Making a Discord Bot in Python (Part 1: Setup)

[@abaldpersonlookingatthesky1605]

I remember watching your videos when I got into python and coding and decided to make a discord bot as a first project, lovely to see you still at it keep it up my guy!

[@wuaht]

a fool moon night

[@williamcalhoun7841]

this comment is my life currently! wish me luck. :-p

[@iuri3930]

@@williamcalhoun7841 same lol

[@shirfix]

@@williamcalhoun7841 Lmao it's same

[@ankeet404]

Im the 100th liker!

[@rerereuj]

this is an absolute godsend. So many tutorials go at a breakneck pace and skip over important stuff, even if they claim to be beginner friendly. Thank you for explaining each step, it really makes everything so much more understandable

[@keno7166]

for anyone having trouble in the terminal and it not working, try to select the cmd terminal instead of powershell by clicking on the drop down arrow next to "powershell" on the right and select command prompt. hope this works for you!

[@anon8723]

If you are getting an error such as: File env\Scripts\Activate.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system At the begging of this tutorial when setting up the bot in Virtual Studio Code, below is a tutorial on how to fix the error. Tutorial on how to fix: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmjQmGamf8ubkLM The instuctions from that tutorial are listed below. There is an easy work around but you have to have Administrator access on the account that you are using on your PC. -Open PowerShell as Administrator -Type the command "Get-ExecutionPolicy -List" This will bring up a list of execution policies and their current status, at the very bottom of the list, it may say undefined or restricted -Type the command "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted" A popup will open asking if you would like to continue in powershell -Type "Y" to continue -Type the command "Get-ExecutionPolicy -List" This will show the new set of execution policies and their current status. Here is the YT video I followed for this error, the same YT video linked above: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmjQmGamf8ubkLM

[@-will-1389]

thanks dude

[@xxdarkking368xx5]

Thank You so much you saved me

[@modestasriabovas3977]

Life saviour.

[@ItsTooBrutal]

this works, this man knows his stuff

[@darshshah7649]

ur a god

[@lyingpancake95]

It's like a new season! Looking forward to this!

[@whitehorsept]

NOTE: If "python" is not a recognised command (even though you downloaded/installed python), you need to go to your "control panel > system > advanced system settings > environment variables " and edit the "Path" variable to also include the folder where you installed python (that contains the python executable).

[@nap_yuu]

thank you so much, i was struggling with this one!!

[@Spiderfffun]

or just redo the installer with add to path enabled

[@leluch1616]

thank you!!

[@minetestfan1015]

Slash commands and interactions please. Great VID! Been curious about hikari for sometime now.

[@sntx_8250]

Great! I just started rewriting my Bot with Hikari (+ lightbulb, but also want to try tanjun). Will definitely be following this series.

[@samchristopher6906]

After 7 months a legend is finally back

[@marbialyiusz_4588]

Man, you're pretty underrated! This is really helpful, thanks. Definitely gonna follow this series, waiting for more!

[@hishamabdulhak539]

starting the new year off with a new lucas upload!! 2022 is starting off good

[@Haikuno]

If you're on Linux, you probably already know this, but to activate the virtual environment you need to run: source env/bin/activate

[@Far-YT]

I'm on mac you saved my problem thanks mate :)

[@ndp0830]

I’m on Mac too but it said permission denied…

[@TapirTot]

I did not know this, Thanks!

[@m.nandanbhandary8742]

A small tip : Increase the font size or zoom in because it is kinda hard to read even at 1080p.

[@Lucas-tz3jp]

I am a little bit sick but hopefully I don't sound too bad :(

[@namanbiswajit9756]

Sounds fine to me no problem dude

[@shreyas449]

Dad

[@Rakhshita_g]

Get well soon and thanks for making this series ☺️

[@alpha18_81]

Hey, if I run the script, it gives me that rainbow-ish hikari text and everything looks fine. But the bot doesn't go online. I checked the token, I reinstalled hikari, but it wont start the bot. I went over to pycharm and there it says me that it can't find the hikari libary, even after reinstalling again... Am I again the only one in the world with this problem or does someone know a fix for that problem?? :/

[@namanbiswajit9756]

@@alpha18_81 did you created virtualenv and activated it properly?

[@samineumanntaylor6345]

Dude your back. I loved your dpy rewrite series

[@nsida_maichart]

For anyone who met the """UnicodeDecodeError: 'cp950' codec can't decode byte 0xe5 in position 95: illegal multibyte sequence""" error when running """python bot.py""", you will have to go to the folder where python and hikari was installed. Then edit ux.py Line 160 : change the """open("r")""" to """ open("r",encoding = "UTF-8") """

[@jimmyscott5144]

Why hikari and not discord.py? Hikari is newer and has less documentation and I think would be harder for someone new because it does not have as big of a community. I don't know python well but I see so many tutorials for discord.py but switching while trying to learn seems a bit too confusing

[@prince7187]

Thank god, you are back. I missed this.

