How to make a Discord Bot using Python 2020! (Discord.py)

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Hi everyone! I did an updated version of this video recently which you can view here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imbQoIVrnKefmK8 I explained a lot more in depth about how discord.py works. Also I showed how to use environment variables to store your tokens so they won't get leaked if you push your code to github!

[@thatweirdsymbol]

"the like goal for this video will be 15 likes" *gets 2k likes*

[@itzchimchar4233]

if you want your command to work whether or not there is capitals use client = commands.Bot(command_prefix="-", case_insensitive=True) however it will enable it for all commands

[@EXUMOUS]

dude i think that after watching over 20 videos on this topic this is the best , thanks swastik!

[@MrAll-ng9qz]

good to see that finally indians teach discord

[@unknownentity7333]

XD

[@AncientARofficial]

Hahah

[@arshrng]

8:06 An easier way to run it is by pressing ctrl+shift+B

[@pawanarasu8089]

Bro!!!! best short tutorial ever seen and tried (which actually works ) Thanks a lot.😎😎

[@modderslab2034]

thx man u explained it very well u earned a sub

[@voh8210]

This guy deserves more sub

[@pawanarasu8089]

completely true

[@BrainDamageNeko]

Thank you so much for explaining the basic details so well! Much appreciated! Note: If you're using an environment like VSCode you can run the file inside the environment, and opening it in CMD/Terminal won't be required.

[@dev_snips]

Got a bit bored with doing nothing and decided to create myself a discord bot. Found your tutorial so simple to follow and understand! Thanks a ton :)

[@CodeWithSwastik]

You're welcome 😄

[@vcokltfre]

I have a few points to make about this tutorial: 1) You give the bot the 'Administrator' permission while inviting it - Do not do this. Take the time to correctly work out which permissions your bot needs and only add them. Using more permissions than you need is lazy and a security risk. 2) You use 'pip install discord' - this is not the same as discord.py, it's a mirror and may not be up to date - Instead use 'pip install discord.py' 3) You name your bot variable 'client' which is bad naming practise and will only serve to confuse you or those who try to help you - Instead, name it 'bot' - sincerely, someone who has to deal with people naming it client. 4) You put the bot token in the main file, hardcoded in, without even a single mention that this is a very bad practice - Instead, you should make a .env file and use the 'python-dotenv' module to load it as an environment variable

[@jjkydyt3011]

"practise" practice* :)

[@techingenius2540]

@@jjkydyt3011 he could be british

[@soralol690]

ok so, right at 8:17 when i do that command it loads but then just repeats itself on the command im trying to do.. im not good at explaining but for example ill use whats in the video. once i do C:\Users\swast\Desktop\Tutorial Bot>bot.py it would load for like 5 seconds then it would just repeat the same thing, the bot doesn't go online. help maybe? i prob didnt explain anything correctly in this comment but somebody please, help lol.

[@Uncreeperble]

Soo close to 1k subs man hope u make it soin

[@offensivename3712]

When I install discord on cmd it doesn’t tell me it’s done installing

[@CodeWithSwastik]

What is the exact problem? I think you didn't add Python to path. That's why PIP isn't working. Try installing python again. If you still face problems join my server I'll help you out.

[@primedust1]

@@CodeWithSwastik in last step the cmd will try to open the file even tho i did excactly the same stuf

[@kinnycodm4044]

@@CodeWithSwastik can u help ,e?

[@endervisualsolddeadivemove2592]

same

[@keenkxx]

i need help, i've done everything in the video and when i try to run the file by C:\Users\USER\Desktop\Itachi sama>bot.py nothing comes up, and the bot is still offline.

[@poopybutt69donttouchtail]

You need to keep the cmd prompt open, that's why people say "the bot is down" because the people who created the bot closed the cmd prompt i think.

[@keenkxx]

@@poopybutt69donttouchtail is there a way to keep the bot up without even having ur pc on?

[@susanthcp]

@@keenkxx use a hosting service

[@abhaygamer-cu5fx]

@@keenkxx yes you can host your own bot... for 24/7

[@keenkxx]

@@susanthcp is it free?

[@aditdobhal]

Like target "15" likes Oh My Gah! Good going bro

[@wingmanup7368]

In command prompt when i try to start the program to get the bot online it says " line 4, in client = commands.bot(command_prefix="f") TypeError: 'module' object is not callable " How do I fix this?

