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How to pass the user invoking command as default parameter in discord.py bot.command?

I am trying to make a rank based system for my discord.py bot.

I want to implement a rank command which returns the rank of the specified user. By default I want the specified user to be the one invoking the command, i.e. ctx.message.author.

async def rank(self, ctx, user: discord.Member=ctx.message.author):

I know this is invalid syntax, but how could I achieve such a thing?

My discord.py version is 1.7.3.

Thanks!

Solution

  • I would make user default to None (using typing.Optional) and replace it with ctx.message.author inside the command.

    e.g

    async def rank(self, ctx, user: typing.Optional[discord.Member]=None):
    if not user:
        user = ctx.message.author