How to create a bot that can use / commands

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@south aspen

can you help me?

[last rapids]

do you mean slash commands?

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yes

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If you know, please help me write a demo code for me to review

[sudden laurel]

Here's the slash basic example.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geoos96ht6Y&t=321s
Can you help me use slash command like in this video?

[last rapids]

that is discord.py and not py-cord

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I followed but it doesn't work and no errors appear

[hoary shuttle]

so can you help me? 😦

[last rapids]

can you show your pip list pls

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Here is my pip list

pip 23.2.1

[lost fiber]

you have discord.py installed

this library is py-cord

So either you installed the wrong library or you're in the wrong discord, your choice

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When I followed the video and ran the bot, no errors occurred

[lost fiber]

.

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So which one should I use? discord.py or pycord

[lost fiber]

you choose

from this discord you will only receive biased answers most likely
but imo the slash command syntax is a lot more simple in pycord

[hoary shuttle]

What about the features and operating speed of these two libraries?

[lost fiber]

I haven't used discord.py since years, so idk
but slash commands just seem more logical here

[hoary shuttle]

no Bot class?

[lost fiber]

again, you are not using pycord rn

you have discord.py installed

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I deleted it

[lost fiber]

and what did you install instead, the packagename?

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and in the example you gave did 'import discord'

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pycord

[lost fiber]

that isn't the right package

it's py-cord

[hoary shuttle]

oh

it all leads to "import discord" so I don't know

[lost fiber]

kind of a name conflict with an existing package when pycord was made

[lost fiber]

yea because that's how py-cord is imported

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Do I need to do anything else?

[lost fiber]

not really

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I can't find the intents value in the Bot class 😦

[lost fiber]

because it's not in the bot class
it's discord.Intents

[hearty raptor]

https://guide.pycord.dev/getting-started/creating-your-first-bot

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How can a bot send messages that only the person using the command can see?

[lost fiber]

ephemeral=True

in the message send

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bot = discord.Bot()

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f"{bot.user} is ready and online!")

@bot.slash_command(name='hello')
async def hello(ctx):
    await ctx.respond('Hey')

bot.run()```
Can you help me edit?

[lost fiber]

add this in the response

[hoary shuttle]

Can you tell me why when I write "ephemeral" vscode doesn't suggest the code for me as usual. Even when I type "respond" it's the same

[lost fiber]

because it's a kwarg

the IDE can't really know what that function takes for kwargs

read the docs, always, it helps a lot

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So there's no way for vscode to suggest those codes?

[edgy ivy]

you have to "type-hint" discord.ApplicationContext or vsc doesn't know what type ctx is.

or more formally, intellisense

[hoary shuttle]

Can you show me an example?

[lost fiber]

oh right the kwargs are also documented in the code right? ide readably?

[edgy ivy]

@bot.slash_command(name='hello')
async def hello(ctx: discord.ApplicationContext):
    await ctx.respond('Hey')

[edgy ivy]

no, just the respond part

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async def hello(ctx: discord.ApplicationContext):
    await ctx.respond('Hey', ephemeral=True)```
oh, but it still cannot suggest "ephemeral"

[lost fiber]

yea, because of what i said about kwargs

[lost fiber]

a that you meant

for stuff like that (kwargs aka keyword arguments) you need to read the docs

https://docs.pycord.dev/en/stable/

[edgy ivy]

technically, it's not entirely true, but whatever I don't want to explain it

[lost fiber]

ik

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Is there any utility on vscode that can suggest code when I write a piece of code too many times?

[lost fiber]

ideally, you should notice that and make that bit of code its own function

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Is this a feature of a utility?

[lost fiber]

thats intellicode

i think

[edgy ivy]

what

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i dont think you have copilot

[edgy ivy]

no, it's just copilot

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but copilot is paid?

[edgy ivy]

it's clearly the video

[lost fiber]

oh i thought they sent their own screen lmao

[edgy ivy]

you can even see copilot

[lost fiber]

also, that is discord.py
do not watch that video

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i know

[lost fiber]

but yea thats copilot and costs money
And i think you should learn programming yourself first before using AI

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I learned programming before, I quit in October 2023 and I'm very bad at finding reference materials to learn more about python

[lost fiber]

as i said, youtube and the internet in general are FULL of it

w3schools, geeks4geeks, etc.

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but about discord bot I couldn't find any perfect documentation

everything is half-hearted

[lost fiber]

again, https://docs.pycord.dev/en/stable/

and for the start especially, https://guide.pycord.dev/introduction

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And I also want to thank you, thank you for helping me for nearly 2 hours. Thank you very much.