[@modoulaminceesay9211]

thanks i like how you make the basics so easy to understand

[@neeil_xd1714]

'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. error comin

[@emblcm]

same

[@neeil_xd1714]

@@emblcm bro i found the solution

[@Isaac-uu5rl]

@@neeil_xd1714 what is it

[@emblcm]

@@neeil_xd1714 what is it please helpppp

[@emblcm]

@@neeil_xd1714 dudeeee plssss

[@gameon1089]

Thanks man you are only one who gave me this knowledge

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Glad to hear that

[@gameon1089]

@@CodeWithSwastik bro my bot goes offline when I close my pc how to solve that??

[@rbxless]

@@gameon1089 U will have to host your bot on a VPS :/

[@thyboigabe5562]

when i say "bot.py" it says "Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\seanw\Desktop\Albert.exe\bot.py", line 2, in from discord.exe import commands ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'discord.exe'" what i do lol?

[@mrropersworld]

Error when pip install discord Building wheel for multidict (PEP 517) ... error ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:

[@D499-d3z]

Make sure youre using command prompt not some .py file or command line

[@maximum-trollage]

Pro tip: just do Ctrl+B to run the script. (Sublime only)

[@reyal171_]

Thanks! This helped me a lot.

[@dagdbot83]

Hello gd player

[@reyal171_]

@@dagdbot83 ok

[@zackn.8520]

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\littl\Desktop\bot.py", line 4, in client = commands.Bot(commands_prefix='.') TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'command_prefix'

[@zackn.8520]

my code is import discord from discord.ext import commands client = commands.Bot(command_prefix=">") @client.event async def on_ready(): print("Bot is ready") @client.command() async def hello(ctx): await ctx.send("Hi") client.run("[token but i dont want to share it]")

[@CodeWithSwastik]

You wrote commands_prefix, it's command_prefix without the s

[@dagdbot83]

@@CodeWithSwastik this is my code client = commands.Bot(command.prefix=",") But it says I need to use "==" and when I did it still gives an error

[@scramble1841]

hey bruh ? my bot goes auto matically offline why ??

[@mightygamer6344]

Did u close the command prompt

[@fikajlo]

for some reason, I can't get commands to work with my bot using this @client.command() async def hello(ctx): await ctx.send("Hi") but it works this way if message.content.lower().startswith("bot are you still working?"): await message.channel.send("Yes") why do I have this problem and how can I fix it?

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Hmm, what error do you get when you use the commands

[@fikajlo]

@@CodeWithSwastik Thanks for replying I managed to get it fixed with help of people from a r/discord_bots discord server.

[@ZooperPlayz]

@@fikajlo that's a sub reddit NOT A DISCORD SERVER

[@finderofbears]

@@ZooperPlayz homie there's a discord server for the subreddit...

[@IsabelaCardeal]

How did u fix that? The same thing happen with me, I'm looking on the reddit and another sites but couldn't fix yet

[@beastthrash5034]

This Guy Is Best At Explaining

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Thanks lol

[@ladybug2750]

what do i do when i get a system doesn't recognize thing for cmd part 8:10 im stuck on this part i even put it on dektop like he did and still nu'n :/

[@carrotlol]

This was so helpful, thanks!

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RainEDM]

This is perfect, thank you!!

[@giyuutomayoka5579]

it didnt work for me i did everything right why>?

[@wood1n1]

@@giyuutomayoka5579 are you using Python 3.8.3?

[@THERRIEN_MUSIC]

Hey there, I really need your help. When I do the "pip" thing on the command prompt, it's sais it is not recognized as an internal or external command

[@mustaqmujahidmim6216]

python get-pip.py

[@nickd892]

When i type bot.py or python bot.py my bot wont run and i have the exact same code as yours

[@nickd892]

Thanks for the suggestion I fixed it yesterday. The problem was the python I downloaded didn’t seem to be compatible with discord. So I used 3.8.6 and that worked fine.

[@saekisop]

@@nickd892 thanks bro

[@sveeryine]

at 8:16 i did everything right but it doesnt do anything. i tried putting the script in sublime text and visual studio code as well but it still doesnt work. can any1 help me please

[@KyleTheDude_]

8:19 line 1, in import discord ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'discord' I have Discord but for some reason it can't find it and I've made sure the Sublime text was exactly the same.

