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tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 5:58 PM

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bold shardBOT Aug 20, 2025, 5:58 PM

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tall belfry ..

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@tall belfry

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tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 5:59 PM

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The Error:

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The code:

def save_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         warns[str(member.id)] += 1

    with open('warns.json', 'w') as f:
         json.dump(warns, f)

def remove_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount: int):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         warns[str(member.id)] -= amount

    with open('warns.json', 'w') as f:
         json.dump(warns, f)
    
def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         warns[str(member.id)]
    return warns

@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(kick_members=True)
async def warn(ctx, member: discord.Member, *, reason):
      save_warn(ctx, member)
      dm = await bot.fetch_user(member.id)
      em=discord.Embed(title="Warning", description=f"Server: {ctx.guild.id}\nReason: {reason}"
      await dm.send(embed=em)

@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(kick_members=True)
async def warnings(ctx, member: discord.Member):
      warns = warns_check(member)
      await ctx.send(f"{member.name} has {warns} warnings.")

@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(kick_members=True)
async def rmwarn(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount: int):
      remove_warn(ctx, member, amount)
      await ctx.send(f"Removed {amount} warnings from {member.name}!")```

edgy fossil Aug 20, 2025, 6:15 PM

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I believe it is the formatting of the json please have a look at the structure of the json files

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:15 PM

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Alright, thanks!

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Tbh i dont know what is the error or how to fix it

edgy fossil Aug 20, 2025, 6:18 PM

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look at your json file it is not in json file formatting missing comma or bracket or something likle that

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json files

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:19 PM

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ohhh i understand i guess

edgy fossil Aug 20, 2025, 6:19 PM

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tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:20 PM

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Im getting a mental breakdown🥲

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Tbh i dont know what i've done but idk what to fix or to look for i fixed the json file

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:24 PM

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tall belfry Im getting a mental breakdown🥲

Check if you are on a call. This is unrelated to your problem but your notification bar suggests so.

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:25 PM

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I am on a call with my gf

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:25 PM

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ok

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:25 PM

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tall belfry Im getting a mental breakdown🥲

I want you to scroll to the end of the error message as well

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:26 PM

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There u go

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:28 PM

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def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         # Added a default value (an empty list) which is
         # returned when the user has no warnings
         warns.get(str(member.id), [])
    return warns

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:29 PM

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Ima try that 1 sec

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:31 PM

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plush nest ```py def warns_check(member: discord.Member): with open('warns.json', 'r') ...

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Why does it only return the {} ?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:32 PM

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How do you store your warnings? As a list as I assumed, or do you use a dictionary?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:33 PM

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i use the file to store it

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the warns.json

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:33 PM

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In other words, what is the return type of the function I edited?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:34 PM

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Uhh

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Idk tbh im kinda confused rn

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Like im pretty new to python but i got the basic knowlegde and my friend bascially teaches me if i need help and he told me to do it in this way and it will work fine

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:36 PM

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does dm feature work?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:37 PM

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I'll change it once i got the code working, but it does not work as of right now.

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:38 PM

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I just found out you store warnings as a number not a list

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warns.get(str(member.id), 0)

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This should work

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:40 PM

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lemme try

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:40 PM

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tall belfry

Share this error as text instead of screenshot. I want to tell you something.

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:40 PM

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i cant due to me being on mobile

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:41 PM

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What app are u using to code?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:41 PM

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spck editor

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Its for mobile

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But back to the code it still returns the {}

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:42 PM

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tall belfry But back to the code it still returns the {}

Ok, just clear the json file and run it again

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:42 PM

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just basically an empty file or what should i put in it?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:43 PM

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remove the file

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:43 PM

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yes

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:43 PM

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but then you will get an error

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FileNotFoundError

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Just try one last time to copy the error text

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:45 PM

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File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 235, in wrapped

ret = await coro(*args, **kwargs)

File "/home/container/main.py", line 652, in war nings

warns warns_check(member)

File "/home/container/main.py", line 55, in warn s_check

warns [str(member.id)]

KeyError: '1244794665769766967'

The above exception was the direct cause of the fo llowing exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/bot.py", line 1366, in invoke

await ctx.command.invoke(ctx)

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site

-packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 1029 , in invoke

await injected(*ctx.args, **ctx.kwargs) # typ e: ignore

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 244, in wrapped

raise Command Invoke Error (exc) from exc discord.ext.commands.errors.Command InvokeError: Co mmand raised an exception: KeyError: '124479466576 9766967'

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Like this?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:45 PM

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very close to what I want

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!code

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:46 PM

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File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 235, in wrapped

ret = await coro(*args, **kwargs)

File "/home/container/main.py", line 652, in war nings

warns warns_check(member)

