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TheEmeraldFishy
TheEmeraldFishy

Reputation: 43

Python Discord bot works in DM but not in server

I am trying to set up a simple Discord bot for a server, but it only appears to be responding in DMs to commands and not in any server channels. The bot has admin permissions in the server I am trying to get it to respond in.

After doing some looking around I have found no fixes.

Here's the code:

import discord

token_file = open("bot_token.txt", "r+")
TOKEN = str(token_file.readlines()).strip("[]'")
token_file.close()

command_prefix = ">"

client = discord.Client(intents=discord.Intents.default())

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print("Logged in as: {0.user}".format(client))

@client.event
async def on_message(message):

    if message.author == client.user:
        return
    
    if message.content.startswith(command_prefix):
        if message.content == ">help":
            await message.channel.send("What do you need help with?")
        elif message.content == ">hello":
            await message.channel.send("Hi there!")
        else:
            await message.channel.send("This command is not recognised by our bot, please use the help menu if required.")
    else:
        return

client.run(TOKEN)

Hope someone can help!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2137

Answers (2)

Kejax
Kejax

Reputation: 416

Two things must be done before you can respond to messages within channels:

  • Configuration the intent of the bot within discord developer portal
  • Specify the intent within the bot itself.

Step 1: Configuring the intent of the bot in developer portal:

Within the developer portal, find your bot under applications. Selecting the "bot" tab from the left, you'll see the following option: enter image description here

It needs to be enabled.

If you try the below without enabling it, you will get a permission error:

... from None discord.errors.PrivilegedIntentsRequired: Shard ID None is requesting privileged intents that have not been explicitly enabled in the developer portal. It is recommended to go to https://discord.com/developers/applications/ and explicitly enable the privileged intents within your application's page. If this is not possible, then consider disabling the privileged intents instead.

Step 2: Specifying intent in the bot:

Specifying intent is done through the following lines. It is required in addition to the option being enabled in the developer portal.

    intents = discord.Intents.default() 
    intents.message_content = True

Discord added a message content intent that has to be used since the first September 2022. if you‘re doing a discord.py tutorial, be aware that it should be a 2.0 tutorial as many things have been updated since then.

Consider using the commands extension of discord.py as it is handling some annoying stuff and provides more easier interfaces to handle commands.

Upvotes: 3

loopassembly
loopassembly

Reputation: 3883

@kejax has given absolutely the right answer I just want to add how u can make the use of 'intent' in your code:-

If you want to listen and have access to all available events and data

client = discord.Client(intents=discord.Intents.all())

Full Code :-

import discord

client = discord.Client(intents=discord.Intents.all())

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Logged in as')
    print(client.user.name)
    print(client.user.id)
    print('................')

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.content.startswith('!greet'):
        await message.channel.send('Hello!')

client.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

You can also specify specific intents by creating a set of the desired discord.Intents constants.

intents = {discord.Intents.guilds, discord.Intents.messages}
client = discord.Client(intents=intents)

Full Code:-

import discord

intents = {discord.Intents.guilds, discord.Intents.messages}
client = discord.Client(intents=intents)


@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Logged in as')
    print(client.user.name)
    print(client.user.id)
    print('....................')

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.content.startswith('!greet'):
        await message.channel.send('Hello!')

client.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

Upvotes: 1

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