[@RaghavKarthik1778]

Welcome back! This tutorial was really helpful! Thanks! (:

[@anonylol537]

why does yours say \Users\desktop\discordbot>python and my says \Users\kober\PycharmProjects\DiscordBot?? i need help and when i type -m venv env it doesnt work

[@BenIsFound]

Round 3 here we go

[@Lucas-tz3jp]

😂

[@kookeekwisp]

Why is it when i do this, my bot's not online after running it?

[@schnitzy9589]

Looking forward to this!😃

[@schnitzy9589]

Ohh boys I’m bored so back here again!

[@kavinr.p3556]

SICK WALLPAPER

[@moosie5544]

Do you know which wallpaper that is?

[@Dawnbringer1]

lifesaver! hopefully the other videos will come soon!

[@pelusa1241]

Continue with more videos like this one about Discord Bot! Music, Level, Embeds, Reaction Roles and so on.

[@mrgokulbig6298]

Lucas is BACK!

[@sandiguha]

The background picture shows the place of 'Kailash' - the home of Lord Shiva and how I could tell this because can you spot that artifact beside the tree, that's the 'Trishul' or Trident of Lord Shiva.

[@kameblitz]

Uhhh... Hii! So actually I saw your vids and pretty much liked it however there were huge gaps between some of them. So can you upload consistently for this series if possible?

[@afterhours5466]

it gives me an error when i type ".\env\Scripts\activate'

[@sleepywithspeed]

Change the default terminal from powershell to cmd

[@-will-1389]

me too

[@gamingworm8827]

Hey, thanks for the great serious looking forward to it.

[@rpfl5059]

I WAS TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A WEEK THANKYOU

[@hillybankok]

i forgot the application.commands but then it worked tysm

[@Sciencedoneright]

By the way, discord tokens are valuable, do not show them to anyone else. They must be kept private, and they can be misused in case it was leaked. In case you leaked a token, regenerate it and replace the old token with the new one. Happy coding!

[@aiden6343]

ok dud

[@jhonsuper7065]

! mhmf

[@Sciencedoneright]

@@jhonsuper7065 you're in twt? :O who are u?

[@jhonsuper7065]

​@@Sciencedoneright PrabhS :mhm:

[@Sciencedoneright]

@@jhonsuper7065 mhm nice

[@mirzaadnan3012]

You have such an amazing voice and your videos are very easy to follow along. Thank you for this. I would absolutely love to see you make tutorials on other topics beside discord bots

[@DXAssassin]

ooo a new series?! amazing, keep it up!

[@oz9985]

Hey when I host my bot i see the ram goes higher and higher out of nowhere. Any idea how to fix it ?

[@styres933]

What is the difference to the series before? The hikari? Why use this and not the normal api for python?

[@Lucas-tz3jp]

discord.py which was used in the last series, has been abandoned and will no longer be updated. I have moved on to using hikari thus the new series :)

[@froststeel]

@@Lucas-tz3jp What about pycord?

[@goldmannation]

@@Lucas-tz3jp this comment didnt age well

[@knightmare4874]

@@goldmannation why hasnt it age well?

[@mxrcelical7679]

He's back!

[@totobs1]

YAY! THANKS MAN!

[@celaph8734]

can i get the background?

[@stefkoning2385]

Can you make a musicbot part with queues and search + link stuff

[@0xsuperman]

Will this series cover how to make a bot to post messages to specific channels (not to respond to specific command in discord chat)?

[@-karma1394]

Why do i get a message saying “No module name ‘hikari’?

[@virusyrel771]

Install it ig

[@TydinisGR]

thanks for making this tutorial and please try to continue finishing this new series of teaching how to make discord bot in python! and also is the 2 series in ur channel are outdated?

[@Ren-io4sx]

Hey man, what kind of theme are you using on VSCode

[@skmkq]

History repeats itself for the third time and does'nt cease to be cool. Keep it up.

[@hactavis]

what theme do you use for vsc?

[@ayqet]

Hi Lucas, whenever I try and run .env\Scripts\activate I keep getting an error which is (The module '.env' could not be loaded) and then it tells me to run ('Import-Module .env') and I still get an error after that. Do you know how to fix this, thanks.

[@MomIsCrying]

this from @Redfly from this somment section "NOTE: when making the virtual environment, you may get an error saying that your execution policy is wrong. I tried running VS code as an admin, but then it wouldn't let me open the folder. You can solve this by switching your intergrated promt from the default(powershell) to cmd. Thanks for the tutorial btw, it really helps =)"

[@rockoyhead]

Yo I found a fix for it just watch this vid mate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmjQmGamf8ubkLM

[@benbo9560]

New serise lets go

[@nightshadepoision]

I can't seem to get into the env file im on Linux Ubuntu.

[@milkmannoodles3783]

I'm having the same issue

[@milkmannoodles3783]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJzJlYCFltaNq80 found this youtube video that explains how to do it on linux

[@censr6616]

For anyone struggling with an error that looks something like this: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hikari', restarting my vs code seemed to have fixed the issue

[@kayd9733]

This is pretty cool

[@리코링]

welcom back!