File "/home/container/main.py", line 55, in warn s_check

warns [str(member.id)]

KeyError: '1244794665769766967'

The above exception was the direct cause of the fo llowing exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/bot.py", line 1366, in invoke

await ctx.command.invoke(ctx)

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site

-packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 1029 , in invoke

await injected(*ctx.args, **ctx.kwargs) # typ e: ignore

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 244, in wrapped

raise Command Invoke Error (exc) from exc discord.ext.commands.errors.Command InvokeError: Co mmand raised an exception: KeyError: '124479466576 9766967'```

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There we gi

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Go

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:46 PM

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without the py since this is not entirely python code

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:46 PM

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File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 235, in wrapped

ret = await coro(*args, **kwargs)

File "/home/container/main.py", line 652, in war nings

warns warns_check(member)

File "/home/container/main.py", line 55, in warn s_check

warns [str(member.id)]

KeyError: '1244794665769766967'

The above exception was the direct cause of the fo llowing exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/bot.py", line 1366, in invoke

await ctx.command.invoke(ctx)

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site

-packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 1029 , in invoke

await injected(*ctx.args, **ctx.kwargs) # typ e: ignore

File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 244, in wrapped

raise Command Invoke Error (exc) from exc discord.ext.commands.errors.Command InvokeError: Co mmand raised an exception: KeyError: '124479466576 9766967'```

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Like this?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:47 PM

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yes

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I see this is the error from earlier

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:47 PM

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Its the one from the picture you replied on

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:48 PM

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I am interested in this portion ```
File "/home/container/.local/lib/python3.13/site -packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 235, in wrapped
ret = await coro(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/container/main.py", line 652, in war nings
warns warns_check(member)
File "/home/container/main.py", line 55, in warn s_check
warns [str(member.id)]
KeyError: '1244794665769766967'

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This part specifically ```
File "/home/container/main.py", line 55, in warn s_check
warns [str(member.id)]
KeyError: '1244794665769766967'

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:48 PM

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yes

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:49 PM

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It says there was a KeyError in line number 55 in warns_check function

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Do you see how errors can be helpful?

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The part above tells you what happened before that. The part below tells you what other error occured as a result of this error.

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It also tells you which file the function is located in

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:51 PM

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yes, but what is a KeyError ?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:51 PM

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tall belfry yes, but what is a KeyError ?

Exactly, the right question

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A KeyError is an error that occurs when you access a missing data. Here is an example

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!e ```py
warns = {"user1": 5}
print(warns["user1"])
print(warns["user2"])

bold shardBOT Aug 20, 2025, 6:54 PM

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plush nest !e ```py warns = {"user1": 5} print(warns["user1"]) print(warns["user2"]) ```

:x: Your 3.13 eval job has completed with return code 1.

001 | 5
002 | Traceback (most recent call last):
003 |   File [35m"/home/main.py"[0m, line [35m3[0m, in [35m<module>[0m
004 |     print([31mwarns[0m[1;31m["user2"][0m)
005 |           [31m~~~~~[0m[1;31m^^^^^^^^^[0m
006 | [1;35mKeyError[0m: [35m'user2'[0m

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 6:55 PM

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I understand so the KeyError in my code is that its looking for the data (my user id) in warns.json but it cant find it so it returns the error right?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 6:55 PM

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The first print ran correctly because the key "user1" is present in the dictionary. The second one failed and gave a key error

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You can always check if a key is present in the dictionary before using it.

if "user2" in warns:
  warns["user2"] += 1

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Or you can use .get method (as I did) to get a default value when the key is missing. ```py
warns = {"user1": 5}
print(warns.get("user2", 0)) # prints 0

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These are 2 possible fixes you can apply when facing such a problem.

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Is that good so far?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:01 PM

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Uh i tried the one with the 0 at the end but it still returned the {}

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:03 PM

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Because this is a different error

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Yes it returns 0 when the key is missing, but it will return the stored value if it is there

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In this case the stored value was, for some reason, an empty dict {}

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:05 PM

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So it returned the {} ?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:06 PM

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That's why I told you to clear the json file.

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:07 PM

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I did its completely empty and the bot is not responding and its giving me an new error

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plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:07 PM

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Deleting the file will result in FileNotFoundError when you run the code.

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This error is somewhat similar to the one we explored, except it is for when trying to read from a file that doesn't exist.

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:08 PM

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i recreated the warns.json and its now just empty

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plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:09 PM

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tall belfry

I see

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:10 PM

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tall belfry

json.decode.JSONDecodeError
guess what?

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it is coming fom json.load

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:11 PM

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Hmm but what's the error than i mean json.load is the right thing to use right?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:11 PM

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tall belfry Hmm but what's the error than i mean json.load is the right thing to use right?

