when initializing the class, which doesn't exist

So in the init you should set the attribute and pass the pages as argument when initializing the class, not later at some random point

[viral heart]

I'll learn how to do that after my class

[open cobalt]

Discord bots while in class?!

[viral heart]

No i wasn't working on them while I was in class

Was alittle late to class because I was working on them for a bit

[sleek cedar]

how can i link a command thats in a group?

for example /add tag

[frank osprey]

um guys ....so figured out cogs but im still lacking ....

how would i go about using variables between cogs ?

[fast osprey]

Cogs are just objects, you can set attributes on them. bot.get_cog('abc') can get whatever cog you want

[umbral flare]

Can anyone send me a @bot.command? Im struggling with my commands and it would be nice to get a example

[slate swan]

why.

[slate swan]

no

[dusty drift]

Hello! Can someone help me on why my slash command only allows me one argument (member) even though I have put several more?

[shrewd apex]

u can have only pass singular arguments in slash commands, they dont allow collections or lists of arguments

!d discord.ui.UserSelect you can use a select to pick multiple options at a time

[unkempt canyon]

discord.ui.UserSelect

class discord.ui.UserSelect(*, custom_id=..., placeholder=None, min_values=1, max_values=1, disabled=False, row=None, default_values=...)```
Represents a UI select menu with a list of predefined options with the current members of the guild.

If this is sent a private message, it will only allow the user to select the client or themselves. Every selected option in a private message will resolve to a [`discord.User`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.User).

New in version 2.1.

[dusty drift]

Okay. setup is a coroutine ?

[shrewd apex]

which setup?

[dusty drift]

In Cogs

[shrewd apex]

yeah it is supposed to be async

[dusty drift]

Okay. Thankss

[dusty drift]

!! 🙂

[drifting arrow]

:D https://github.com/Gnomeslayer/gnomeslayers_tickets_2

\o/

First discordbot of the year \o/

[dusty drift]

Good!!

[viral heart]

Oh dang, what all does it do?

[drifting arrow]

It's a ticket bot

:D

Similar to those you might find in gaming servers. Where you click a button, fill in some information. and badabing.badaboom. Tikcet

This one is tailored specifically for my friends discord server so you'd have to remove some things to make it work as a general bot.

[viral heart]

Ah, yeah I have a ticket bot in my DayZ server, tomorrow after I get done with my classes I'll take a look a your bot. See how it is

Always find it interesting to see other people's creations

[drifting arrow]

Sometimes it's fun to see other peoples solutions to the same problem as well

[viral heart]

Yeah, with how new I am I haven't really been able to check out anyone's creations but would like to start. Get some ideas for my own or to genuinely use the bot

Not necessarily an idea from a bot but one of the servers I used to be in for a game had a price list and with how cluttered it looked I didn't like it. Once I had made my own server for the game I decided to make a bot that displays a price list so it didn't look as cluttered. Wanna make it look better but as of right know I think it looks decent

[vapid parcel]

Just wondering what I can do to fix this goofy bug in discord, if you mention the @ everyone role, it shows as @@everyone . How can I fix that in code to only do @everyone?

[finite salmon]

show code

cod

[vapid parcel]

buddy

role.mention

if you do <@roleID> on the @everyone it does it twice

go try it

oops, I had @ everyone in message 😭

                        inline=False```


this should possibly fix it, cuz if you type `@everyone` it shows up highlighted as if it was pinged/mentioned. But if it doesn't then I suck ![shrugs](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1280735457214468096.webp?size=128 "shrugs")

[finite salmon]

crazy

[vapid parcel]

so smart. Totally.

[finite salmon]

bro so smarg

[glad cradle]

you could also not show it

since well... everyone have it

oh wait that's not a Role info command

nvm then

[vapid parcel]

yeah lol

[fading gale]

What py versión can I use for creating a bot?

[slate swan]

Depends on the library, discord.py supports up to 3.12

[fading gale]

Ok

Ty

[stark ingot]

I think it is because the actual role name of @ everyone contains an @ symbol so when you mention he role it is @+role name so it has 2 @

[sinful lake]

how to install python on vs code

[fast osprey]

vs code is a text editor. You don't install anything on it. It has extensions for highlighting and debugging, but python itself is a separate program/installation on your machine

[slate swan]

you install python
you set the python interpreter setting in vscode to your installation path

[sinful lake]

how to install discord module on vs code

[viscid hornet]

pip install it? like literally any other package?

the fact that you dont know this is kinda worrying

also werent you just told this?

[glass harbor]

Bro don't be that guy, he's obv new, help him and don't be a dick about it

[viscid hornet]

i'm not being a dick - i'm noting aloud that trying to make a discord bot, something that requires a somewhat extensive knowledge of python to have, shouldn't be a journey embarked upon by someone who isn't have of python's package manager

[sleek cedar]

Is there any way of checking a message count for a user faster?

[shrewd apex]

I mean yeah its a advanced project, but maybe explain it to op? and what should be his approach instead?

[shrewd apex]

I dont think so there is any direct method

• using channel history
• using on_message event to maintain your own counter in your database per user

[sleek cedar]

Thanks. I was thinking of storing the count in a database but wanted to see if there's an easier way. And for channel history - how do you do that? channel.history?

[slate swan]

!d discord.TextChannel.history

[unkempt canyon]

discord.TextChannel.history

async for ... in history(*, limit=100, before=None, after=None, around=None, oldest_first=None)```
Returns an [asynchronous iterator](https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-asynchronous-iterator) that enables receiving the destination’s message history.

You must have [`read_message_history`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Permissions.read_message_history) to do this.

Examples...

[sleek cedar]

thanks

[sleek cedar]

this is still slow so db is def needed

[slate swan]

well yeah because you're pretty much fetching lots of data from discord (the endpoint is paginated)

and the endpoint has a max of 100 messages per page

so depending on the amount of messages in the channel, it makes lots of http requests to discord

fetching up to 100 messages should be fast as it's a single request

[glass harbor]

So nobody should learn anything new until they already know stuff'

Let bro learn, he'll learn about the necesities along the way

[viscid hornet]

not really - it's that you'll most likely have a very difficult time learning that "anything new" if you don't already know whatever the knowledge builds off of. algebra would be extremely difficult if you didn't know the four operations - while that doesn't stop you from trying, you'll probably not get far 🤷🏽‍♂️

[viscid hornet]

OP just asked the exact same question word for word 20 minutes after his original question was answered

also the guy isn't even responding so i'd never get the chance for it

[glass harbor]

Ok bro, leave it

[tropic solar]

!user

[unkempt canyon]

You are not allowed to use that command here. Please use the #bot-commands channel instead.

[frank osprey]

you playing up again ? try not to damage too many cars now lol

[viscid hornet]

??

[viscid hornet]

😂😂

[slate swan]

No module named 'audioop'
Not even using audioop

Someone help, please?

My code

import discord 
from discord import app_commands   
import asyncio

MY_GUILD = discord.Object(id=1325342160442228758) 

class MyClient(discord.Client):
    def __init__(self, *, intents: discord.Intents):
        super().__init__(intents=intents)
        self.tree = app_commands.CommandTree(self)

    async def setup_hook(self):
        self.tree.copy_global_to(guild=MY_GUILD)
        await self.tree.sync(guild=MY_GUILD)

intents = discord.Intents.default()
client = MyClient(intents=intents)

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'Logged in as {client.user} (ID: {client.user.id})')
    print('------')
    stream_activity = discord.Streaming(
        name="test",
        url="https://www.twitch.tv/RoExclusive"
    )
    await client.change_presence(activity=stream_activity)

@client.event
async def on_guild_channel_create(channel):
    if "ticket" in channel.name.lower():
        await asyncio.sleep(5)

        dark_mode_color = discord.Color.from_rgb(31, 33, 38)

        embed1 = discord.Embed(
            title="Welcome to Your Ticket",
            description="Please describe what you need and ping @vxry once done.",
            color=dark_mode_color
        )
        await channel.send(embeds=[embed1])

client.run('')```

[fast osprey]

Downgrade python to 3.12 or lower

[slate swan]

How do I do that

@fast osprey ?

[sick birch]

What OS are you on

[fast osprey]

Can just install 3.12 (or lower) parallel and then use that to run your code

[slate swan]

No idea on how to check that

[fast osprey]

Operating System, like Windows or Linux or Mac

[slate swan]

Windows 11

Can you just tell me how to downgrade I dont understand what you're telling me to do

[fast osprey]

This is also googleable

However you installed python 3.13, use that to install 3.12 instead. Then run your code with the 3.12 installation

[slate swan]

I don't know how to degrade I looked it up and still confuses me

[fast osprey]

^

[slate swan]

i see that, but how would I do it???

[fast osprey]

Which part

[slate swan]

However you installed python 3.13, use that to install 3.12 instead

This part

[fast osprey]

How did you install 3.13

[slate swan]

Python website

[fast osprey]

Then download any 3.12.x version from there

[slate swan]

Any 3.12 version?