[@KyleTheDude_]

@IRON i used pycharm and it still didnt work but this was a long time ago and i dont care anymore. thanks for trying tho :)

[@ProsamGaming]

I need help about it if you can

[@KyleTheDude_]

@@ProsamGaming sorry, idk what to do

[@ProsamGaming]

I got it i am not using the command prompt i am using python to make bot live

[@ProsamGaming]

@DogeIsCool yes vscode is good but 1 glitch is also in it

[@potato9284]

thanks buddy, created my own bot today! you rock :D

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Nice work!

[@gamespotlive3673]

This is genuinely awesome.

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Thanks 😊

[@raghuvanshiedit]

You help me lot man keep it up

[@Ender_Bust]

pip install discord is not working for me. It says 'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Are you able to help me with this? And also thank you so much for this video!

[@Ender_Bust]

Can you help me?

[@awedsy3195]

@@Ender_Bust im having the same exact issue

[@CodeWithSwastik]

KZbin just decided to delete the comment I made a week ago, you should try to install Python again but make sure you add it to path. Then it should work

[@awedsy3195]

@@CodeWithSwastik Yes. that actully solved it for me. But i later added discord's folder into the python "lib" folder. Then everything started to work out.

[@jettplane]

When I try and run the command "pip install discord" I get an error message saying "failed to build yarl multidict"

[@Sid-cv8hw]

same

[@jettplane]

Oh. Btw. I fixed my problem. I had to install c++ build libraries.

[@Sid-cv8hw]

@@jettplane I did it but till didn't work so I just switched to discord.js JavaScript one

[@nimreaper3718]

could you just install discord from the pycharm terminal directly or does it have to be through the command prompt? curios its not detecting python on my pc even though i have it installed

[@prateekparashar7573]

It says no module found "discord.exe" in line to when i run the command in cmd though i have installed discord correctly in my laptop python version:- 3.8.6

[@hriddhimandutta6597]

it's discord.ext

[@prateekparashar7573]

@@hriddhimandutta6597 thx.

[@canceluttpandnixanna7352]

@@hriddhimandutta6597 still wont work

[@ProsamGaming]

I also need help about it

[@kailuvstxt]

ty it worked well!

[@yagyaprasadadhikari2634]

pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. It says this :(

[@JustAnotherCoder]

You can add pip as a variable, there are many tutorials on this, or you can use the Visual Studio or Anaconda command prompt if you have any of those programs

[@yagyaprasadadhikari2634]

@@JustAnotherCoder thanks man, helped me alot :)

[@uraniumgaming123]

search the error name on youtube, watch CodeWithHarry's video , he explained and fixed the error hop it helps

[@moe092mlboa]

hi the bot replies more than once so when i type >hello it types hi 4 or 3 times

[@ProCarnageX]

why when i run the script it says "is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

[@chirag5500]

it shows this Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users otgo\OneDrive\Desktop\discord bots\bot.py", line 2, in from discord.exe import commands ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'discord.exe' [Finished in 5.2s] what should i do

[@chill4857]

what application should i use to open the subline file

[@verlene10]

my bot doesnt come online whenver i run it

[@Hi-wm6nb]

When I run "pip install discord" nothing happens, help?

[@matthewdanger3150]

I have a really weird error, can you help me out? File “main.py”, line 5 client = commands.Bot(command_prefix=“&”) SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier

[@matthewdanger3150]

The weird thing is that it is pointing at the first quotation mark, not the &.

[@Hiphop602y]

I would suggest u not to use symbols which are not available in every pc try to use normal symbols like ? ! / and u can also use alphabets.

[@Hiphop602y]

matthewdanger 3 u need to put the " after and before the prefix.

[@matthewdanger3150]

@@Hiphop602y already fixed it! I was just using the wrong quotation marks :)

[@Hiphop602y]

matthewdanger 3 nice!

[@Imsuchagoodguyfr]

hey swastik.... im having a problem on command promt place when i use "bot.py" it says typer error on the 4th line of code where you set a prefix for it..so the bot isnt going online...pls help...