You can't pass this function an empty file

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It expects to find something in there

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:12 PM

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But like i have one thing if i can ask you that?

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It'll resolve it ig tho

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:12 PM

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write this in your json file {}

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:13 PM

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I did

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:13 PM

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tall belfry I did

Looks like you are smart

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:14 PM

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plush nest Looks like you are smart

I had it in the file before you told me to delete it but it returned the {} but thanks

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:14 PM

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Is your bot working now?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:14 PM

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Nope

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But like can you help me with something else it might fix the error tho

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:16 PM

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I think I can fix this for you

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:16 PM

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you can?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:16 PM

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just give me your current code

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after the edits

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:16 PM

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tall belfry you can?

I am not finished yet 🙂

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:16 PM

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Including the warns.json ?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:17 PM

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tall belfry Including the warns.json ?

I trust it is in good shape

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just the functions

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:18 PM

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def save_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member):
    with open ('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        warns[str(member.id)] += 1
    
    with open ('warns.json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(warns, f)
        
def remove_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount: int):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         warns[str(member.id)] -= amount

    with open('warns.json', 'w') as f:
         json.dump(warns, f)
    
def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         warns.get(str(member.id), 0)
    return warns

@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(kick_members=True)
async def warn(ctx, member: discord.Member, *, reason):
      save_warn(ctx, member)
      dm = await bot.fetch_user(member.id)
      em=discord.Embed(title="Warning", description=f"Server: {ctx.guild.id}\nReason: {reason}")
      await dm.send(embed=em)

@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(kick_members=True)
async def warnings(ctx, member: discord.Member):
      warns = warns_check(member)
      await ctx.send(f"{member.name} has {warns} warnings.")

@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(kick_members=True)
async def rmwarn(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount: int):
      remove_warn(ctx, member, amount)
      await ctx.send(f"Removed {amount} warnings from {member.name}!")```

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This is the current code

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:18 PM

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You have to ask yourself, what happens when the json is empty and you add a warning to it?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:19 PM

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plush nest You have to ask yourself, what happens when the json is empty and you add a warn...

The Warning will get stored in the file?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:19 PM

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warns[str(member.id)] += 1

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now look at this

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:20 PM

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tall belfry The Warning will get stored in the file?

It doesn't

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:20 PM

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plush nest ```py warns[str(member.id)] += 1 ```

It will add 1 warning to the the user id?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:20 PM

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tall belfry It will add 1 warning to the the user id?

If it is already there

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If not, this should be an error

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Instead

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:23 PM

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plush nest ```py warns[str(member.id)] += 1 ```

This line is equal to ```py
key = str(member.id)
warns[key] = warns[key] + 1

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Basically,

get the value
add one
store the value

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I will change that to

key = str(member.id)
warns[key] = warns.get(key, 0) + 1

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:25 PM

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But like the code will add 1 warn to the user id if its in the warns.json but what if its not in there like how will i add the value in the file

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:27 PM

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Just add this in place. You already have the code that stores the value back in the file.

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But don't test your bot yet

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There is another change

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Or maybe, yes go ahead and see the result.

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:28 PM

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So what should i change before i test?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:29 PM

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plush nest ```py warns[str(member.id)] += 1 ```

replace this line

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:29 PM

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plush nest This line is equal to ```py key = str(member.id) warns[key] = warns[key] + 1 ```

with this

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:29 PM

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Alr 1 sec

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:30 PM

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You will see something like {'2563267543': 1}

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We will fix that next

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:32 PM

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Notthing happends

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Still more errors

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:33 PM

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really?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:33 PM

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This is so hard to learn🥲

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:33 PM

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oh sorry

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I referred to the wrong message

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:34 PM

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plush nest I will change that to ```py key = str(member.id) warns[key] = warns.get(key, 0) ...

replace with this instead

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:34 PM

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Alr

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:35 PM

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tall belfry This is so hard to learn🥲

You are actually doing well

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Still one change after this to get it working

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I am using my phone right now just like you do

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:37 PM

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Alright whats the next change?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:38 PM

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What did you get?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:38 PM

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Next error

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plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:39 PM

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def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         warns.get(str(member.id), 0)  # gets the right value
    return warns  # returns the whole dictionary

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:40 PM

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tall belfry

Can I look at your code? The part that was changed?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:40 PM

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Can you edit my code bc i dont know where to replace it i think i messed it up

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:40 PM

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tall belfry

Bro

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this is the same as the previous error

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:40 PM

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yh ik i think i messed it up badly🥲

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:41 PM

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Share your code

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not all of it, just the part that was changed

