Discord.py add delay to bot response

Question

I am using an on_message function in discord.py and after recieving the message the bot responds: await message.channel.send("response") but this happens instantly, is there any way for me to delay this reponse for a couple of seconds?

Answer 1

You can use await asyncio.sleep(seconds_to_sleep) which adds async-friendly delay to your bot actions

import asyncio

# ... then in a cog
    @commands.Cog.listener()
    async def on_message(self, message: discord.Message):
        if message.author == self.bot.user:
            return
        await asyncio.sleep(5)
        await message.channel.send("response")