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pythondiscorddiscord.py
user9123
user9123

Reputation: 601

Invite command in discord.py (Invite user to server by ID)

As the title suggests, I want to add a command to my bot which would DM someone an invite to the server. Using a static link which is permanent is not an option because I want the command to be available across different servers.

This is what I have so far:

@BSL.command(pass_context = True)
async def invite(ctx, userToInvite):
        inviteLinq = await BSL.create_invite(destination = ctx.message.channel, xkcd = True, max_uses = 1)
        await BSL.send_message(userToInvite, inviteLinq)

However, I get an error InvalidArgument: Destination must be Channel, PrivateChannel, User, or Object. Received str. I understand that this is due to the fact that the messages in discord are saved as strings.

Is there a way to make it so that you can specify the ID of an user and they receive the invite link in DMs?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6200

Answers (1)

Patrick Haugh
Patrick Haugh

Reputation: 60994

Your userToInvite is a string, but it should be a User object. You should use Server.get_member_named to get the Member object from the server. Something like 

@BSL.command(pass_context = True)
async def invite(ctx, userToInvite):
        inviteLinq = await BSL.create_invite(destination = ctx.message.channel, xkcd = True, max_uses = 1)
        target_member = await ctx.message.server.get_member_named(userToInvite)
        await BSL.send_message(target_member, inviteLinq)

EDIT:

If you're inviting a user to this server using their id, you should instead try

@BSL.command(pass_context = True)
async def invite(ctx, userToInvite):
        inviteLinq = await BSL.create_invite(destination = ctx.message.server, xkcd = True, max_uses = 1)
        target_user = await BSL.get_user_info(userToInvite)
        await BSL.send_message(target_member, inviteLinq)

Upvotes: 2

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