[fast osprey]

<@&831776746206265384>

[fast osprey]

Yeah any should be fine

[glacial sail]

!cban 1264563127106797579 scammer

[unkempt canyon]

:ok_hand: applied ban to @solemn swan permanently.

[slate swan]

I installed 3.12, but wouldn't it just be overrided by 3.12 and not work at all?

[fast osprey]

On windows, python versions get installed in separate directories. You have to choose which one when you run your code

[slate swan]

How do I choose which one will run the code ?

[fast osprey]

If this is in an ide like vsc, you should have a dropdown selector for python installations. If you're running from command line, you would either type in the full path to the python exe you wanted or use something like the py launcher

[slate swan]

Is the only stuff I see, I don't see a dropdown

[fast osprey]

Bottom right, there's a version number

[slate swan]

Now I'm getting this:

[fast osprey]

It's a new environment. You'll need to install packages on it

[slate swan]

Did that, still showing.

[fast osprey]

You either didn't, or the ide is lying to you (they often do)

never trust what vsc shows, always run your code and get an error

[slate swan]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\dynam\OneDrive\Documents\RoExclusive Bot\main.py", line 3, in <module>
import discord
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'discord'

I did pip install discord

[fast osprey]

Yeah but pip, written literally, is ambiguous

that's probably still installing into your 3.13 installation

[slate swan]

So what should I do then?

[fast osprey]

Several options

• You can set up a virtual environment instead
• You can use py -3.12 -m pip install ... if you installed python with the py launcher option
• You can use <full path to your 3.12 python .exe> -m pip install ...

[slate swan]

Thank you very much! One last thing, do you know why when I do my suggest slash command my bot doesn't send the message content to the suggestion channel once the user sends it. My bot sends the embed to the channel, but no content.

async def suggest(interaction: discord.Interaction):
        await interaction.response.send_message(
            "Please type your suggestion below:", ephemeral=True
        )

        def check(msg):
            return msg.author == interaction.user and msg.channel == interaction.channel

        try:
            msg = await client.wait_for("message", check=check, timeout=60)
        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
            await interaction.followup.send(
                "You took too long to respond. Please try again.", ephemeral=True
            )
            return

        suggestion_channel = client.get_channel(SUGGESTION_CHANNEL_ID)
        if not suggestion_channel:
            await interaction.followup.send(
                "Suggestion channel not found. Please contact the server administrator.",
                ephemeral=True,
            )
            return

        embed = discord.Embed(
            title="New Suggestion",
            description=msg.content,
            color=discord.Color.blue()
        )
        embed.set_author(name=interaction.user.display_name, icon_url=interaction.user.avatar.url)
        embed.timestamp = discord.utils.utcnow()

        suggestion_message = await suggestion_channel.send(embed=embed)

        await suggestion_message.add_reaction(":white_check_mark:")
        await suggestion_message.add_reaction(":x:")

        await interaction.followup.send(
            "Thank you for your suggestion! It has been sent to the server team.", ephemeral=True
        )```

Example:

[fast osprey]

You aren't asking for message content in your intents. Either way, I suggest you don't use wait_for waiting for the user to send a message, that's pretty bad ux. You can instead use a modal (pop up) where the user can input what they want and it gets sent directly to your bot rather than a message on the channel

https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intents.html if you want to receive message content

https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py/blob/master/examples/modals/basic.py if you want to use a modal instead

[drifting arrow]

If I were to make a suggestions bot, I'd have a singular button attached to an embed. The embed is basic "Hey, wanna make a suggestion?"
and the button simple opens a modal, same as what @fast osprey said.

Then the suggestions can either be public or private. It's no matter. It gets sent to a channel of my choosing. I'd make it look fancy with an embed. " @drifting arrow suggested this thing!" kinda deal.

[slate swan]

I want to make a modal, but it's to confusing to me

[drifting arrow]

The "wait_for" is fun and all. I've done it before with some bots, however it's so annoying to do and it's just shit in general. Coz you have to basically put all your validation in the single function because you're waiting for a response each time and if the response could be something different you got a bunch of issues lol

[drifting arrow]

Modals are simple once you get use to them

The example of a basic modal provided by solstice is pretty good. It's what I do.

[fast osprey]

The short of it is:

• make a class that subclasses Modal
• in that class declare whatever TextInput(s) you want the user to see in the popup
• implement the on_submit method to do whatever you'd like with those inputs when the user submits the modal (send to your other channel), plus respond to the submit interaction
• in your initial command, use interaction.response.send_modal(YourModalClass())

[sick birch]

note that textinputs need to be classvars (i believe) which might make it tricky to populate with data passed into arguments. i recall having some issues with this

[blissful crane]

if they're classvars they get added when the modal is initiated, but you can manually add them using Modal.add_item too

[surreal current]

Was wondering how to fix this simple issue. After response (defer) and following up to a dropdown select, it still keeps the thing selected even though I don't want that. I am using discord.py though

[stark ingot]

Edit the message with the view and make sure none of the select options are set to default

[slate swan]

I Have this simple on/off duty command, that gives and removes roles. Is it possible for the bot to contain in the embed the time that the user has been on duty?

[quick gust]

You could store the time in a database

[slate swan]

Keep track of the time when they last executed the command, in a database, and then do some small math

i need help

anybody can help?

Help with?

[quick gust]

that's what this channel is for, ask what u need help with and if someone can, they will

[slate swan]

help with storing the time in the database and then showing the user the time elapsed

Do you have a database?

no

The find some websites or videos quickly explaining a database, e.g. SQLite

Then you can use the aiosqlite module in python to interact with an SQLite database

!pypi aiosqlite

[unkempt canyon]

aiosqlite v0.20.0

asyncio bridge to the standard sqlite3 module

Released on <t:1708409573:D>.

[viscid hornet]

!pypi asqlite - i find rapptz wrapper to be very easy to use as well

[unkempt canyon]

asqlite v2.0.0

A simple and easy to use async wrapper for sqlite3.

Released on <t:1719317735:D>.

[young dagger]

What would be the most efficient way to create a Voice XP system?

[dry kelp]

As i see this going, You could track entry vc time + leave vc time, to get the time they've spent in voice, to ensure your system won't fail, in case there's join time, and no leave time, set a time of the application's startup, There's a chance that users will be in voice, so entry time won't exist, when adding leave time ensure there's a field of entry time.

Create a setup that would give certain XP for minutes or hours, that can be configured thru setup

And you'll be adding the XP during leave time, you'll add the xp from there

and also having a task running hourly to ensure xp is proper for every user

This is a small idea, can surely be improved... but to get a base logic....

[dry kelp]

You should install psql, this will allow you to create a database on your machine

[dry kelp]

And to facilitate the usage of database, you could use an ORM, as example tortoise ORM, they allow you to create a datetime field and auto add time

https://www.w3schools.com/postgresql/postgresql_getstarted.php

https://tortoise.github.io/fields.html?h=datetime#tortoise.fields.data.DatetimeField

using auto_add_now=True would add the time automatically

[frail turtle]

in order to push changes to commands globally without using GUILD_ID i just run a bot and wait 1 hour?

[blissful crane]

sync globally then restart your discord client by doing ctrl + r

[frail turtle]

how do I do that exactly

what do I need to add

[blissful crane]

I have no clue how to use this bot

[blissful crane]

https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactions/api.html#discord.app_commands.CommandTree.sync you need this to sync

it's best to make a command that syncs and then use that

[frail turtle]

that's what I am talking about

tyy

[dry kelp]

Can bots access guild vanity url with manage_guild?

Only read, ik it cannot be modified

nvm

[viral heart]

If I get a NAS for raspberry pi's, could I use it to run multiple bots without it being on my main computer?

Nvm, just looked more into NAS and don't plan on using it

[wanton current]

why would you need a NAS?

[tender bobcat]

I would say, also set a timestamp on when you bot last restart
So you can assume that, if your system don't have track on their join time, and assume you store entry time just in memory, you can assume that they enter before the bot start

[viral heart]

I was thinking of something else, just got the names mixed up

[split chasm]

hey! im new to coding and trying to work on a bot, tips?

[fast osprey]

Biggest tip I can give you is to build solid fundamentals by doing focused projects before tackling something advanced that touches on several concepts simultaneously

[frank osprey]

yeah take this advice^^^

[fair shuttle]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/AGTA any1 know how to fix that the bot dont create a new category for modmail everytime a user dm it cuz rn everytime someone dm the bot its creating a new category

[last cradle]

how to get a users about me?

[shrewd apex]

you cannot

[last cradle]

but ive see a bot do it?

[shrewd apex]

not legally or without violating discord terms of service

discord dosent provide an official api returning user bio

[crude remnant]

i dont think thats illegal

[undone kiln]

How does Discord send notifications to a bot about new messages? Is it possible to receive messages using an HTTP server?