[@SlimeyDev]

What is ur upload schedule?

[@gauravuttarkar9682]

What's the difference between this series and the previous one?

[@montecristo31]

thaks, man!

[@owotaku2712]

Thx, can ask you one thing, I have 2 laptops and one pc but in my two laptops I can programming a bots for discord (also profile of windows are diferentes) however in my pc I can’t programming a bot, I mean test a bot (also the pc share the same profile windows from one of my laptops) my question is why I have discord.error HTT etc unauthorizatio?

[@dagdbot83]

He bac

[@leeandasi1383]

Hi, I am having trouble on discord. There are no servers to add on the drop down list. What should I do?

[@TehNitro]

What about some moderation commands?

[@noerror9404]

Upload more tutorial on this topic plsssssssssssss

[@lautre9873]

i mean... for the first step it say something about the powershell that i can open the "env" ? is it normal ?

[@efipx]

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\andre\env\disc_bot_test2.py", line 1, in import hikari ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hikari' pls help i did every step

[@Rihards_Gold]

Do "pip install hikari-tanjun" That solved it for me

[@sleepywithspeed]

Try restarting your computer, that worked for me

[@rockoyhead]

@@Rihards_Gold You are a god thanks my friend.

[@raksshana1197]

how do i make the virtual enviroment on a mac? i cant use cmd because my default is zsh

[@its_shuay]

I am getting a "No Module Named venv" when running python -m venv env How do I fix this error? (I am also using VS Code)

[@ikenz1e]

after installing hikari and writing the import line i get this error "Import "hikari" could not be resolved Pylance (reportMissingImports)" it worked at first but after a while of coding it stopped working

[@rinka8430]

its: "import hikari" not "Import hikari"

[@josuedelatorre35]

@@rinka8430 still doesn't work, it says " ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hikari' "

[@rinka8430]

@@josuedelatorre35 so that is because u didnt install hikari, run this code in ur terminal: pip install hikari

[@alpha18_81]

@@rinka8430 I got the same error, i reinstalled twice but I still get this error

[@rinka8430]

@@alpha18_81 so try this commands: pip3 install hikari pip install hikari python -m pip install hikari python3 -m pip install hikari py -m pip install hikari py3 -m pip install hikari

[@emetz2293]

Whenver I run the code it tells me that "module 'hikari' has no attribute 'GateWayBot' "

[@idontknowhatoput8663]

what's that wallpaper it looks pretty cool

[@SamikTiwari.2004]

But why not continue the older ones??? It'll be really informative and easy to understand for those that have watched the older ones you can make newer stuff

[@resc863]

Old one is dead

[@justeenleidioso2150]

You came back!

[@alooflemur1492]

i'm new to visual studio how do you get to that screen at 4:42 ?

[@divyamsamarwal5752]

Awesome

[@harek231]

Welcome Back!!!

[@just_andro]

Coool

[@Rakhshita_g]

Welcome back

[@nerolized1209]

it is showing that hikari is not installed but when i tried it installing it again, it showed requirement already satisfied :\ edit: and im usind python 3.9

[@EnglishRain]

Thank youuuuuuuu

[@dextero]

Why not use nextcord or pycord?

[@squish7831]

Hey man, you helped me alot with coding, thank you so much! i would love to see more content ✨

[@Games.On.Wheels]

Could you make a tutorial on how to set this up on a Raspberry Pi 4?

[@jurgitaguobiene8504]

it says no module hikari and i don't know what to do. can you help me?

[@SlimeyDev]

plz can u do tutorials using pycord plzzzzzzz

[@KanaIsTheCutest]

is there a way hikari can delete messages or kick/ban, basic functionalities

[@revelmonger]

Nice voice drop.

[@hakanayan8727]

i downloaded python 3.11, but it is like onlycommand , not like in thi video

[@InfiniteSciences]

For me, IG its saying that python is not there. Could you assist me on this?

[@じゅげむ-s6b]

ooo a updated one?

[@FuzzyImages]

So right away I'm running into the problem of my computer saying "no such option: -U"

[@helish_88]

refresh token, lmao. it was cool.

[@vent_srikar7360]

any resource for me to learn how to code a discord bot using hikari

[@minseokwon9723]

why does event.content return none

[@abdistic1047]

works on replit aswell?

[@doubled8846]

can i use pycharm for this?

[@adjectif3887]

thanks

[@shryansh_a16]

is he trying to launch something like no way home?? as that too had too many reboots!!

[@enriquealba5345]

i did everything exaclty the same but I never got the rainbow hitari I have the error hikari has no attribute gatewaybot

[@enriquealba5345]

nvm just save the file at the end then run it right before python.py

[@fuzoken7698]

man when i am activating environment it says cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. do you know something abt it?

[@m1n3c4rt]

run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted, it works for me

[@sleepywithspeed]

Change your default terminal to cmd in vs code settings

[@gagans9302]

Nice 👍🏻🙂

[@therealshelly]

thank you, this helps me a lot, +1 sub