Discord bot running but commands are not responsive

Question

I've created a Discord Bot which is very much running when started but the commands are not responsive. The code is below:

TOKEN = os.getenv('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 hello_message(ctx):
    if ctx.author == client.user:
        return
    if ctx.content.startswith('$hello'):
        await ctx.channel.send('Hello there!!!')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    client.run(TOKEN)

When executed - the bot shows up online and prints the running message. However, it is not responding to any commands.

Answer 1

Using discord.Client for commands: In discord.py, you need to use the commands.Bot class instead of discord.Client to handle commands effectively. The commands.Bot class provides built-in command parsing and handling.

Using on_ready() for commands: The on_ready() event is triggered when the bot is connected and ready to perform actions, but it is not meant to handle commands. You should use commands.Bot to handle commands separately.

Here is the updated code:

    import os
    import discord
    from discord.ext import commands

    TOKEN = os.getenv('TOKEN')

    # Create the bot with the command prefix
    bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='$')

# Event: Bot is ready
    @bot.event
    async def on_ready():
        print(f'{bot.user} is now running!!')

    # Command: Hello
    @bot.command()
    async def hello(ctx):
        await ctx.send('Hello there!!!')

    # Run the bot
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        bot.run(TOKEN)