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discord.py receive empty strings instead of messages

I am making a discord bot on Python with discord.py

I've that problem, when I run the bot, it works, but it receives empty strings instead of messages.

test responses:

import random


def handle_response(message) -> str:
    p_message = message.lower()
    if p_message == 'hello':
        return 'Hey there!'

    if p_message == 'roll':
        return str(random.randint(1, 6))

    if p_message == '!help':
        return "`This is a help message that you can modify.`"

    #  return 'Yeah, I don\'t know. Try typing "!help".'

main:

import bot

if __name__ == '__main__':
    bot.run_discord_bot()

problematic code AKA bot:


import discord
import responses


# Send messages
async def send_message(message, user_message, is_private):
    try:
        response = responses.handle_response(user_message)
        await message.author.send(response) if is_private else await message.channel.send(response)

    except Exception as e:
        print(e)


def run_discord_bot():
    TOKEN = 'Our_Token'
    client = discord.Client(intents=discord.Intents.default())

    @client.event
    async def on_ready():
        print(f'{client.user} is now running!')

    @client.event
    async def on_message(message):
        # Make sure bot doesn't get stuck in an infinite loop
        if message.author == client.user:
            return

        # Get data about the user
        username = str(message.author)
        user_message = str(message.content)
        channel = str(message.channel)

        # Debug printing
        print(f"{username} said: '{user_message}' ({channel})")

        # If the user message contains a '?' in front of the text, it becomes a private message
        if user_message[0] == '?':
            user_message = user_message[1:]  # [1:] Removes the '?'
            await send_message(message, user_message, is_private=True)
        else:
            await send_message(message, user_message, is_private=False)

    # Remember to run your bot with your personal TOKEN
    client.run(TOKEN)

After every message, the console returns:

discord message console

Expected behavior:

It should receive the message (not empty string) and if the message is in the responses.py, it should return a message (the bot should send message).

Solution

  • The issue is that you haven't enabled the message_content intent - you need to set that to be able to read message content.

    intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.message_content = True  # explicitly enable the message content intents
client = discord.Client(intents=intents)

    You will also need to enable this intent for your bot/application in the Discord Developer portal.