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Python - DM a User Discord Bot


I'm working on a User Discord Bot in Python .If the bot owner types !DM @user then the bot will DM the user that was mentioned by the owner.

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.content.startswith('!DM'):
        msg = 'This Message is send in DM'
        await client.send_message(message.author, msg)

Solution

  • The easiest way to do this is with the discord.ext.commands extension. Here we use a converter to get the target user, and a keyword-only argument as an optional message to send them:

    from discord.ext import commands
    import discord
    
    bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!')
    
    @bot.command(pass_context=True)
    async def DM(ctx, user: discord.User, *, message=None):
        message = message or "This Message is sent via DM"
        await bot.send_message(user, message)
    
    bot.run("TOKEN")
    

    For the newer 1.0+ versions of discord.py, you should use send instead of send_message

    from discord.ext import commands
    import discord
    
    bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!')
    
    @bot.command()
    async def DM(ctx, user: discord.User, *, message=None):
        message = message or "This Message is sent via DM"
        await user.send(message)
    
    bot.run("TOKEN")