Having problem with message sending command

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I am trying to do a repeat command with this code:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

bot = discord.Client()

client = commands.Bot(command_prefix='V!')


@client.command(name='repeat')
async def _repeat(ctx, arg):
    await ctx.send(arg)

bot.run('TOKEN')

but when sending a message with a command, the bot doesnt respond neither with the wanted message, nor an error that would imply something is not right. i am also very new to programming so it may be something dumb that i do not know. Any help is appreciated.

Are you actually running the bot? With client.run("TOKEN") at the end of the file? — Łukasz Kwieciński
– Łukasz Kwieciński, Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 21:57
yes, it shows that the bot is online on discord and says that it logged into the bot — Zoronic
– Zoronic, Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 22:00

effprime · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-25 22:28:34Z

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If you examine your code carefully, you'll see that you are assigning the command to the client object, but running the bot object. You need to do client.run("<TOKEN>") as another commenter suggested.

You also don't need bot = discord.Client() at all. discord.Client is a parent class with less abilities. I encourage you to rename client to bot though.

from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='V!')

@bot.command(name='repeat')
async def _repeat(ctx, arg):
    await ctx.send(arg)

bot.run('TOKEN')

Notice now there's no import discord or discord.Client anywhere.

See: What are the differences between Bot and Client?

edited Jan 25, 2021 at 22:28

answered Jan 25, 2021 at 22:13

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4 Comments

Zoronic Over a year ago

I changed the places of 'client' and 'bot' but i'm experiencing the same results

effprime Over a year ago

I didn't say just exchange the names. The underlying issue is you've declared two objects A & B, assigned a command to A, but then ran B. Exchanging A & B alone doesn't fix this issue.

Zoronic Over a year ago

You are right, the command works after assigning the code to run both the bot and command it worked

effprime Over a year ago

Great to hear! TL;DR don't use discord.Client

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