How to use add_reaction() without Type Error?

Question

I'm trying to make a Pokemon center command on request of a friend. The plan is to continue the dialogue whenever the user reacts with the 'A' emoji (:a:), so I'm trying to have the bot react to its own message first. Here's the code

@bot.command()
async def joy(ctx):
    msg = await ctx.send(f'Welcome to our Pokémon Center!')
    emoji = bot.get_emoji(706288524089098360)
    await msg.add_reaction(msg,emoji)

Whenever I run it I get this error:

TypeError: add_reaction() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given

Does this answer your question? [Explaining the 'self' variable to a beginner](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6990099/explaining-the-self-variable-to-a-beginner) — mkrieger1, May 03 '20 at 00:13

kiliz · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-03T00:31:04.193

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There is no need to put msg as parameter of add_reaction(), just use msg.add_reaction(emoji) with a unicode emoji. Here is the doc for add_reaction()

The self variable mustn't be specified, add_reaction() gets it form msg before the dot by himself in msg.add_reaction(emoji).

edited May 03 '20 at 00:31

answered May 03 '20 at 00:05

kiliz

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Thanks, that's a huge help! I'm sorry if I sound pushy but now I get 'InvalidArgument: emoji argument must be str, Emoji, or Reaction not NoneType'. Any ideas? – Purple UniTurtle Man May 03 '20 at 01:11
The error message says that `emoji` variable is not a string and that you have to convert it – kiliz May 03 '20 at 01:17
Verify type of `emoji` and `if(emoji != None)` – kiliz May 03 '20 at 01:17

How to use add_reaction() without Type Error?

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