[@rettm8672]

i did everything right but the last part where the bot comes online there's coming some errors

[@mrt0bh]

i did do pip install discord and its installed and if i do import discord and doing same as you do then starting the bot in cmd it say Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\USER\Desktop\discord.py\mybot.py", line 1, in import discord ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'discord' what is the solution to solve this problem and thanks

[@-kingduckthexiii4938]

Hey so I’m at 8:18 and I saved the folder in my desktop but when I type cd desktop it’s works but then when I type the folder name like cd “foldername” then it says “the system cannot find the specified path” what should I do?

[@sveeryine]

im struggling on that too..

[@omgdodogamer4759]

say the name of the folder was "randombot" then you do cd Desktop and then cd randombot exactly how i did it but replace randombot with the name of your bot

[@-kingduckthexiii4938]

@@omgdodogamer4759 all right I’ll try it and let you know

[@srivardhan9222]

where did u learn python can u please tell

[@joshuacrowley2414]

'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

[@da_barracuda5916]

dude likes your message then doesnt answer lmao

[@monsieurxann8859]

when i created a new bot, for some reason the new bot cant find the discord module pls help

[@SNPatil-ev2ut]

Nice tut for windows dis bots everyone makes macOS tutorials i And o have windows so this is helpfull:)

[@arrow8711]

My code says that the "3" in "Python 3.8.6" is invalid, what do I do?

[@crsons7802]

whenever i go to run it , it just keeps opening the folder it’s in. it doesn’t say “bot is ready” . then it never shows as online . help ?!

[@dhruvin5259]

same

[@thecatofnyan]

8:10 when I do that, it tells me a long message that says that the thing FAILED. I tried typing: python3 bot.py, bot.py and python bot.py. PLS HELP ME

[@diwasparashar1707]

bro i'm facing troubles while installing discord libraries via command prompt can you please help

[@emblcm]

same idk it’s not working

[@bozoboys4]

When I tried downloading discord, it says to update pip, so when i do the command to update pip it says -m is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable command or batch file, what do I do?

[@scorchergames3038]

i had same issue

[@imSomebody-m4c]

You didnt add python as path

[@bozoboys4]

@@imSomebody-m4c i just found it out, this vid is clickbait and doesnt work

[@bozoboys4]

i mean, not just found it out, i knew it when it didnt actually work

[@imSomebody-m4c]

@@bozoboys4 oh ok

[@Hiphop602y]

hello had a doubt when i check if the bot is working then it shows that there is no discord module may i know why?

[@Hiphop602y]

Doubt was cleared 30 days ago lol

[@Ash_Industries]

Fantastic video Very well done.

[@rqiz3080]

i am having issue which is building wheel for yarl error... what should i do?

[@raunakisannoying]

I just paused the video to comment that how beautiful voice u have :)

[@maxfunlife3491]

I don't know if I am using the wrong command prompt I saw there was a python one and a regular one but whenever I type in "pip install discord" it says ould not build wheels for multidict, yarl which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly.

[@4lwnEUW]

After I do bot.py I get: Trace back (most recent call last): File (then the file stuff) , line 3,in Client = command.bot(command_prefix = "w.") Namerrror: name 'command' is not defined

[@Skailed]

i cannot do pip instal discord - and i added python to windows so for other reason my pip command is working. but when i do pip install disord its just sending some messages and then pops up an error. :(

[@srivardhan9222]

client = commands.bot(command_prefix=">") TypeError: 'module' object is not callable. plz help with this error

[@CodeWithSwastik]

b in bot should be capital

[@acogblue4327]

C:\Users\Cody>cd Desktop C:\Users\Cody\Desktop>cd "EpicBot" C:\Users\Cody\Desktop\EpicBot>bot.py 'bot.py' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. What does that mean.

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Try doing "python bot.py"

[@cosmo8588]

No module named discord? I'm using VS Code, can anyone help me?

[@flegmis5629]

SyntaxError: expression cannot contain assignment, perhaps you meant "=="?

[@gamessimilar8509]

change the = to ==

[@sasuketricks4133]

Is it another version of python.. Can we use jupyter notebook for commands

[@deianmihai8038]

So my not does't run command promt said the file can't open error 2

[@eskon7752]

I was doing this in repl.it and it said module discord has no attribute 'Bot'

[@saviour..]

8:10 when I do that it opens my code and it doesn't run my bot. And when I try the "python3 bot.py" method, it doesn't work either.

[@dev7839]

did u find any fix?

[@techplayz06]

Really awesome video. Helped me a lot....

