CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondiscord.py
SSS-Says-Snek
SSS-Says-Snek

Reputation: 112

How to make a DM command in discord.py

I want to create a command that only works if a user is DMing their command. How do I do that? I am using discord.py 1.5.1, and I'm fairly new to discord.py. Here is my code so far:

from discord.ext import commands, tasks
import discord
intents = discord.Intents.all
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='$', description='- shows this message', intents=intents)
---- snip ----

@commands.command(brief='a DM command')
async def dm_command(ctx):
    # do stuff here

bot.run('TOKEN')

When I try DMing the command, the bot doesn't pick up the DM I sent. Should I specify the command in on_message()?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5668

Answers (2)

Justanotherprogrammer
Justanotherprogrammer

Reputation: 1

@client.command()
async def dm(ctx):
     await ctx.author.send('Hi im a discord bot!')#this is the message that will pop up in ur dms when u input the cmd

client.run('Token')

Upvotes: 0

earningjoker430
earningjoker430

Reputation: 468

Here is my code for your query:

@bot.command()
async def dm_command(ctx):
    if isinstance(ctx.channel, discord.channel.DMChannel):
        #do stuff here

First of all, the decorator you use is not what I was taught when i first learned discord.py, so I changed the decorator from @commands.command(brief='a DM command') to @bot.command() (Feel free to change back if it works for you). Then, the rest is fairly simple. I just checked if the channel was a DM channel, and thats it! If you have any questions about my code or if you have unforseen errors, follow up!

Upvotes: 2

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