CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondiscorddiscord.py
LordyLordy
LordyLordy

Reputation: 11

on_message won't detect any message

I am writing a discord bot with discord.py. I wrote an initial version but I decided it all needed reorganizing so I moved code to different files.

The code is all the same as it was before but now when I boot up the bot, the bot detects no messages being sent in any server unless the message came from the bot itself.

The main code that handles the client is:

import discord
import time
from command_list import *
from resource_functions import grab_setting_from_category

print("Main initialized")

client = discord.Client()
token = "BOT TOKEN"

prefix = "!"


@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print("*** BOT IS READY ***")

    async def server_count_loop():
        while True:
            servers = client.servers
            await client.change_presence(
                game=discord.Game(name=" in {0} Servers".format(str(len(servers)))))
            time.sleep(10)

        for server in client.servers:
            for channel in server.channels:
                if channel.name == "general":
                    await client.send_message(channel, content="Bot Online")

    await server_count_loop()


@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    print("Message detected from {0} as '{1}'".format(message.author, message.content))
    if not message.author.bot:
        global prefix
        prefix = grab_setting_from_category(message.server.id, "server", "prefix")
        if message.content.startswith(prefix):
            for i in range(0,len(commands)):
                key = list(commands.keys())[i]
                table = list(commands.values())[i]
                if message.content.startswith(prefix+key):
                    table["function"](message, commands)


client.run(token)

In the code there's the print(...) at the start of the on_message function which I am using as a basic way to let me know if the bot is detecting messages. The print statement prints whenever the bot sends a message in on_ready but no messages from other users on Discord are triggering the function.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 780

Answers (1)

Taku
Taku

Reputation: 33714

Don't use:

time.sleep(...)

Instead, use:

await asyncio.sleep(...)

time.sleep is a blocking call, it blocks the asyncio loop to continue to run. That is why you need to have an asynchronous .sleep(...) method.

Upvotes: 2

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