[vocal plover]

Through the web socket gateway only, it's not possible to receive them via HTTP, that's only for interactions and a couple of other select events, the volume of messages sent makes it less reasonable to make individual requests for each one

[undone kiln]

Okay, then I'll try running the Discord bot and the aiohttp server in the same process

[frail turtle]

Any manual or documentations on databases and how to implement them?

I've made a command that let people make custom role's by themselves but they can do it multiple times and flood the roles

figured the only way to deal with that is to store info who made what and each time someone tries to make another one it checks the list of user ids

If anyone have any better ideas let me know

[fast osprey]

What is a custom role?

[frail turtle]

basically it's a slash command that let you create a role in a server and choosing a color

bot makes a role and assign it to you

should've worded that better mb

[fast osprey]

Roles aren't made for that, and in any reasonably large sized server you're going to run into issue

[frail turtle]

yeah it's not for a large server at all

looking at 300 people at best

and how many of those will figure out how to even use the command, who knows

also that command is locked behind a level that you gain by being active

[fast osprey]

That is above the number of available roles. People don't need only their own role

[frail turtle]

after a certain level the command appears and you're able to use it

[fast osprey]

The way I see this handled is to make a set of discrete roles and let people opt into them rather than making their own

[frail turtle]

That's not a "custom role" anymore though

[fast osprey]

Roles aren't made to be custom.

[frail turtle]

Also I do have that already so

[fast osprey]

They are permissioning units with limitations, not arbitrary flair

[frail turtle]

They're already very limited

As a matter of fact, nobody even abused that loophole I just wanted to get it fixed for fun

[fast osprey]

Just telling you what discord wants you to use roles for and that this is a misuse of them

[frail turtle]

Ok I understand that but that's besides the point

[fast osprey]

It's not

[frail turtle]

alright i'll figure something out

[fast osprey]

For database setup/design, that's independent of making a discord bot and better served in #databases

You'll want to lay out the schema for any data you want to store and then make an informed decision about which db engine to use

[stark ingot]

The first step you need to take is to choose a database. I personally use postgreSQL but for smaller projects and quicker/easier setup I have heard that sqlite works well. You can have a column for the user ID and a column for the role ID (and potentially guild ID as well just in case at some point this bot is on multiple servers). Then you would just need to check if a "row" exists with that user ID. You can probably find some help for how to set it up in #databases I am not experienced enough to confidently guide you.
Also, you can use the API for whatever you want if it falls within discord TOS. And allowing users to create roles 100% falls within discord TOS.

[haughty ore]

What does OPPWST 11 mean?

[stark ingot]

in what context?

[flat latch]

can somone help me with this?

[slate swan]

there is no such file at that location

[flat latch]

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'audioop' how can i fix that?

[fast osprey]

Downgrade python to 3.12

[flat latch]

oki

[young dagger]

@sick birch Sorry for the ping. Here is my solution:
https://paste.pythondiscord.com/V2UQ

• periodically write it to the database

[outer violet]

hello, i've asked about this issue before but i'm still encountering the same problems and could use some more insights. i finished my app system, and it worked perfectly in my test server after thoroughly testing on my local environment using vscode. however, when i deployed it to my VPS, it stopped working as expected.

here's the situation:

• using the *sample command, it displays the sample embed with the dropdown and select menu (screenshot)
• but when i select an option, it doesn't trigger the modal. instead, it shows the content from the above image
• the video recording is how the system works as expected (in the test server, it triggers the modal with the messages)

i put some debug statements and deployed it to my VPS, but this was the only output:

Select menu triggered with value: ['Event Assistant']
Selected role: Event Assistant

this differs from the expected output screenshot, which should include logs indicating that the modal interaction was triggered and processed.

relevant files:

1. app.py
2. sample.py
3. sample.json
4. helpers.py

additionally, sample.py isn't supposed to send modals; it only displays the select menu and embed while app.py handles the modal interaction and the logic. i've also removed all blocking code and tried assigning a different custom id to SampleSelect in sample.py compared to AppRoles in app.py. however, this caused the entire system to stop working.

i still don't understand how the system works on my vscode but not my VPS, so help is greatly appreciated.

[opal vortex]

no need, install my copy of audioop if you want it for 3.13/3.14 (cpython main branch). It works perfectly too if you don’t care about free threaded GIL-free python.

https://github.com/AraHaan/audioop

[quick gust]

haven't any experience with Hikari but I'd assume its working on your vsc but not on your VPS because of the custom IDs.
Second, if it doesnt work when you change custom IDs is because in SampleSelect you aren't initating the Modal (like you are in AppRoles). You're just printing something @outer violet

[outer violet]

Oh I see. Okay that makes sense, I’ll give it a try when I’m back home

[outer violet]

So I have to initiate the modal in SampleSelect as well just like in AppRoles?

[quick gust]

yep, worth a shot (also change the IDs)

[dry kelp]

Hello, i am dealing with a really weird issue in my code due to lavalink, if anyone here knows how to use lavalink i wonder what could possibly be wrong in my code.

In this image, it's a quick test setup to test the bot, SADLY the voice DOES NOT work, which is really weird.

Here, i have a really simple connector towards lavalink

This is the application.yml (copied example i doubt this issues)

And this is lavalink server

The server DOES startup properly, and bot connects well to it.

I've also added that intent in order to hope it would work, but sadly IT DOES NOT

The bot successfully retrieve the track, the name, etc, player does not play the track even tho IT IS found.

This is quite tricky, but if anyone knows by bot's voice doesn't play the track, please let me know!

[drifting arrow]

!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.

[drifting arrow]

So much code

[dry kelp]

Right.

1. commands -> https://paste.pythondiscord.com/37AA
2. lavalink connector -> https://paste.pythondiscord.com/M4NQ
3. main file -> https://paste.pythondiscord.com/WZ5A
4. compose.yaml -> https://paste.pythondiscord.com/VHDA
5. application.yml -> https://paste.pythondiscord.com/5QQQ

logs are visible in the pictures, there is literally no issue, so if anyone that's familiar with lavalink would know why the player is not playering 😂

[finite salmon]

this exists https://pypi.org/project/audioop-lts/

[slate swan]

Think twice, there's a reason it got deprecated and removed from the stdlib..

[finite salmon]

think thrice, what i mean is there is an already supported library and is actively maintained and probably much better than that

[slate swan]

actively maintained
Is exactly where you're wrong

Give it a few months and it won't work anymore

These eternal libraries are here to make sure it is maintained and will keep working with future Python versions.

[finite salmon]

youre missing my point

what i mean is it's better to use the library i mentioned that what mage made

[slate swan]

PEP 594 proposed removing 19 modules from the standard library, colloquially referred to as ‘dead batteries’ due to their historic, obsolete, or insecure status. All of the following modules were deprecated in Python 3.11, and are now removed:

You're sure you want to use it..?

[finite salmon]

and ik that

it is a better temporary fix until dpy updates to a better alternative for audioop

[slate swan]

Those libraries exactly are made for that purpose, so yes I'd rather use a "random" other library that is kept up to date

[finite salmon]

im not saying to use the library itself

[slate swan]

No, downgrading to 3.12 is

[finite salmon]

yeah, but to the ones who dont want to downgrade

[slate swan]

d.py doesn't officially support 3.13 either, so you may face other issues in the future and not just that

[slate swan]

im not saying to use the library itself

Kinda

[dry kelp]

@slate swan

any ideas?

[fast osprey]

Playing music is against TOS unless you hold copyrights to that music and aren't violating a streaming service's TOS, which it's pretty clear your code is not doing

[frank osprey]

has anyone got a example of using variables between cogs trying to work it out but coming up with error ( like i know how to make classes and all that but i donno what im doing wrong )

[fast osprey]

If you're using discord.py, there's an example of this on the docs page on cogs

[frank osprey]

pycord but close enough that will do thanks

[opal vortex]

not everyone can possibly downgrade to 3.12 though 💀.

plus 3.14 (cpython main) works just fine for me.

[wanton current]

then you're not using any voice func.

[opal vortex]

yeah, to avoid TOS problems with the voice stuffs.

[opal vortex]

it still works fine on 3.13 and 3.14 though.

[fast osprey]

"it works" is not a sign you should do it, or that you should encourage others to do it

when the library owners are telling you not to do it

[opal vortex]

they actually are saying it's ok tho.

as next version they will default to installing audioop.

[fast osprey]

yes, in which case they will update the supported versions

[spice warren]

Hi, this is my library

I plan to maintain this so long as discord.py needs it

I should also add that whilst MagicMage simply took the existing code from the last 3.12.7 tag, mines is also from the same tag but I have also compiled it for use within the modern (3.13 + for now) ABI as well as added support for free-threaded builds.
I also release pre-compiled wheels for numerous architectures so it's very simple to use - even on raspberry pis :)
You'll see that this is already depended on extensively, even the @unkempt canyon bot uses it

I have no intention to pull the rug from anyone that uses this - I will maintain this so long as I am physically capable, and in the event that I am not, I would ask some TRUSTED contributors to take over, I know what it's like losing a critical piece of support, that's not fun for anyone.

