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[hasty mason]

@craggy pebble

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[drowsy stone]

discord.Client() needs an 'intents' keyword argument

!d discord.Client

[hasty mason]

discord.Client

class discord.Client(*, intents, **options)```
Represents a client connection that connects to Discord. This class is used to interact with the Discord WebSocket and API.

async with x Asynchronously initialises the client and automatically cleans up.

New in version 2\.0\.

A number of options can be passed to the [`Client`](https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Client).

[formal imp]

are u making a discord bot?

[craggy pebble]

yes

ok

so i have to make a keyword argument?

like. !d

at the start?

thats it?

[drowsy stone]

huh?

by keyword argument it means that you are going to pass a named argument into the discord.Client's constructor method

i.e. discord.Client(intents=...)

[craggy pebble]

I dont understand ive never made a bot before

and what are intents=?

[drowsy stone]

do you understand how functions work in python?

[craggy pebble]

I do, but not for that class.

First, i understand Tkinter n stuff but not discord.

I never even touched it.

[drowsy stone]

okay, so if I have a function like this py def func(a, b, c): print(a, b, c) then it has 3 arguments: a, b, and c. When I call my function I am not required to explicitly say the name of the parameter because they have not been marked as 'keyword-only'. However, I can explicitly name the parameters if I wish so func(1, 2, 3) is the same as func(a=1, b=2, c=3). I can even change the order of my keyword arguments: func(c=3, b=2, a=1) is the same as the two examples above.

When I define a function, I am also able to mark certain parameters as being 'keyword-only' i.e. the caller is required to explicitly state the name of the parameter when calling py def func(*, a, b, c): print(a, b, c) Now the only way I can call this function is by running func(a=1, b=2, c=3). The 'intents' parameter for the discord.Client constructor method is like this so you must refer to the parameter name explicitly when you make a new discord.Client object.

I read the documentation for discord.Client and it seems like you have to pass in a discord.Intents object for the 'intents' keyword argument.

[craggy pebble]

That literally just didn't help me in anything, all you just said is stuff i already know even when i told you i did understand how they work just not what to put in the intent thing. Anyways. Goodbye.

[hasty mason]

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