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How do I fix "AttributeError: 'TextChannel' object has no attribute 'news'" in Pycord?

I have recently started using Pycord to make a Discord bot. However, I have quickly run into an error that I'm not sure how to deal with.

Here is my code:

import discord

bot = discord.Bot(debug_guilds=[<my guild ID>])

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'Logged in as {bot.user}!')

@bot.event
async def on_message(message: discord.Message):
    print(message)

bot.run('token')

Here is the error:

Ignoring exception in on_message
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\Username\Desktop\DiscordBot\env\lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 382, in _run_event
    await coro(*args, **kwargs)
  File "c:/Users/Username/Desktop/DiscordBot/main.py", line 18, in on_message
    print(message)
  File "c:\Users\Username\Desktop\DiscordBot\env\lib\site-packages\discord\message.py", line 777, in __repr__
    return f"<{name} id={self.id} channel={self.channel!r} type={self.type!r} author={self.author!r} flags={self.flags!r}>"
  File "c:\Users\Username\Desktop\DiscordBot\env\lib\site-packages\discord\channel.py", line 190, in __repr__
    attrs = [(val, getattr(self, val)) for val in self._repr_attrs]
  File "c:\Users\Username\Desktop\DiscordBot\env\lib\site-packages\discord\channel.py", line 190, in <listcomp>
    attrs = [(val, getattr(self, val)) for val in self._repr_attrs]
AttributeError: 'TextChannel' object has no attribute 'news'

I'm not sure why this error occurs because, to my knowledge, the TextChannel object does not have the attribute "news". The closest thing I could find is is_news().

Checklist:

Checked for duplicate questions.
Checked Pycord API reference for on_message.
Attempted to print just the message content instead of the message object.
Checked intent issues by confirming that Message Intent is enabled on the Discord Developer Portal.

Environment Information:

OS: Windows 7
Python Version: 3.8.10 (Stuck on this version because Python 3.9 and up no longer supports Windows 7)
Python Virtual Environment Name: env
Pycord Version: 2.0.0rc1

Solution

  • I think you should upgrade your pycord to development version.

    pip install -U git+https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord

    It seems that in this commit, they've added the news attribute.