The bot can’t send the giveaway into the channel

[errant yacht]

have you even read the error?

it clearly says duration_seconds is not defined

also, why not use a good IDE like VSCode so you can easily find out these errors beforehand

send the whole code

you can use https://vscode.dev/ too

it is a website you can use from any browser. you that coupled with github repositories and no files even hit your tablet's storage

[errant yacht]

^

remove lines 3, 4, 5 and put
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import discord

yeah but where are you getting duration_seconds from? it isnt defined

[errant yacht]

idk your code structure, but if the part where you send the embed is in a different function, dont forget to pass it to that function

or make duration_seconds a global variable

put global duration_seconds after line 158

its not the best solution but idk how you are managing your code

[tawny warren]

vscode is not an IDE btw

[errant yacht]

oh right. it's a GUI right?

[tawny warren]

?? what

[gray olive]

Lol vscode is technically just a text editor. A ide has features that makes it a development environment tool.

[bleak mortar]

I already would say vscode is not anymore a text editor

[bleak mortar]

where do you define the channel?

why do you use -> None?

Im not sure if that is the issue but try it

[gray olive]

You can define a channel using something like

channel = client.get_channel(channelid)

[bleak mortar]

Can the bot see the channel?

and?

you already define the channel

It doesn´t work if the bot cannot see the channel

[gray olive]

Misspelled author.

You put autor

Wait author.id doesn’t even exist does it ?Maybe try ctx.author.id. ? Hmm.

[gray olive]

Hmm maybe try it without the format emb I am not familiar with those but if it works as a regular embed , you know that is your problem maybe.