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:41 PM

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def save_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member):
    with open ('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        warns[str(member.id)] += 1
    
    with open ('warns.json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(warns, f)
        
def remove_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount: int):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         warns[str(member.id)] -= amount

    with open('warns.json', 'w') as f:
         json.dump(warns, f)
    
def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
         warns = json.load(f)

         key = str(member.id)
         warns[key] = warns[key] + 1
    return warns```

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I changed some stuff in here

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:41 PM

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Ok I see

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you replaced the wrong line 😭

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just hit undo

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now let's get back

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:44 PM

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plush nest just hit undo

I cant💀

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:44 PM

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This function ...

def save_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member):
    with open ('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        warns[str(member.id)] += 1
    
    with open ('warns.json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(warns, f)

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:44 PM

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yes?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:44 PM

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tall belfry I cant💀

Ok just follow along

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:45 PM

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tall belfry yes?

Tell me what it does

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:45 PM

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plush nest Tell me what it does

It saves the warn

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:45 PM

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talk in steps

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like it opens the file, then ...?

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load it's content?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:47 PM

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It opens it

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:47 PM

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Don't be afraid, I am only checking your understanding

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def save_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member):
    # open file in reading mode
    with open ('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        # loads content of the file, warns is a dictionary now
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        # updates the value
        warns[str(member.id)] += 1
    
    # open the same file again in writing mode
    with open ('warns.json', 'w') as f:
        # store the data into the file
        json.dump(warns, f)

#

# updates the value
warns[str(member.id)] += 1

# issue: it only updates the value if it is there
# solution: replace this line

key = str(member.id)
if key in warns:
    # increase by one
    warns[key] += 1
else:
    # set to one
    warns[key] = 1

#

def save_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member):
    # open file in reading mode
    with open ('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        # loads content of the file, warns is a dictionary now
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        # update the value
        key = str(member.id)
        if key in warns:
            # increase by one
            warns[key] += 1
        else:
            # set to one
            warns[key] = 1
    
    # open the same file again in writing mode
    with open ('warns.json', 'w') as f:
        # store the data into the file
        json.dump(warns, f)

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@tall belfry Is that clear?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:54 PM

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yes

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 7:55 PM

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Do you see how we, programmers, replace code?

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This is what I wanted you to do

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This is how your check function looked like before it was messed up

def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        key = str(member.id)
        warns.get(key, 0)  # gets the amount
    return warns  # return the dictionary

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Coding on phone is hard, ik

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I was there there too,

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@tall belfry can you, ahh.. , edit your code again?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 7:59 PM

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Like replace it with yours?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:00 PM

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tall belfry Like replace it with yours?

Yes, but not blindly

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just be aware of what you are replacing

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:01 PM

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Alright i will

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It worked! But its saying my user id and the warning amount

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:05 PM

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Exactly

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That means you did it right this time

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only one fix to do

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:06 PM

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plush nest This is how your check function looked like before it was messed up ```py def wa...

Now look at this

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I want you to take a look at this function and tell me what is wrong with it

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:07 PM

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Uhh

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I dont get it

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:07 PM

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-# hint: what does the function return?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:07 PM

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the warns

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:08 PM

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And what is warns? What value is stored in there?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:08 PM

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The user id and the amount ?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:09 PM

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exactly

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but if you only want to return the amount, how would you do it.

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:09 PM

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Hmm

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Tbh i dont know

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:11 PM

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-# just return the amount instead of returning the entire dictionary

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:12 PM

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yh but how can i only return the amount like over a variable ?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:13 PM

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def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        key = str(member.id)
        warns.get(key, 0)  # gets the amount
    return warns  # return the dictionary

def warns_check(member: discord.Member):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f)
        
        key = str(member.id)
        return warns.get(key, 0)  # get the amount and return the amount

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Did you get it?

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:17 PM

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ye

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Okay i got it working but how can i fix the remove warns now over command?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:21 PM

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look at the function that saves warning, it will be similar to that

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like if the key is present reduce by the given amount, and if it is not there set it to zero

tall belfry Aug 20, 2025, 8:24 PM

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def remove_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount: int):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f):
            key = str(member.id)
            if key in warns:
                 warns[key] -= amount 
            else:
                warns[key] = 0

    with open('warns.json', 'w') as f:
         json.dump(warns, f)```

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Is this right?

plush nest Aug 20, 2025, 8:28 PM

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fix the indent

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def remove_warn(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount: int):
    with open('warns.json', 'r') as f:
        warns = json.load(f):
        key = str(member.id)
        if key in warns:
             warns[key] -= amount 
        else:
            warns[key] = 0

    with open('warns.json', 'w') as f:
         json.dump(warns, f)

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