🔒 Hello, i am trying to implement cogs in my discord-py bot, but it doesnt work

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@dire niche

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[haughty compass]

show codes please

[dire niche]

sumn got deleted

whenever i attach the files

the ]y get deleted?

how can i fix that?

[haughty compass]

show me the codes

[dire niche]

wait

[little frigate]

!paste

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[dire niche]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/7AFA (main ,py)

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/HPDQ (cog)

[little frigate]

it seems to me the load_extensions is never actually called?

[dire niche]

then where do i call it?
also, is there anything wrong with the cog itself?

[haughty compass]

set the main.py to read .py files in the "cogs" folder

do you need an example?

[little frigate]

no

[dire niche]

can u show me how to implement it in my code?

[haughty compass]

no, cog is right.

[little frigate]

the easiest way is to not use bot.run() but instead do it like this:

import asyncio

...

async def main():
    await load_extensions()
    
    async with bot:
        await bot.start(BOT_TOKEN)

asyncio.run(main()) # last line in your code, instead of bot.run()

[haughty compass]

wont work ig, i tried it sum months ago and didnt worked for me but idk

[little frigate]

pretty sure I tried it like that recently and it worked fine. also it's in the docs

[white robin]

Also, you have a bot (not client) but you are using client.load_extension

[little frigate]

(true, that needs fixing)

[dire niche]

do i call main from on_ready?

oh ok lemme check

[little frigate]

no?

[plain walrus]

use the setup_hook

[haughty compass]

change

await client.load_extension(f"cogs.{filename[:-3]}")

to:

await bot.load_extension(f"cogs.{filename[:-3]}")

and try it again.

[dire niche]

ok, i changed it to look like this

python ```# LOADING COGS
async def load_extensions():
for filename in os.listdir("./cogs"):
if filename.endswith(".py"):
# cut off the .py from the file name
await bot.load_extension(f"cogs.{filename[:-3]}")

print(init_ext)
#END

async def main():
await load_extensions()

async with bot:
    await bot.start(BOT_TOKEN)

asyncio.run(main())```

is this correct?

[little frigate]

try it

(don't forget to import asyncio at the top if you haven't already)

[dire niche]

i did lol

[haughty compass]

try it now

[dire niche]

so, the cogs are not being loaded

[haughty compass]

hm

[little frigate]

how do you know?

[dire niche]

i did a print

[little frigate]

try adding a print() in your setup functions in your cogs

[dire niche]

and the list came out empty

[little frigate]

i see

what exactly did you print?

[dire niche]

print(init_ext)

if you remember, i made one this one. and appended every cog to it

[little frigate]

no idea what that's even is... print in you load_extensions function instead

in the loop even.. just print the filename

and als print in you setup functions in your cog files

[dire niche]

heres the main.py https://paste.pythondiscord.com/5P6A

[plain walrus]

just throw a ping command in ur cog and test if it works 💀 or use the cog_load event

[little frigate]

give it nice text to print, so you know what you'r seeing

init_ext is just an empty list

you never use it for anything

that print is pointless and can be removed.

print in your load_extensions function instead like I explained.

[dire niche]

i get this when i print filename:
Greetings.py

the name of the cog

[little frigate]

it means it can find it

go to you Greetings.py, and find the setup function at the bottom

print something in there as well e.g. print('setup called in', __file__)

[haughty compass]

works now?

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