EDIT: upon further reading it seems that @slate swan seems to have mistaken the pypi link sent for some sort of shim, not a maintained project. They were supportive of @opal vortex's repo link thinking it was alternatively a maintained project versus the pypi link. Looks like an easy misunderstanding :)

[opal vortex]

3.12.4*

[spice warren]

Ah my apologies, it hasn't changed in several minor versions so it doesn't matter too much for that point

[opal vortex]

ye

[spice warren]

Hi
I made this with discord.py in mind - I spoke with Danny and he was happy to use my version - he onboarded it as soon as I got it working and ready for 3.13+.

Currently there are no plans to make/switch to an alternative. This is a VERY hot codepath in voice related code so alternatives must be faster than Python.
(think Zig, Rust or C, still).

This means that for the foreseeable future, d.py (and the forks of it, surprisingly) won't be switching away.

Hopefully that clears any concerns up <:

[opal vortex]

btw did you by chance consider switching it to the limited API whenever the core devs allow free threading along with it?

Note: would require using the Heap type of creating types method where they are created via a PyType_Spec variable and passed to PyType_FromSpec().

My Discord bot's core uses pyawaitable and uses heap types already so 😂.

[spice warren]

I don't believe that change is even necessary? Outside of edge use cases like yours lol

[opal vortex]

(just because I wanted to implement the core of my bot in C like database stuff to eliminate asqlite3)

[dry kelp]

i am

[viral heart]

I need help with this, im trying to run my bot but this keeps happening (Fixed it)

[drifting arrow]

Is there a way to set the dropdown menu to always be on the default after a person selects something?

I want it to always reset

[drifting arrow]

Currently I am just editing the message to update the view

await interaction.message.edit(view=dropdown_menu_view(config=self.config, tokens=self.tokens,options=options)) basically this

[viscid hornet]

why is this in a channel about discord bots?

[viscid hornet]

[viscid hornet]

doesn't it normally do that?

[drifting arrow]

No

[viscid hornet]

show me your code. i wanna see this feature

[vocal plover]

Hi, nextcord maintainer here - don't be surprised the forks use it, good software is good software, our goal isn't to be different from discord.py it's to be good in our view (which sometimes means differences), but if there's something good like your library that's the better option we want to use it because that's the sensible engineering decision

Thanks for making the LTS package and maintaining it :)

[spice warren]

Almost missed this - just want to say I didn't add my "surpisingly" as a slight by any means, I just meant I was genuinely surprised!

Thank you for the comment though, it's much appreciated 💜

[young dagger]

Would it be recommended to asyncio.gather when updating multiple users roles? My correct code:

                            reward_roles = set(roles.values())
                            member_roles = set(member.roles)
                            roles_to_remove = [role for role in member_roles if role != role_to_assign
                                               and role in reward_roles]

                            if roles_to_remove:
                                await member.remove_roles(*roles_to_remove)

                            if role_to_assign and role_to_assign not in member_roles:
                                await member.add_roles(role_to_assign)

Was thinking of

role_tasks = []
if roles_to_remove:
    role_tasks.append(member.remove_roles(*roles_to_remove))
if role_to_assign and role_to_assign not in member_roles:
    role_tasks.append(member.add_roles(role_to_assign))
if role_tasks:
    await asyncio.gather(*role_tasks)

So there is no need for asyncio.gather?

[fast osprey]

"need" is a strong word. It really depends what behavior you want

If you have multiple coroutines that are independent of each other and you care about when all of them are finished rather than individual ones, yes gather probably does what you need

afaik even if you fire these coros all at the same time, the library's internal semaphore will keep you from shooting yourself in the foot to rate limits

[young dagger]

It will loop through members who have gained XP, assign them role rewards, and remove previous rewards (users will only retain the highest role reward). What would you recommend for my situation?

Whatever tips would be appreciated 🙂

[fast osprey]

I mean it depends on what "XP" means, and if you could do it locally when that happens rather than in a big ol loop over everyone

[prime flicker]

guys how could i make an automation bot

im new to coding and dont know where to get started

[quick gust]

That doesn't suggest anything, what do you mean automation?

[prime flicker]

like auto response and auto sending

[prime flicker]

well

[fast osprey]

auto respond to what?

[prime flicker]

ppls dms

[stark ingot]

No reason to receive help in DMs. It is 100% allowed to receive help in the ... well ... help channels

[fast osprey]

In general depending on what you mean by new to coding, I would strongly suggest you don't start with something as complex as this. Chat bots and the like layer several different concepts together, and trying to learn them all at the same time is going to leave you and people trying to help you frustrated. It's up to you how to learn, but I've been at this for a long time and people who do this are far, far less likely to succeed in the long run than if they do smaller, focused, simpler projects first to build up those concepts

[vocal plover]

What's this a response to?

[stark ingot]

#discord-bots message Unless I misunderstood the abbreviations

[slate swan]

why am i getting "The application did not respond"
but then it sends?

[vocal plover]

ah i see, guessing you read that as "please dms" rather than "people's dms"

which is fair

[fast osprey]

Probably because you're not responding to the interaction itself

[young dagger]

Does a before_loop indicate that a task is running or not?

self.xp_task.is_running() would return True or False?

[smoky patrol]

is there any way to record discord voice channels

[spiral plank]

self.xp_task.is_running() will return True or False depending on whether the task is running or not

[spiral plank]

in what way are you trying to record?

[smoky patrol]

bot joins talk and records the voice

[young dagger]

@spiral plank I was referring to this question

[smoky patrol]

some github repos use .start_recording() but function doesnt exist

[spiral plank]

sorry, didnt see that

[stark ingot]

Can you post the repo?

[smoky patrol]

https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/blob/master/examples/audio_recording.py

[stark ingot]

Are you using py-cord or are you using something else like discord.py?

[smoky patrol]

I am using discord.py

[sinful galleon]

[stark ingot]

Well you cant use pycord functions in discord.py.
Last I checked discord.py does not support audio recording

[smoky patrol]

which should I use

[stark ingot]

Well, if you want to use voice recording you will have to use a library that supports it (such as py-cord) or implment it yourself.

[golden portal]

for discord.py, you would have to use https://github.com/imayhaveborkedit/discord-ext-voice-recv instead

[fast osprey]

Recording voice is incredibly sketchy, especially if you haven't considered all of the data privacy policies and laws you are now opening yourself up to

[tall furnace]

hello all. i am attempting to create a discord bot just to mess around with python coding. currently i am on my first step. while my code comes back with no errors.. it is supposed to say:
The bot is ready.

This is supposed to happen in the terminal when executed, however it doesnt. as aforementioned, the response i get in Pycharm is "Process finished with exit code 0" so i dont have any errors. any advice?

[slate swan]

Without code, can't help much

[tall furnace]

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True
intents.guilds = True
client = commands.Bot(command_prefix = '!', intents = intents)

@client.event
async def on_ready():
print("The bot is ready.")
print("---------------------")

@client.command()
async def hello(ctx):
await ctx.send('PINECONES')

client.run

at the end is my bot's token, which is why it is blank

[slate swan]

client.run should not be indented

[tall furnace]

my guy

that worked

[slate swan]

You should also

• Rename your client variable to bot, it's a bot and not a client
• Remove intents.guilds = True, it's already included in discord.Intents.default()

👍

[tall furnace]

i am very new-- so when you say rename client variable to bot. what do you mean specifically?

[slate swan]

Instead of doing

client = commands.Bot(...)

you should do

bot = commands.Bot(...)

[tall furnace]

ahhh

[slate swan]

It's commands.Bot

It's like naming a pear as an apple, doesn't make much sense

[tall furnace]

i did that, and it comes back with

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\User\Desktop\main.py", line 8, in <module>
@client.event
^^^^^^
NameError: name 'client' is not defined

[slate swan]

Then obviously you gotta edit all the @client.command() to @bot.command() etc.

Same for @client.event and client.run

[tall furnace]

youre a capital letter G my friend

any good resources for learning python other than here?

[slate swan]

!resources

[unkempt canyon]

Resources

The Resources page on our website contains a list of hand-selected learning resources that we regularly recommend to both beginners and experts.

[slate swan]

Has some neat resources to learn :)

[tall furnace]

ty ty

[timber dragon]

Member.edit has a roles= kwarg that can replace all roles with one call fwiw

new_roles ÷ set(([r for r if not r.is_managed() or r.is_default()]).union(*roles_to_add) - set(roles_to_remove)

await member.edit(roles=new_roles)

[young dagger]

÷ is not a valid Python operator?

[blissful crane]

probably meant = but made a typo

[blissful crane]

the for loop is missing an in ... tho

[young dagger]

Would this be correct?

