Command raised an exception: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'channel'

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@bot.command(name="clear", alliases=["purge"])
@commands.has_permissions(manage_messages=True)
async def clear_messages(self, ctx, limit: typing.Optional[int] = 1):
    if 0 < limit <= 100:
        with ctx.channel.typing():
            await ctx.channel.purge(limit = limit)
            await ctx.message.delete()

I'm having issues with this code block specifically, where I get an error that 'str' has no attribut 'channel'. In other parts of my code (shown below) there is a similar idea, but the command passes. Any help is greatly appreciated.

@bot.command()
async def say(ctx, *args):
    await ctx.send('{}'.format(' '.join(args)))
    await ctx.message.delete()

Is this a method, or just a plain old function? If the latter, then you need to remove the self arg. — SuperStormer
– SuperStormer, Commented May 15, 2021 at 18:54
ctx is a parameter, so whatever is calling this function is passing a string. — John Gordon
– John Gordon, Commented May 15, 2021 at 19:05

MrSpaar · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-15 19:31:53Z

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There's two possible reasons:

Your clear_messages isn't in a class, in which case you should remove the self argument.
Your command is in a class, which would inply that you're using cogs. In this case, you should replace @bot.command to @commands.command

Judging by the code you gave, I'd say that the first reason may be the right one.

answered May 15, 2021 at 19:31

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Rees Kennedy Over a year ago

the first one was a solution, i removed "self" and it worked, thanks so much!

Rees Kennedy · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-16 01:47:39Z

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thanks to @Mr_Spaar !

the issue was the "self" argument, i removed it and it worked perfectly!

answered May 16, 2021 at 1:47

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