Python Discord Bot: Command not properly functioning

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So pretty much whats going on is I made this line of code for my bot:

@client.command(pass_context=True)
async def weewoo(ctx):
        for _ in range(number_of_times):
            await client.say('example command 1')
            if client.wait_for_message(content='~patched'):
                await client.say('example command 2')
                break

And it works BUT when I run the bot and type the command it comes out like this:

example command 1
example command 2

And what I am trying to do is enter a command that starts spamming 'example command 1' and trying to end the spam with a command and it sending a message saying 'example command 2'. But instead it does that. If anyone could help that'd be dope.

Wright · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-24 06:18:27Z

1

You have to await the client.wait_for_message. It returns a message object. A better approach would be to create a global variable and set it to true when it loops, then false when the command patched is used. Hence stopping the loop.

checker = False

@client.command(pass_context=True)
async def weewoo(ctx):
    global checker
    checker = True

    for _ in range(number_of_times):
        await client.say('example command 1')
        if not checker:
            return await client.say('example command 2')


@client.command()
async def patched():
    global checker
    checker = False

However of course, the bot would only send 5 messages and then stops and then continues again. You can put a 1.2 second interval between the intervals of the spam.

@client.command(pass_context=True)
async def weewoo(ctx):
    global checker
    checker = True

    for _ in range(number_of_times):
        await client.say('example command 1')
        if not checker:
            return await client.say('example command 2')

        await asyncio.sleep(1.2)

answered Jul 24, 2017 at 6:18

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2 Comments

user8328934 Over a year ago

Thank you so much! I've been working on this for awhile

Wright Over a year ago

No problem :) if it was of use to you, you can mark the answer as "accepted" by clicking the check mark. @user8328934

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