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Hyperba
Hyperba

Reputation: 119

How do you create a command that makes the bot go OFFLINE in discord.py

Is it possible?

I want to create a command for my discord bot that makes the bot offline for everyone. I want to type that command in any discord server and then the bot just goes offline. This is much easier than going into your files or terminal to press ctrl+c. Is a command like this possible to even make? And if so, can I please know how to add that command? I want to add some admin commands to my bot and this is definitely a great addition to the list. Thanks -

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2888

Answers (2)

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Reputation: 116

I would suggest choosing a more graceful exit for your bot, which would be using await bot.close() if you are using master branch of discord.py, it cleanly closes the websocket connection it makes to discord.

@bot.command()
async def shutdown(ctx):
   await ctx.send("Shutting down bot!")
   await bot.close()

If you are using the stable version, i.e 1.7.3 which is installed when you do pip install discord.py, you can use await bot.logout() instead

Unlike master branch's Bot.close, this drops all connections immediately.

@bot.command()
async def shutdown(ctx):
   await ctx.send("Shutting down bot!")
   await bot.logout()

Upvotes: 1

mlb6300
mlb6300

Reputation: 66

If I'm understanding what you're trying to do here, you can just add a command that exits the bot.py program by making a call to something like sys.exit(). This would just terminate the program running the bot, making the bot go offline.

Upvotes: 0

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