                        role_to_assign = next(
                            (role for threshold, role in role_thresholds if updated_total_seconds >= threshold),
                            None
                        )
                        
                        reward_roles = set(roles.values())
                        member_roles = set(member.roles)

                        new_roles = (
                                {r for r in member_roles if
                                 not r.is_managed() or r.is_default()}
                                - {role for role in member_roles if
                                   role in reward_roles and role != role_to_assign}
                                | ({role_to_assign} if role_to_assign else set())
                        )

                        await member.edit(roles=list(new_roles))

[blissful crane]

I don't know what your goal is so I can't say, but I see multiple logic errors

not r.is_managed() or r.is_default(), should not both

[young dagger]

My goal is to assign the role from role_to_assign and remove any roles from reward_roles that are not in role_to_assign

[blissful crane]

wait

new_roles = [role for role in member.roles if not (role.is_managed() or role.is_default() or role in reward_roles)] + [role_to_assign]

this solution expects that role_to_assign is a role and not None, I think if it's None you should just return

[timber dragon]

Whoops

[young dagger]

What about

new_roles = [role for role in member.roles if not (role.is_managed() or role.is_default() or role in reward_roles)] + ([role_to_assign] if role_to_assign else [])```

[blissful crane]

You can do that, but are you sure that you want to edit the member's roles if role_to_assign is None?

[young dagger]

My full code

                        role_thresholds = sorted(
                            [
                                (172800, roles["ultimate"]),  # 48 hours
                                (57600, roles["mythic"]),  # 16 hours
                                (28800, roles["legendary"]),  # 8 hours
                                (14400, roles["epic"])  # 4 hours
                            ],
                            key=lambda x: x[0], reverse=True
                        )

                        role_to_assign = next(
                            (role for threshold, role in role_thresholds if updated_total_seconds >= threshold),
                            None
                        )

                        member = guild.get_member(member_id)

                        if member:
                            reward_roles = set(roles.values())
                            member_roles = set(member.roles)

                            new_roles = (
                                    {role for role in member_roles if
                                     not (role.is_managed() or role.is_default() or role in reward_roles)}
                                    | ({role_to_assign} if role_to_assign else set())
                            )
                            
                            if role_to_assign:
                                await member.edit(roles=new_roles)

[blissful crane]

Is this in an event or task?

[young dagger]

Task

Why?

[blissful crane]

there's a chance role_to_assign might already be one of the user's roles?

[slate swan]

#bot-commands

[young dagger]

Not really, role_to_assign checks if updated_total_seconds indicates that there is a new role reward available, assigns the new role to the member and removes the old one

(member will only retain the highest role reward)

[blissful crane]

how is updated_total_seconds calculated? Is there no chance that it'd be below the next milestone multiple times

[young dagger]

Seconds being in voice. That would be possible of course

Maybe I should add

if member and role_to_assign:
    ...

[blissful crane]

then that would mean role_to_assign can be already in the user's roles

[blissful crane]

if role_to_assign in member.roles

[young dagger]

True

[young dagger]

Would that be a problem?

[blissful crane]

realistically not, but it's still an unnecessary api request

[young dagger]

Any idea how to solve that?

[blissful crane]

^

return if the role is one of the member roles or if the role is None

[hushed galleon]

i don't think you'd want to ignore managed/default roles here: py new_roles = ( {role for role in member_roles if not (role.is_managed() or role.is_default() or role in reward_roles)} | ({role_to_assign} if role_to_assign else set()) ) according to #1293735870528094308 message , the list you're passing should include all roles, even ones that your bot isn't allowed to add/remove

[blissful crane]

interesting

[young dagger]

Any idea what it should look like instead?

[viscid hornet]

[young dagger]

Can someone confirm this?

[slate swan]

Why not.. try it and see?

[young dagger]

Well according to @hushed galleon I should include all roles, even ones that the bot isn't allowed to add/remove

[slate swan]

And why don't you try it? To see if that's what you want

[young dagger]

You mean if new_roles != member_roles:?

[blissful crane]

No, I mean exactly what I sent

[young dagger]

I just realised shouldn't it be role in reward_roles and role != role_to_assign

[young dagger]

Than you didn't read the code clearly

Here is a break down:

                        role_to_assign = next(
                            (role for threshold, role in role_thresholds if updated_total_seconds >= threshold),
                            None
                        )

                        member = guild.get_member(member_id)

                        if member and role_to_assign:
                        
                            reward_roles = set(roles.values())
                            member_roles = set(member.roles)

                            new_roles = (
                                    {role for role in member_roles if
                                     not (role.is_managed() or role.is_default() or role in reward_roles
                                          and role != role_to_assign)} | ({role_to_assign} if role_to_assign else set())
                            )

                            if new_roles != member_roles:
                                await member.edit(roles=new_roles)

[blissful crane]

Wdym? That if statement checks if the member already has the role that you're trying to give, in which case you should just return?

[young dagger]

Well sorry that makes sense. Did you see my logic above? ^

Shouldn't if new_roles != member_roles: avoid an unnecessary api request?

[blissful crane]

I think new_roles != member_roles will always be True, since the way new_roles is created does disregard some roles

All you need to check for tbh is just if role_to_assign is None or role_to_assign in member.roles:

[young dagger]

But this wouldn't remove reward_roles that have been added by mistake by a mod or someone else

[young dagger]

What would you say about

manageable_roles = {role for role in member_roles if not (role.is_managed() or role.is_default())}

new_roles = (
    {role for role in manageable_roles if role not in reward_roles or role == role_to_assign}
    | ({role_to_assign} if role_to_assign else set())
)

# Compare manageable roles with new roles
if new_roles != manageable_roles:
    await member.edit(roles=new_roles)

[blissful crane]

Because it doesn't need to, it already did

If role_to_assign is None, it means there is no higher role to give anymore so it should not be removed. And if role_to_assign is in member.roles then it means it has already removed the other roles when it added role_to_assign before

[young dagger]

But if a moderator gives a member a role that is in reward_roles when role_to_assign is None, it wouldn't be removed

(example given mistakenly by a human)

[blissful crane]

this isn't the place to do cleanup after moderators, otherwise, use an event which checks if a mod added/removed a reward role manually and then fix it

[young dagger]

AttributeError: 'Role' object has no attribute 'is_managed'. Did you mean: 'managed'?

[slate swan]

!d discord.Role.managed

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Role.managed

Indicates if the role is managed by the guild through some form of integrations such as Twitch.

Similar names: pycord.discord.Role.managed

[slate swan]

Errors sound about right

Not to mix up with

!d discord.Role.is_bot_managed

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Role.is\_bot\_managed

is_bot_managed()```
[`bool`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool): Whether the role is associated with a bot.

New in version 1.6.

Similar names: pycord.discord.Role.is_bot_managed

[slate swan]

!d discord.Role.is_integration

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Role.is\_integration

is_integration()```
[`bool`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool): Whether the role is managed by an integration.

New in version 1.6.

Similar names: pycord.discord.Role.is_integration

[young dagger]

Why is it necessary to exclude them when using member.edit for roles?

[young dagger]

Oh, just figure out that it's not really

[tall furnace]

Yo yo yo, I'm back again. I have a question for you guys. Is there any lines of code that is a must have with a bot? I understand that you need the import and run blah blah blah and commands in order to interact with the bot. But is there anything else that I should be aware of?

[viscid hornet]

depends on what you're doing. some tasks need more boilerplate than others

for example, if you want to load extensions before runtime, it's better to subclass and override setup_hook, meaning you'll need to write an entire class to achieve that

[potent spear]

We can help you here, let us know more

[ebon axle]

Bruh, open a help section, people will help you there

[slate swan]

Then if it's easy, just create a help thread

Asking people to call you or go in your DMs is weird

[ebon axle]

Yeah

[pallid plank]

#❓｜how-to-get-help

[stark ingot]

If they are using discord.py

[stark ingot]

Not really, there are no "lines" that you need to have that dont have any purpose. Every single line in your code changes the behavior of your bot in some way. There is nothing that is required to have. Of course to make your bot functional you have to start it somehow but everything else is optional.

[gilded harness]

Yo I followed this tutorial and the code for some reason isn't working but in the tutorial the code is working

import discord

class Client(discord.Client):
    async def on_ready(self):
        print(f'Hello World, {self.user}')


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


client = Client(intents=intents)
client.run("token")

I dont see anything wrong

[slate swan]

Run the code and see the error

[gilded harness]

There's a bunch of them

return await self._loop.create_connection(*args, **kwargs, sock=sock)

    transport, protocol = await self._create_connection_transport(
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^```

and a bunch of others

[slate swan]

No there's just one, and that is called a traceback

!traceback

[unkempt canyon]

Traceback

Please provide the full traceback for your exception in order to help us identify your issue.
While the last line of the error message tells us what kind of error you got,
the full traceback will tell us which line, and other critical information to solve your problem.
Please avoid screenshots so we can copy and paste parts of the message.

A full traceback could look like:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "my_file.py", line 5, in <module>
    add_three("6")
  File "my_file.py", line 2, in add_three
    a = num + 3
        ~~~~^~~
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "int") to str

If the traceback is long, use our pastebin.

