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python-3.xdiscorddiscord.py
Saman Mokhtari
Saman Mokhtari

Reputation: 1

Check TextChannel's id and do some actions

Hey everyone I want to delete all messages from a specific text channel I use this method

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    for guild in client.guilds:
        for channel in guild.text_channels:
            if channel.id == 818522056261369906:
                await message.delete()

it works but it delete all text channels messages not just that text channel with the id above What is the problem

Upvotes: 0

Views: 82

Answers (2)

Euphony
Euphony

Reputation: 103

it works but it delete all text channels messages not just that text channel with the id above What is the problem

You're deleting the message upon checking if a certain channel exists in your bot (i.e by checking if that channel exists in any of all the guilds your bot is in). You're not checking if the message's channel's id matches the provided ID or not. That's why it only checks if that specific channel exists and continues to delete the message regardless of weather they're in that specific channel or not.

for channel in guild.text_channels:
    # you're checking if a certain channel in guild's
    # text_channel matches the ID or not
    if channel.id == 818522056261369906:
        await message.delete()

But you ought to check if your message's channel's id matches the ID or not. You can do so by message.channel.id == 818522056261369906. So your code should look something like this

    if message.channel.id == 818522056261369906:
        await message.delete()

Upvotes: 1

Bagle
Bagle

Reputation: 2346

The simplest way to do this would be to include get_channel(id) and await purge if you want to continuously delete messages from a channel.

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    channel = client.get_channel(818522056261369906) # this gets the specific channel through id
    await channel.purge()
    await client.process_commands(message)

However, if you only want to purge it once in a given channel, you would use a @client.command with similar code as above.

@client.command()
async def test(ctx):
    channel = ctx.channel # getting the current channel
    await channel.purge()

Edit: Don't forget to add your await client.process_commands(message) if you're using both the commands extension and the on_message event!

Upvotes: 0

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