I can't get the purge function to work

[mossy pawn]

Hello, I'm a beginner in bot discord development and I can't get the purge function to work to delete messages in a channel. I'm using version 4.2.1 of the API.

[long basalt]

Hey! Once your issue is solved, press the button below to close this thread!

[uneven helm]

It looks like it's working, it just couldn't do the whole amount at once

[meager condor]

also, make your number option type an Int instead of a string, makes more sense

[uneven helm]

I actually ran into the same thing recently, cleaning up after #1178267536253521920
I had to run the purge seven or eight times to get it all

It'd be nice if we handled it better

[mossy pawn]

ok so what should I do ?

[meager condor]

uh weird my /clear command never did this: https://github.com/BTE-France/BTE-France-Bot/blob/master/cogs/random_commands.py#L42-L77

[long basalt]

BTE-France/BTE-France-Bot

@interactions.slash_command(name="clear")
@interactions.slash_default_member_permission(interactions.Permissions.MANAGE_MESSAGES)
@interactions.slash_option(
    name="number",
    description="Nombre de messages à supprimer",
    opt_type=interactions.OptionType.INTEGER,
    min_value=1,
    max_value=100,
)
async def clear(self, ctx: interactions.SlashContext, number: int = 1):
    "Supprimer les x derniers messages"
    messages = await ctx.channel.history(limit=number).flatten()
    after = messages[-1].id
    number = len(messages)
    await self._clear(ctx, number, after)

@interactions.message_context_menu(name="Supprimer messages après")
@interactions.slash_default_member_permission(interactions.Permissions.MANAGE_MESSAGES)
async def clear_after(self, ctx: interactions.ContextMenuContext):
    after = ctx.target_id
    messages = await ctx.channel.history(limit=99, after=after).flatten()
    number = len(messages) + 1
    await self._clear(ctx, number, after)

async def _clear(
    self,
    ctx: interactions.SlashContext | interactions.ContextMenuContext,
    number: int,
    after: interactions.Snowflake,
):
    n = await ctx.channel.purge(deletion_limit=number)  # n = actual number of messages deleted
    if n == number:
        return await ctx.send(
            embeds=create_info_embed(f"✅ Tu as supprimé les {n} dernier(s) message(s)!"),
            ephemeral=True,
        )