Discord.py bot - ping command not working

Question

I'm just sarting out with discord bots and haven't been using python for very long either. I'm making a currency bot, the currency being ep, that keeps track of user's wealth and saves everything in a json file. I got this working before but wanted to use a different way of writing it.

My initial way -

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.content.upper().startswith('EP.PING'):
        await client.send_message(message.channel, "Ping.")

My (hopefully better way) -

@client.command()
async def ping():
    await client.say('Pong')

The error messages -

File "f:/Python Programs/EP Bot/EP Bot V2.py", line 19, in <module>
    @client.command()
  File "F:\Python 3.6.4\lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 296, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError(msg.format(self.__class__, name))
AttributeError: '<class 'discord.client.Client'>' object has no attribute 'command'
Unclosed client session
client_session: <aiohttp.client.ClientSession object at 0x000001E73CDBBDA0>
Unclosed client session
client_session: <aiohttp.client.ClientSession object at 0x000001E73CDCE0B8>

Help with this would be much appreciated and if you think that my initial method is better then that's fine too, I just think that this is far easier if it works.

If you know of any reference code or templates then that would be awesome!

I'm not an expert on discord.py or decorators, but for consistency, shouldn't `@client.command()` be `@client.command`? — Random Davis, Mar 01 '19 at 19:49
@RandomDavis No. `client.command()` is a function that returns a decorator. — Patrick Haugh, Mar 01 '19 at 20:20

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '19 at 20:23

You need to use discord.ext.commands.Bot instead of discord.Client. Bot is a subclass of Client, so you should be able to just drop it in as a replacement and everything will start working

from discord.ext.commands import Bot

client = Bot('!')

# Rest of your code is unchanged

Keep in mind that if you want to have on_message and commands, you need to modify your on_message to support them. See Why does on_message stop commands from working?

Thanks! this was really confusing me – Jamie Bowen Mar 01 '19 at 21:24 — Jamie Bowen, Mar 01 '19 at 21:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '20 at 07:13

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I know that I am late but the answer is that you always require ctx in custom command. Your code should look like this: @client.command() async def ping(**ctx**): await client.say('Pong')

answered Dec 09 '20 at 07:13

Lakshay184

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