CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondiscorddiscord.py
Lambda1010
Lambda1010

Reputation: 399

client.private_channels and member.dm_channel are 'None'

I'm writing a discord bot and in my background task, client.private_channels and member.dm_channel are showing up as None. Here is my code where I create a background task.

# run this code when client is ready
def my_run_task():
    client.loop.create_task(BackgroundManager())
    client.run(_token)

Here is where I defined BackgroundManager():

async def BackgroundManager():
    await client.wait_until_ready()
    await SendDM(ID)

and finally here is SendDM():

async def SendDM(ID):
   member = client.guilds[0].get_member(int(ID))
   DM = member.dm_channel
   PC = client.private_channels
   await member.dm_channel.send('DM has been sent.')

Please note that ID is a hard coded string which I switched out for privacy sake. It is a valid ID and returns the correct member object.

DM shows up as None and PC is an empty list. How come I can't access the user's dm_channel?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 391

Answers (1)

Patrick Haugh
Patrick Haugh

Reputation: 61052

The most likely explanation is that your bot either hasn't exchanged DMs with the user, or the DM channel was not retrieved when the bot started. Either way, you can send to the member directly, which will handle creating or retrieving the DM channel

await member.send('DM has been sent.')

Upvotes: 2

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