[gilded harness]

Bro this stuff has my token

[slate swan]

you know you can edit things you copy, right?

[gilded harness]

Yea but discord is automatically putting it in a txt file that I cant edit

[gilded harness]

I’ll try that in a bit one sec

Bro it's not letting me send it

  File "/Users/computer/PycharmProjects/Valorant_Checker/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/connector.py", line 1122, in _wrap_create_connection
    return await self._loop.create_connection(*args, **kwargs, sock=sock)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1126, in create_connection
    transport, protocol = await self._create_connection_transport(
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1159, in _create_connection_transport
    await waiter
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/asyncio/sslproto.py", line 575, in _on_handshake_complete
    raise handshake_exc
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/asyncio/sslproto.py", line 557, in _do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/ssl.py", line 917, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1000)```

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/computer/PycharmProjects/Valorant_Checker/.venv/discord_bot.py", line 13, in <module>
    client.run("token")
  File "/Users/computer/PycharmProjects/Valorant_Checker/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 869, in run
    asyncio.run(runner())
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 194, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 118, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/asyncio/base_events.py", line 664, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    await self.start(token, reconnect=reconnect)
  File "/Users/computer/PycharmProjects/Valorant_Checker/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 786, in start
    await self.login(token)
  File "/Users/computer/PycharmProjects/Valorant_Checker/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/discord/client.py", line 620, in login
    data = await self.http.static_login(token)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/computer/PycharmProjects/Valorant_Checker/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/discord/http.py", line 816, in static_login
    data = await self.request(Route('GET', '/users/@me'))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I think thats all of it

@slate swan

[slate swan]

yeah the token is invalid

[gilded harness]

Oh so just make a new one?

[slate swan]

regen and copy the right one

ah nvm you also have an invalid ssl request

https://www.pythondiscord.com/pages/guides/python-guides/fix-ssl-certificate/

next time really use the pastebin, it's pain to read

[last cradle]

how do i recreate this

[slate swan]

!d discord.User

got everything in that class

[unkempt canyon]

discord.User

class discord.User```
Represents a Discord user...

Similar names: pycord.discord.User

[last cradle]

ty

[slate swan]

though do note that if this is the user bio:

the bot is violating discord's tos and can get terminated

so i wouldn't do that

[last cradle]

hakuna matata

is have the bot show as on phone against tos too

[slate swan]

it's technically allowed, though not officially supported - so your bot may crash one day because of that

[haughty ore]

How do i restore a db?

[last cradle]

how comes

[fast osprey]

#databases

[viscid hornet]

how?

!d discord.Member

[unkempt canyon]

discord.Member

class discord.Member```
Represents a Discord member to a [`Guild`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Guild).

This implements a lot of the functionality of [`User`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.User)...

Similar names: pycord.discord.Member

[viscid hornet]

wait if bio (or some form) isn't in discord.py, and dpy has basically wrapped all of the API, how did they even get the about me

[blissful crane]

Most likely a custom bio

[viscid hornet]

wdym

[blissful crane]

As in, you are able to use a command to set a custom bio in the bot

[honest quest]

is this normal for my discord bot to keep reconnecting overtime?

[fast osprey]

Yes

[slate swan]

bios are not exposed to the bot's api, only the user's api, and that's a fact.
automating user accounts is against tos, hence a bot using an automated user account to get the bio is against the tos.

[viscid hornet]

yeah that's changing the bot's activity - that's not what i meant

[viscid hornet]

ohhhh i see. thank you krypton

[sick birch]

yeah

it's why it's recommended to not put too much stuff in on_ready

[young dagger]

Resuming a session won't trigger on_ready

[young dagger]

This is normal afaik

[sick birch]

hm, wasn't aware

[young dagger]

v0.16.0

You could try it out with

@bot.event
async def on_connect():
    print("Connected!")

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print("Reconnected!")

@bot.event
async def on_resume():
    print("Resumed!")

@bot.event
async def on_disconnect():
    print("Disconnected!")

https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py/issues/5820

[pliant stream]

Hi

I want to host a discord bot, for one server only, it’s gonna be a complex bot and I want 24/7 uptime, what service should I use? Do yall have any recommendations

[slate swan]

https://pythondiscord.com/pages/guides/python-guides/vps-services/

[young dagger]

Get a VPS

[pliant stream]

What is the most reliable one, I can pay

[fast osprey]

Highly opinionated topic

[pliant stream]

Free services may not be as reliable and we have complex stuffs

[pliant stream]

True, I just want opinions from ppl with experience

[young dagger]

Nothing in this world is free

[young dagger]

Go and do some research on it #965291480992321536

[fast osprey]

You're not going to get a large enough sample size from here to make an informed decision

I like hetzner, but that's one data point

[young dagger]

Personally I use Hostinger

[vocal plover]

In the end pick someone that seems reasonably stable and trustworthy and go with them, if you're asking who to host with then you don't have a big enough setup that moving is going to be problematic if they turn out to suck, you'll find who works best for you over time

[sick birch]

Amazon web services

downsides are expensive and complex

highly reliable, though

[wanton current]

there are a plethora of service providers that are just as reliable and are cheaper for the individual

[tall furnace]

Wait, this is interesting. Could you explain it to me like I'm 5? 😅

[wanton current]

You only get access to a users's Bio if you're using the Discord API from a user account, you can't get it if you're using a bot and trying to access said information.

[slate swan]

User and bots have access to various things on Discord's API, examples:

• Sending messages both users (e.g. you) and bots (e.g. @unkempt canyon) can do it
• Getting a user's bio only users (e.g. you) have access to it

[tall furnace]

And we are talking about bios as in the bio that you make on your profile to say whatever you want ?

[slate swan]

yeah

[tall furnace]

And thats bad for a bot to grab and print ?

[fast osprey]

It's not possible

[slate swan]

Bots don't have access to it, so they're violating the ToS by "getting" it

[tall furnace]

Oh thats wild, I guess i didn't understand it because it sounds simple on the outside without actually knowing what you meant

[stark ingot]

Discord intentionally does not let bots see bios because of data privacy concerns

[tall furnace]

But bios are public to everyone else?

So why would it be a privacy concern?

[slate swan]

Bots are automated, users not

[stark ingot]

A bot could go through an entire server of hundreds of members in a few hours. It would take a user a lot longer.

[tall furnace]

What "malicious" things could you do with a bio? If it's a privacy concern?

[fast osprey]

People put potentially sensitive demographic information in their bio that bots could scrape to target them

[stark ingot]

I think the reasoning is lots of people put out personal information in their bio like their age and where they are from

[tall furnace]

OhHHH

Duh. That makes sense. Sorry guys, im slow 🤣🤣

[honest quest]

anyone aware of how to code a rotating playing status on discord bots?

[fast osprey]

Changing status is rate limited and I would suggest you use it convey exactly that, a status, which is not something that changes for your bot on a timer but to communicate meaningful changes

[tall furnace]

snipe_author = {}
snipe_msg = {}
snipe_reply = {}
snipe_time = {}

@bot.event
async def on_message_delete(message: discord.Message):
if message.channel.type == 'private' or message.author.bot: return

snipe_author[message.channel.id] = message.author
snipe_msg[message.channel.id] = message.content
snipe_time[message.channel.id] = 'vt: {int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp())}:R>'

if message.reference:
    snipe_reply[message.channel.id] = message.reference.resolved
else:
    try: del snipe_reply[message.channel.id]
    except exception:
        pass

@bot.command()
async def snipe(ctx, channel: typing.Optional[discord.TextChannel]):
channel = channel or ctx.channel

snipe_content = snipe_msg.get(channel.id)
if snipe_msg is None:
    return await ctx.send("No message was deleted.")

snipe_author_mention = snipe_author[channel.id].mention

embed = discord.Embed(
    description=f"Message deleted by {snipe_author_mention}\n**Content:**\n{snipe_content}\nTime:** {snipe_time
    [channel.id]}"
)

if snipe_reply.get[channel.id]:
    embed.add_field(
        name="Replied to",
        value=f'[{snipe_reply.author}]({snipe_reply[channel.id].jump_url})'
    )

await ctx.send(embed=embed)

what is wrong with this code?

[slate swan]

sniping commands are privacy invasive and often used to mock or harass someone, people delete messages for a reason. won't get much help

[tall furnace]

damn, and we were just talking about that earlier

time to chalk this idea lmao

[fast osprey]

Probably good to review the tos/policy you've agreed to if you haven't

[slate swan]

I heard it isn't really rate limited but your bot may get taken action on

There's no rate limit info sent back from what I heard?

Not sure though

ah nevermind they're fixed rate limits (2 per second)

[tall furnace]

the entire TOS or is there a specific part i can read that relates to bots?

[fast osprey]

There is a separate developer tos and policy. You've agreed to all of it

[tall furnace]

ty ty

on a seperate note, why would i sometimes put:

@bot.command(pass_context=True)

and other times:

@bot.command()

whats the difference?

