Discord Bot fails to execute simple commands | Python

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I am trying to build a Discord bot; which tells you about the weather condition. But no matter what I did I was unable to execute even the simplest commands such as:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!")


@bot.command()
async def test(ctx, arg):
    await ctx.send(arg)

client = discord.Client()
client.run(token)

I just do not get it on Discord side I enter the command "!test hello" to the chat screen and nothing happens. Please help thanks !

Have you follow all the steps to obtain a token for your bot? Reference: realpython.com/how-to-make-a-discord-bot-python — Gonzalo Odiard
– Gonzalo Odiard, Commented Sep 13, 2021 at 21:29

LoahL · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-14 04:57:56Z

1

The problem is, that you first define a bot using bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!") then add the command to the bot, but then create a new client using client = discord.Client() and then run the client. The problem here is that, you never run the bot, which has the command, so instead of

client = discord.Client()
client.run(token)

use

bot.run(token)

answered Sep 14, 2021 at 4:57

LoahL

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