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Bot Development

need some help if possible, I've set up a bot using Discord API, invited it to my server but haven't been able to set up basic commands yet. how do i do this?

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:24 PM

First, the problem may be that you dpnt have discordpy. Run this command in the terminal or enviroment. Use cd to navigate folders.

 pip install -U discord.py

 pip install -U discord.py

Second, In your code, enable intents.

 import discord

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True

 import discord

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True

Also, make sure to enable the Message Content Intent in the Discord Developer Portal.

Then create the Bot Instance

Setup the bot with command prefix

 from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='Your prefix, :, ?...', intents=intents)

 from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='Your prefix, :, ?...', intents=intents)

Also define Commands

Example of a ping:

 @bot.command()
async def ping(ctx):
    await ctx.send('Pong!')

 @bot.command()
async def ping(ctx):
    await ctx.send('Pong!')

Last, run your bot.

bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:30 PM

so with the command instance, if i want the bot to, let's say pull up a Spotify playlist, how would this get coded

also very dumb question but I'm new to Python, i assume I will need to have python for all this to work?

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:31 PM

Yeah.

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:31 PM

Discordpy its a dependency.

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:32 PM

You can download lastest version here

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:32 PM

https://www.python.org/downloads/

Python.org

Download Python

The official home of the Python Programming Language

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:32 PM

gotcha, so open Python and run the first command you mentioned and follow from there?

TTheMk1Pro so with the command instance, if i want the bot to, let's say pull up a Spotify ...

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:32 PM

Also, I dont get ya.

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:32 PM

Can you elaborate?

TTheMk1Pro gotcha, so open Python and run the first command you mentioned and follow from t...

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:33 PM

Yeah, but run in in the terminal or enviroment youre using.

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:33 PM

Python is an executable. It will install itself.

NNotYourBusiness.Also, I dont get ya.

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:35 PM

so, the way I want the bot to run is to display in game times of a game, display events for said game as well as patch notes. a lot of that work load will require weblinks and integrations that I am aware that other bots already have (mainly PatchBot) but i want a lesser version for my own server (if that makes sense)

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:35 PM

Um.

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:36 PM

Hold on, im trying to process your message

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:36 PM

you're all good

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:36 PM

would it help if I get the websites for a more visual representation?

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:36 PM

I just dont get it.. Like.

TTheMk1Pro would it help if I get the websites for a more visual representation?

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:36 PM

Sure

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:37 PM

Alright so

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:37 PM

You told me you wanna get a spotify song or smth?

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:39 PM

yeah no absolutely ignore that, just an example I tried using haha

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:39 PM

this is one of the sites

https://gtalens.com/weather

This tool aims to give you a complete information on the current and future weather in GTA Online which is possible to obtain due to the fact that the weather goes through the predictable cycle and thus can be precisely predicted.

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:40 PM

Okay

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:40 PM

And you want to...?

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:41 PM

have the bot display the time from that site

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:41 PM

Ohhh alright

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:42 PM

Hit an API endpoint (or scrape a webpage if there's no API), grab the JSON or HTML, format the info, and send it back as a message or embed. Could be something like !gametimes.

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:44 PM

Is that what you were lookign for or..?

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:45 PM

oh right okay, yeah sorta. Just tryna put how I'd make it all work together. I'll have a play in python and see what I can configure. I seriously appreciate your help!!!

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:45 PM

Yeah! Happy to help!

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:45 PM

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/954475644920672266/1198079998960095353/caption-2-2.gif

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:46 PM

If you need something else, try looking https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:46 PM

https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ext/commands/index.html

TheMk1ProOP•4/21/25, 9:46 PM

that'll help a lot, thank you so much!!! ill post updates when I've played around

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:46 PM

Great!

NotYourBusiness.•4/21/25, 9:47 PM

Have fun!

TheMk1ProOP•4/22/25, 9:40 PM

update, coded the bot, got it to come online, appear in the server and use basic slash commands. having a bit of teething issues with making the bot reply to regular messages but thats a tomorrow job!

TheMk1ProOP•4/22/25, 9:40 PM

NotYourBusiness.•4/23/25, 3:03 PM

Nice!

TTheMk1Pro Click to see attachment

! Smokey•4/23/25, 4:25 PM

the flag to add to the command file is ephemeral: true

! Smokey•4/23/25, 4:25 PM

if you mean that, I hope I understood correctly!

TTheMk1Pro so with the command instance, if i want the bot to, let's say pull up a Spotify ...

Wicks•4/24/25, 2:14 PM

To do that, you would need to interact with the spotify API. Personally I've only used the youtube API, so I have no idea. First learn the basics off bot development :D