How do I make it so that the bot only responds to direct pings or replies?

Question

I want to make it so that the bot only responds to direct pings or replies.

I tried this:

if client.user.mentioned_in(message):

But if I use that, the bot will also respond to @everyone and @here, which I don't want. It must be a direct ping specifically for the bot. Replying to the bot should also work.

How do I do that?

Answer 1

You can simply check if your bot is in the message mentions list:

if client.user in message.mentions:
    pass