[@7s7ss7s22]

when I ran my bot it was ready but when I typed >Hi it didn"t say anything so I ran it again and it said Ignoring exception in command None: discord.ext.commands.errors.CommandNotFound: Command "Hi" is not found

[@vszlx4]

if there is an error at line 4 go to Line 2 and type from discord.ext.commands import Bot ✔ instead of from discord.ext import commands ✖

[@faheezsyed]

‘Pip’ is not recognised as an internal or external command,operate legally program or batch file

[@legendgamingyt9282]

use py -3 -m then the rest command for windows

[@JustAnotherCoder]

Wow 15 likes is our goal, more like 1k likes! Great job anyways, very good tutorial! Btw how can I make the bot work even if I'm not running the script?

[@bruhm0ment767]

host the bot through heroku (that gives you specified number of free hours) or run a constant ping function with uptime bot

[@syedmohammadanas3055]

please help its says Could not build wheels for multidict, yarl which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly

[@SenorSaim]

same

[@syedmohammadanas3055]

​@@SenorSaim bro please run these command pip install --upgrade "aiohttp>=3.7.2" "numpy=1.4.0" pip install --upgrade pip pip install discord in the order, yet it shows the error but you can see that you can import the DISCORD package completely inshallah these may help you

[@syedmohammadanas3055]

bro I need help not heart

[@saekisop]

C:\Users\user>pip install discord 'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. please help bro same all the time!!!!

[@solruck7616]

Hello, so pretty much, you don't have PIP installed. I think that in python 3+ there is an option in the python installer to also install pip. If you want to fix your problem, just open the python installer and then click the advanced installer button. You should see a checkmark some time in the installer to install pip. I am writing this from memory, so pardon me if there are any problems.

[@kitsune.spicyspify1100]

hey ive been getting this: line 4, in client = commands.bot(command_prefix=".") TypeError: 'module' object is not callable do you know any possible fix?

[@CodeWithSwastik]

It's is commands.Bot not commands.bot The B needs to be capitalized

[@elysian_myst]

Hey man I got a problem here! You know every youtube install discord script to make the bot online right? so when I go to cmd and I type "py -m pip install -U discord" it shows me an error and I don't know why it is happening! I have searched in google, some of the peoples are saying to uninstall node.js then reinstall it! i tried this method too! can u please help me? bruh like python didn't installed discord.py which is not allowing me to make it online. At the end of the error something comes here "ERROR: Failed building wheel for multidict Failed to build yarl multidict ERROR: Could not build wheels for yarl, multidict which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly" and I also added python to the path!

[@lapezi]

Im a little bit late but whats that backround??

[@bolin2579]

Help! when coding, why does it say "Ready" instead of "Bot is Ready" when I put it on the command prompt?

[@friendlyneko1070]

Maybe you wrote 'Ready' in the print statement within on_ready():

[@lukarasic8769]

Bro you are a god very thanks for making bot tutoriial

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Happy to help😃

[@aarybinduJODD]

when i use a coomand the bot replies so many times plzz help

[@sunnysgadgetreviews5886]

How to use it to grab posts from other discord servers? thanks

[@rama5523]

after typing ''bot.py'' it says the following as an error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Mattis\Desktop\bot\bot.py", line 14, in client.run("Insert Token here") Why is this?

[@CodeWithSwastik]

Could you show me the full error?

[@rama5523]

@@CodeWithSwastik Its ok i fixed it. I asked in the Discordpy discord server and they sent me some download link that fixed it but thanks for answering so fast

[@basscoin9594]

@@rama5523 I know its been a month since you posted this but do you by chance still have that link?

[@rama5523]

@@basscoin9594 i could try to find it again ( answering with a new comment if I get it )

[@armaansanserwal2933]

Bro when i use the command "pip install discord" It says 'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Pls Help

[@reflex7649]

please can u teach the same thing with pycharm cause i am getting a lot of errors

[@godwinausten5610]

hey can i do the same process in vs code?

[@SierraHunter2106]

how do you do it in mac like how do you make it online

[@klaft5228]

when i type "pip install discord" it says " 'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

[@CodeWithSwastik]

That means that you haven't installed python to path. When you install Python you need to select the "Add to Path" option

[@kadendixon7405]

@@CodeWithSwastik i did, and it still says invalid syntax

[@frouMagician]

@@kadendixon7405 add python before pip