Adding a timer to giveaway command discord.py
I was trying to create a discord bot with giveaway command which updates time left every 1-2 mins in giveaway embed . I have been trying it since 3 days but wasn't able to find a solution. I managed to make it update seconds, but if I specify time more than 1m i.e. 60 seconds it automatically converts it to seconds and starts giveaway with time left in just seconds . I want it to keep time in given unit and update time in --days, --hours, --minutes, --seconds left.
Here are a few images what i mean:
What it currently do:
What i want it to do:
Its just Ends In Or Time remaining what i want to be changed!
My current code:
@commands.command()
@commands.guild_only()
async def gstart(self, ctx, duration, *, prize):
time = self.convert(duration)
if time == -1:
await ctx.send(f'Answer Time With A Proper Unit (s, m, h, d)')
return
elif time == -2:
await ctx.send(f'Time Must Be A Integer!')
return
giveawayembed = discord.Embed(
title="🎉 New Giveaway! 🎉",
description=f"**Prize:** {prize}\n"
f"**Hosted By:** {ctx.author.mention}\n"
f"**Ends In:** {time} Seconds",
colour=discord.Color.green()
)
msg = await ctx.send(embed=giveawayembed)
reactions = await msg.add_reaction("🎉")
while time:
await sleep(10)
time -= 10
giveawayembed.description= f"**Prize:** {prize}\n**Hosted By:** {ctx.author.mention}\n**Ends In:** {time} Seconds"
await msg.edit(embed=giveawayembed)
new_msg = await ctx.fetch_message(msg.id)
users = await new_msg.reactions[0].users().flatten()
users.pop(users.index(self.client.user))
winner = random.choice(users)
endembed = discord.Embed(
title="Giveaway ended!",
description=f"Prize: {prize}\nWinner: {winner.mention}")
await msg.edit(embed=endembed)
await ctx.send(f"🎉 Giveaway Winner: {winner.mention} | Prize: {prize}")
For Converting Time I Have:
class Giveaway(commands.Cog):
def __init__(self, client):
self.client = client
def convert(self, time):
pos = ["s", "m", "h", "d"]
time_dict = {"s" : 1, "m" : 60, "h" : 3600, "d" : 3600*24}
unit = time[-1]
if unit not in pos:
return -1
try:
val = int(time[:-1])
except:
return -2
return val * time_dict[unit]
Any help is highly appreciated! 😁 And I m sorry if I wasn't able to make you understand my problem. 😅
I understand your problem as it is actually a very simple fix, you can either import time, or use await asyncio.sleep(time)
Before using the code I am providing, make sure to import asyncio in your imports.
Your code:
@commands.command()
@commands.guild_only()
async def gstart(self, ctx, duration, *, prize):
time = self.convert(duration)
if time == -1:
await ctx.send(f'Answer Time With A Proper Unit (s, m, h, d)')
return
elif time == -2:
await ctx.send(f'Time Must Be A Integer!')
return
giveawayembed = discord.Embed(
title="🎉 New Giveaway! 🎉",
description=f"**Prize:** {prize}\n"
f"**Hosted By:** {ctx.author.mention}\n"
f"**Ends In:** {time} Seconds",
colour=discord.Color.green()
)
msg = await ctx.send(embed=giveawayembed)
reactions = await msg.add_reaction("🎉")
while time:
await sleep(10)
time -= 10
giveawayembed.description= f"**Prize:** {prize}\n**Hosted By:** {ctx.author.mention}\n**Ends In:** {time} Seconds"
await msg.edit(embed=giveawayembed)
new_msg = await ctx.fetch_message(msg.id)
users = await new_msg.reactions[0].users().flatten()
users.pop(users.index(self.client.user))
winner = random.choice(users)
endembed = discord.Embed(
title="Giveaway ended!",
description=f"Prize: {prize}\nWinner: {winner.mention}")
await msg.edit(embed=endembed)
await ctx.send(f"🎉 Giveaway Winner: {winner.mention} | Prize: {prize}")
In both fixes I will fix a slight problem that could easily be fixed, you have it so while time, it will go down by 10, I recommend doing it so it says while time > 0: so that once it hits 0 it wont keep counting down.
Easy fix using await asyncio.sleep(time):
@commands.command()
@commands.guild_only()
async def gstart(self, ctx, duration, *, prize):
time = self.convert(duration)
if time == -1:
await ctx.send(f'Answer Time With A Proper Unit (s, m, h, d)')
return
elif time == -2:
await ctx.send(f'Time Must Be A Integer!')
return
giveawayembed = discord.Embed(
title="🎉 New Giveaway! 🎉",
description=f"**Prize:** {prize}\n"
f"**Hosted By:** {ctx.author.mention}\n"
f"**Ends In:** {time} Seconds",
colour=discord.Color.green()
)
msg = await ctx.send(embed=giveawayembed)
reactions = await msg.add_reaction("🎉")
while time >= 0:
if time <= 60:
giveaway.remove_field(index=1)
giveaway.insert_field_at(index=1, name='Ends:', value=f'{time} second(s) from now')
await my_msg.edit(embed=giveaway)
time -= 10
await asyncio.sleep(10)
elif 60 <= time < 3600:
giveaway.remove_field(index=1)
giveaway.insert_field_at(index=1, name='Ends:', value=f'{time/60} minute(s) from now')
await my_msg.edit(embed=giveaway)
time -= 6
await asyncio.sleep(6)
elif 3600 <= time < 86400:
giveaway.remove_field(index=1)
giveaway.insert_field_at(index=1, name='Ends:', value=f'{time/3600} hour(s) from now')
await my_msg.edit(embed=giveaway)
time -= 360
await asyncio.sleep(360)
elif time >= 86400:
giveaway.remove_field(index=1)
giveaway.insert_field_at(index=1, name='Ends:', value=f'{time/86400} day(s) from now')
await my_msg.edit(embed=giveaway)
time -= 8640
await asyncio.sleep(8640)
if time <= 0:
giveaway.remove_field(index=1)
giveaway.insert_field_at(index=1, name='Ends:', value=f'Ended at {datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%B %d, %I:%M %p")}') # noqa
await my_msg.edit(embed=giveaway)
await asyncio.sleep(time)
new_msg = await ctx.fetch_message(msg.id)
users = await new_msg.reactions[0].users().flatten()
users.pop(users.index(self.client.user))
winner = random.choice(users)
endembed = discord.Embed(
title="Giveaway ended!",
description=f"Prize: {prize}\nWinner: {winner.mention}")
await msg.edit(embed=endembed)
await ctx.send(f"🎉 Giveaway Winner: {winner.mention} | Prize: {prize}")