Detecting avatar change with on_user_update event

[sinful wharf]

Im having this same issue, was a better fix ever found?

[meager sage]

Is the bot verified? If so, you need to apply for any intents that say "priveleged".

[frosty wharf]

I'm having a bit of trouble with detecting user avatar changes. Changing the avatar definitely triggers the event, however before and after avatars are the same. Am I misunderstanding how that event works or is this just how the py-cord/ discord API works?

 @commands.Cog.listener("on_member_update")
    async def user_change(self, before: discord.Member, after: discord.Member):

        ...

        if before.avatar != after.avatar:
            change.title = "Avatar changed"
            change.set_image(url=after.display_avatar.url)
            change.colour = discord.Colour.orange()

         ...

[hearty wadi]

Try printing out the Avatar urls and see if they're the same using avatar.url

[frosty wharf]

They are, already tested it. It seems that before and after avatar are the same asset

[hearty wadi]

Try enabling member intents

[hearty wadi]

@frosty wharf

[frosty wharf]

I have all intents

[robust flint]

in the bot dev portal too?

[hearty wadi]

In code?

[hearty wadi]

Code would throw an error if it wasn't enabled in the portal

[hearty wadi]

@frosty wharf

[frosty wharf]

Yup, everything enabled since I don't plan on going public with it

@hearty wadi

[grave ginkgo]

It looks like discord does not send the old data it is fetched from the cache. So if the user was not in cache it will not know the old state.

[frosty wharf]

Hmm, that sucks. Any work arounds?

[grave ginkgo]

You could increases the cache i guess. But that takes up more memory.