Why Does On_Message Stop Commands from Working?
Basically, Everything Appears to Work Fine and Start Up, but for Some Reason I Can't Call Any of the Commands. I've Been Looking Around for Easily an Hour Now...
Basically, everything appears to work fine and start up, but for some reason I can't call any of the commands. I've been looking around for easily an hour now and looking at examples/watching videos and I can't for the life of me figure out what is wrong. Code below:
import discord
import asyncio
from discord.ext import commands
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix = '-')
@bot.event
async def on_ready():
print('Logged in as')
print(bot.user.name)
print(bot.user.id)
print('------')
@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
if message.content.startswith('-debug'):
await message.channel.send('d')
@bot.command(pass_context=True)
async def ping(ctx):
await ctx.channel.send('Pong!')
@bot.command(pass_context=True)
async def add(ctx, *, arg):
await ctx.send(arg)
The debug output I have in on_message actually does work and responds, and the whole bot runs wihout any exceptions, but it just won't call the commands.
2 Answers
Overriding the default provided
on_messageforbids any extra commands from running. To fix this, add abot.process_commands(message)line at the end of youron_message. For example:@bot.event async def on_message(message): # do some extra stuff here await bot.process_commands(message)
The default on_message contains a call to this coroutine, but when you override it with your own on_message, you need to call it yourself.
Ascertained that the problem stems from your definition of on_message, you could actually just implement debug as a command, since it appears to have the same prefix as your bot:
@bot.command()
async def debug(ctx):
await ctx.send("d")
James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.