[slate swan]

pass_context was a version 0.x thing

You never need it, it's very outdated code

[tall furnace]

ahh gotcha gotcha

[stark ingot]

To be fair, I see nothing in the TOS or Policy that restricts you from doing this. Other than this very general term where "third party" is not defined and would mean that many discord bots violate this

You will not share API Data with any third party, except in the following circumstances, subject to compliance with the Terms and applicable laws and regulations: (i) with a Service Provider; (ii) to the extent required under applicable laws or regulations; and (iii) when a user of your Application expressly directs you to share their API Data with the third party (and you will provide us proof thereof upon request).
I think you might even be able to argue that you are sharing API data only with discord
-# Not A lawyer, so not legal advice

[chilly vector]

Hi I have a question regarding a Discord Bot:

I want to check the channel topic of a voice channel (if that's how it called).
I mean the small text users can set at the top of a voice channel.

How can I read that?
Is there currently a way in the Python module?
And if not, can I do that via the REST Api?

When I edit this, it does appear in the Audit Log so I think it should be possible...

[stark ingot]

What "python module" are you using? There are multiple python libraries for discord bots

[chilly vector]

discord.py

by Rapptz

[tall furnace]

Im studying for my undergrad law degree, and to be honest, I wasnt seeing anything that related to the snipe command. However, like i said undergraduate. Although, i assume they could argue that you cant use the bot to harass or otherwise emotionally/mentally harm others as krypton said earlier

[stark ingot]

TBH your bot is not doing that, the users of your bot are. Which you could outlaw in your own terms

[tall furnace]

fair enough

[fast osprey]

There is a section about not bypassing discord privacy features. Message deletion is a privacy feature.

[chilly vector]

I don't even see this option in the general discord developers page. Do they really not have this implemented yet? :(

It's strange because if it appears in the audit log, they definitly have this event implemented on their side

I'd think

[slate swan]

You mean voice statuses?

[chilly vector]

yeah

[tall furnace]

Only thing I could find relating to what you said is this:

You will provide and adhere to a privacy policy for your Application that is compliant with applicable privacy laws and clearly, accurately, and fully describes to users of your Application what data you collect, how you use and share such data with us and third parties, and how users can request deletion of such data

[stark ingot]

I cant find anything on how to get it but you can listen to the
voice_channel_status_update event (idk if discord.py implemented that)

[slate swan]

https://github.com/discord/discord-api-docs/pull/6398

[chilly vector]

So it's part of the REST API, just not documented yet?

[stark ingot]

They dont ever define what "privacy feature" means. Based on the explanation below that sentence it seems like they are explaining a different category of action other then things like message deletion. You could probably argue that this feature is required to have an opt out tho.

[chilly vector]

Thank you for the effort

It's just not merged yet. (I needed a while to understand what I was seeing 😂 )

[tall furnace]

brothers have came across something that i didnt know existed.

what are you guys using to write your bot's code? discord.py or Pycord?

im currently using discord.py

would it be better to switch to Pycord?

[stark ingot]

I use py-cord. It is better to stick with what you are using unless you dont have very much code. The main difference between the 2 is how application commands are handled. Py-cord implements app commands in a very similar way to how prefix commands are implemented (if you are familiar with that) discord.py uses the whole command.tree thing that I dont know much about

In the end it is personal preference

[tall furnace]

and i am coming up on the command.tree thing because im wanting to implement an autocomplete feature for the slash commands

i have about 90 lines of code rn in discord.py

[hollow night]

are you able to check if a discord message contains a sticker / doesnt contain a sticker using discord.py

[wanton current]

You can check if this list is empty https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html?highlight=stickers#discord.Message.stickers

[hollow night]

so i check if StickerItem is empty?

[wanton current]

you check if the list message.stickers is empty

[hollow night]

ty

[fast osprey]

It's not in the TOS, it's in section 3 of the developer policy https://support-dev.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/8563934450327-Discord-Developer-Policy

[slate swan]

Oi what’s up losers

Was wondering could someone teach me how to use discord.py im a fast learner fr fr

All the YT vids are outdated smh

[shrewd apex]

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

[tall furnace]

this makes much more sense!

[amber tundra]

Anyone here know a tut or how to setup a minecraft server that handles the linking process with a discord account and minecraft account with a code, using a discord.py bot?

[fast osprey]

You will not find (good) tutorials on how to do niche specific things. The good docs will give you building blocks to the individual systems and its up to you to put them together

[thin raft]

just use discordsrv

[tall furnace]

import discord
from discord.ext import commands
import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth

Replace with your Spotify Client ID, Client Secret and Redirect URI

SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI = "http://localhost:8888/callback"

Initialize Discord Bot

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!")

Spotify Authentication

sp = SpotifyOAuth(
client_id=SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID,
client_secret=SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET,
redirect_uri=SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI,
scope="user-library-read, user-top-artists, user-read-playback-state",
)

@bot.command(name="play")
async def play_spotify_song(ctx, spotify_uri: str):
"""
Plays a Spotify song in the voice channel.
"""
if not ctx.voice_client:
await ctx.join_voice_channel()

track_info = sp.track(spotify_uri)
track_url = track_info["external_urls"]["spotify"] 

# Use a library like 'youtube_dl' to download the audio stream from the Spotify URL
# and play it in the voice channel. 
# Example: 
# audio_source = await discord.FFmpegOpusAudio.from_probe(track_url) 
# ctx.voice_client.play(audio_source) 

await ctx.send(f"Playing: {track_info['name']} by {track_info['artists'][0]['name']}")

anything wrong with this code?

[fast osprey]

yes, that it violates their tos

[tall furnace]

im having a fun time making this bot. i really am

[fast osprey]

sure, but that doesn't change that it violates tos and by extension cannot receive help here

[tall furnace]

it was sarcasm

[young dagger]

!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.

[tall furnace]

ty ty

ill do it next time

[amber tundra]

thanks, will take a look into that

[fair shuttle]

quick question i have the emoji's in my code but they not sending as emoji's https://paste.pythondiscord.com/P42Q

[blissful crane]

is the bot in the same server with the emojis?

[fair shuttle]

yes

[tall furnace]

is there any way to have my bot play music from spotify?

[fast osprey]

not without violating tos, no

[stark ingot]

You could try and make a deal with Spotify but that is probably impossible at your scale.

[fast osprey]

Some relevant parts of the tos:

Do not create any product or service which includes any non-interactive internet webcasting service. For example, you can’t create an application which plays content from a single source to several simultaneous listeners.

Streaming of music sound recordings through the Spotify Platform shall only be made available to subscribers to the Premium Spotify Service.

[tall furnace]

gotcha gotcha

[slate swan]

I try to get active developer badge and I waited for 24 hours so I can't see my server in this case

It shows "No results found"

[amber tundra]

Add the emoji to the bot in the dev portal that might work idk

[slate swan]

Is there any free way to host my discord bot 24/7 im broke lol

[fast osprey]

!hosting

[unkempt canyon]

Discord Bot Hosting

Using free hosting options like repl.it for continuous 24/7 bot hosting is strongly discouraged.
Instead, opt for a virtual private server (VPS) or use your own spare hardware if you'd rather not pay for hosting.

See our Discord Bot Hosting Guide on our website that compares many hosting providers, both free and paid.

You may also use #965291480992321536 to discuss different discord bot hosting options.

[fast osprey]

Short story, no

[slate swan]

Ok!

Well i guess i have to buy a rasberey pi

[fast osprey]

That's also not free lol

You're paying for electricity, network, and risk

[slate swan]

What risk?

[wanton current]

and its like $80!

[slate swan]

Its cheap

[wanton current]

so its too expensive to buy a cheap vps but cheap to buy a raspi?

[slate swan]

Wait whats the limits of heroku free program

[wanton current]

heroku stopped with free stuff

[slate swan]

Hmm

[fast osprey]

Risk being you buy the hardware, if you fry it that's your money gone

Vs if you rent a vps and the hardware gets fried, you don't care and that risk is on them

[slate swan]

Rasberry pi cooler😎

It wont become fried chicken

[fast osprey]

"Fry" here being short for any hardware failure

[slate swan]

Yes yes a nothing will happen whit a 100 line python bot

[fast osprey]

Wut

The program you're running has nothing to do with hardware failures

[slate swan]

Why would there be a hardware failure

[fast osprey]

Because hardware fails...?

[slate swan]

Never has rasberry failed on me NEVER EVER

Is there any hosting service that supports crypto as payment

[fast osprey]

Unlikely any that are legitimate

[slate swan]

😿

Thats why rasberry pi is better it wont scam you

[fast osprey]

Your call

[shrewd apex]

it won't really fry randomly if you don't arbitrarily connect something to the gpio or the other connector inputs

[fast osprey]

Hardware fails for lots of other reasons than electrical overloading, see what I said

[stark ingot]

It needs to be a community enabled server

[stark ingot]

So your argument is don't buy electronic devices? Just rent everything you need because "your toaster might fry" "your cell phone might fry" "your refrigerator might fry"
Hardware also has warranties.

