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OffableGamer870
OffableGamer870

Reputation: 25

Sending message confirming bot have deleted/cleared messages

I'm creating a clear command, and I want the bot after clearing confirming that it has cleared the messages.

My code :

@client.command(aliases=["del","delete","cl","clearmessages","deletemessages","deletemessage","clearmessage","cm"])
async def clear(ctx, amount=5):
  if ctx.message.author.guild_permissions.manage_messages:
      await ctx.channel.purge(limit=amount+1)
    msg = await ctx.send(f"{amount} messages have been deleted!")
    import asyncio
    asyncio.sleep(15)
    await msg.delete()
  else:
    await ctx.send("Your don't have manage messages perms!")

I also want the bot to delete its own message after some time

Upvotes: 0

Views: 66

Answers (1)

user14858730
user14858730

Reputation:

A better way to write this command would be:

@client.command(aliases=['put alternative names here'])
@commands.has_permissions(manage_messages=True)
async def clear(ctx, amount=5):
    try:
        await ctx.channel.purge(limit=amount+1)
        await ctx.send(f"{amount} messages have been deleted!", delete_after=5)
    except:
        await ctx.send("Your don't have manage messages perms!")

Note - you will need the follow import statement:

from discord.ext import commands

Edit: You can get rid of the try, except loop and use the error handler instead

@client.event
async def on_command_error(ctx, error):
    error = getattr(error, 'original', error)
    if isinstance(error, commands.MissingPermissions):
        await ctx.send("You don't have the required perms to carry out this command")

If you want it to be command specific so that you can add unique error messages:

@client.event
async def on_command_error(ctx, error):
    error = getattr(error, 'original', error)
    if isinstance(error, commands.MissingPermissions):
        if ctx.command.name == "clear":
            await ctx.send("You don't have manage messages perm")

Edit #2: Adding a limit

async def clear(ctx, amount: int):
    if amount <= 500:
        await ctx.channel.purge(limit=amount + 1)
        await ctx.send(f"{amount} messages have been deleted!", delete_after=5)
    else:
        #error message

Upvotes: 1

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