[fast osprey]

That's not my argument lol but okay

I said it was a factor to consider

[slate swan]

Does some one know how to make redeem bot for keys?

???

[stark ingot]

You essentially have a "store" of valid keys. You can have a command give "admins" a key to distribute from the store. Than a redeem command that the user inputs the key. If the key is in the store of valid keys remove the key from the store and give the user the reward.

[slate swan]

@stark ingot but how?

[sick birch]

Do you have some code you’ve already written up where you have a specific error? Since the above message is how you actually do it

[slate swan]

No I don't have code that's the problem

@sick birch

[timber dragon]

codes = ["JaisidjHaiaisjBb", "oq9wuH99qjsjHhA", ...]

def get_code() -> str:
    return random.choice(codes)

def redeem_code(code: str) -> None:
    try:
        codes.remove(code)
    except ValueError:
        return "Code invalid!
    else:
        return "Code invalid!"

code = get_code() # maybe "JaisidjHaiaisjBb"
print(redeem_code("JaisidjHaiaisjBb"))
# Code redeemed!
print(redeem_code("lol"))
# Code invalid!
print(redeem_code("JaisidjHaiaisjBb"))
# Code invalid!

Basically lol

[young dagger]

How do you detect channel mentions that doesn't belong to the guild?

[shrewd apex]

u could check url for those mentions and match the guild id present in that url

jump_url afaik

[sick birch]

regex probably

[young dagger]

I found
if any(message.guild.get_channel(channel_id) is None for channel_id in message.raw_channel_mentions)

[sick birch]

oh that’s a thing

[sick birch]

this is essentially the same as just channel_mentions afaik

I don’t believe channel_mentions is restricted to the current guild, just ones that are cached (since it’s how channel mentions work in the client as well)

kind of a guess though ^

[young dagger]

https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html?highlight=channel_mentions#discord.Message.channel_mentions

[young dagger]

Do you know if there is any other way to detect server invites to other guilds without using regex?

[sick birch]

no

there might be something in auto mod or server settings though not sure

[fast osprey]

Pretty sure it's just regex on automod yeah

[young dagger]

I don't think the auto mod will check whether the invite link is from the same guild or not. I only want to delete invite links to other guilds

[fast osprey]

Would need to do that with regex

[flint geyser]

hello

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/Q5VQ can someone help me with making the /joincf into a button ?

[fast osprey]

What have you tried and where are you stuck?

[flint geyser]

im stuck on making the enter coinflip command into a button.

like im a big noob in this type of thing lmao.

[fast osprey]

What have you tried? Do you know how to make buttons at all?

[flint geyser]

not really.

😭

[fast osprey]

What library are you using?

[analog swallow]

@fast osprey could you help me with something

[fast osprey]

[analog swallow]

My code:

from discord.ext import commands

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

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'Logged in as {bot.user}')  

@bot.command()
async def separate(ctx, input_string: str):
    print(f'Received command: {input_string}') 

    parts = input_string.split(':')

    print(f'Split parts: {parts}')

    if len(parts) >= 3:
        second_part = parts[1]
        third_part = parts[2]  

        await ctx.send(f"{third_part}:{second_part}")
    else:
        await ctx.send("The input string is invalid. It must contain at least 3 parts separated by ':'.")```

Im trying to get my bot to seperate a combo into just a 2 part thing

Like if i had example:example123:[e-mail]:example00

I would want my bot to only get the 2nd part and the 3rd part like the 2nd phrase and the gmail

But I tried doing this and my bot isnt responding+no error in the terminal

[fast osprey]

and no prints?

[analog swallow]

correct

[sick birch]

!intents

[unkempt canyon]

Using intents in discord.py

Intents are a feature of Discord that tells the gateway exactly which events to send your bot. Various features of discord.py rely on having particular intents enabled, further detailed in its documentation. Since discord.py v2.0.0, it has become mandatory for developers to explicitly define the values of these intents in their code.

There are standard and privileged intents. To use privileged intents like Presences, Server Members, and Message Content, you have to first enable them in the Discord Developer Portal. In there, go to the Bot page of your application, scroll down to the Privileged Gateway Intents section, and enable the privileged intents that you need. Standard intents can be used without any changes in the developer portal.

Afterwards in your code, you need to set the intents you want to connect with in the bot's constructor using the intents keyword argument, like this:

from discord import Intents
from discord.ext import commands

# Enable all standard intents and message content
# (prefix commands generally require message content)
intents = Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True

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

For more info about using intents, see discord.py's related guide, and for general information about them, see the Discord developer documentation on intents.

[fast osprey]

This should raise a warning at minimum in your console

[analog swallow]

Works now but is there a way where i can do multiple at a time instead of one

like maybe if i upload a message file

and it separates the ones from the msg file?

[fast osprey]

It's not clear what your desired input and behavior are

[analog swallow]

i just want to seperate combos

[fast osprey]

I don't know what a combo is

[analog swallow]

just a clump of text

[fast osprey]

That doesn't really explain what a combo is

[analog swallow]

thats seperated with :

its just words that are seperated by :

[fast osprey]

I mean that's what split does

[sick birch]

you want to look for these.. "combos" in the file?

[analog swallow]

i know but i want to know if there is a way i can do multiple at a time

[fast osprey]

multiple what?

Do you have an example of the input you want, and the behavior you want?

[analog swallow]

multile combos

[fast osprey]

We still don't know what a combo is

that isn't a programming term

[analog swallow]

i want to input multiple combos aka example:example123:[e-mail] into the bot and have it distribute the 2nd word and the email only

[fast osprey]

What is the input you want users to put in

an example is going to be more helpful because you keep using the word "combo" which doesn't mean anything in this context. Is this like multiple lines of strings in this format? Are they typing these out, putting them in a file, something else?

Also if you don't want the first part of that, why are users putting it in? There may be a way to simplify the input to both make your code cleaner and make this easier for users

[hollow night]

how would i go about making a slash command that only a specific person can use using discord.py?

[blissful crane]

Make a normal slash command and slap a custom check on top which returns true if interaction.user.id is ...

[hollow night]

wdym?

@tree.command(name="admin", description="admin command, guild=discord.Object(id=GuildID))
async def admin(interaction):
  if(interaction.user.id == x):

like that?

[hollow night]

i am so confused by this

[fleet cloud]

who can help me make welcome bot

[slate swan]

You can either stay with your "if" check or use decorator that discord.py provides to you

@app_commands.check(foo)

the foo coroutine should return a boolean, if it returns True then the command is executed, otherwise the app_commands.check raises a app_commands.CheckFailure that you can handle in your error handlers

!d discord.app_commands.check

[unkempt canyon]

discord.app\_commands.check

@discord.app_commands.check(predicate)```
A decorator that adds a check to an application command.

These checks should be predicates that take in a single parameter taking a [`Interaction`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactions/api.html#discord.Interaction). If the check returns a `False`-like value then during invocation a [`CheckFailure`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactions/api.html#discord.app_commands.CheckFailure) exception is raised and sent to the appropriate error handlers.

These checks can be either a coroutine or not...

[fast osprey]

IMO you shouldn't use a slash command at all. The entire purpose of them is to publish and democratize them, which is the exact opposite of what you want. There's no reason to make a slash command in that case

[stark ingot]

Another thing you can do is to make a guild command on your test server or a servers you own. Then you can use the integration settings to limit it so that only you can see it.
You should still have a check in your code incase you mess up the permissions though.

[limpid pivot]

Looking for some help to make some code a bit more efficient, to prevent my bot from being rate limited

[stark ingot]

You would have to post your code and what ratlimit you are running into to get help

[limpid pivot]

I've posted the code in #1330227391951409253

@stark ingot

[viral heart]

I want to add a count down function into my bot for this specific command, could anyone help?

server_info = {
    "name": "A DayZ Walk",
    "password": "...",
    "start_time": "2024-12-13"
}

@bot.tree.command(name="info-dayz", description="Shows DayZ server information.")
async def info_dayz(interaction: discord.Interaction):
    embed = discord.Embed(title="DayZ Server Information", color=discord.Color.green())
    embed.add_field(name="Server Name", value=server_info['name'], inline=False)
    embed.add_field(name="Password", value=server_info['password'], inline=False)
    embed.add_field(name="Start Time", value=server_info['start_time'], inline=False)
    await interaction.response.send_message(embed=embed, ephemeral=True)

[viscid hornet]

seems like you made it. what's the issue?

do you mean this?

<t:1737281969:R>

[viral heart]

Yeah that

[viscid hornet]

3 steps:

1. parse the date into a datetime.datetime object with .strptime
2. wrap it in <t:[timestamp]:[format]> - R as the format is for relative time (in 10 minutes, in 8 seconds, 4 hours ago)
3. send it

[viral heart]

Yeah ngl that kinda confuses me

[viscid hornet]

how?

[viral heart]

I don't know python that well so most of it confuses me

[viscid hornet]

these are all the formats