Raise forbidden exception when trying to dm a banned user (Discord.py)

Question

When i run this code, it raises a 403 Forbidden exception : Cannot send messages to this user. How can i bypass that and so dm banned & kicked users ?

if user.dm_channel == None:
    await user.create_dm()
await user.dm_channel.send(
    content=f"You have been kicked from {server} by <@{message.author.id}> (reason : {splited[2]})")

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '20 at 06:27

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Try sending a message right before banning the user.

answered Sep 09 '20 at 06:27

okay

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '20 at 08:45

Send the message to the user's DM channel before you kick them.

@client.command()
async def kick(ctx, user: discord.Member, *, reason=None):
  if user.dm_channel == None:
      await user.create_dm()
  await user.dm_channel.send(
      content=f"You have been kicked from {ctx.guild} by {ctx.message.author}\nReason: {reason} ")
  await user.kick(reason=reason)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '20 at 22:49

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You can't. Discord bots are only able to send DM's to users they share at least one server with, so if someone was kicked/banned from the only mutual server, your bot will not be able to send them any messages.

answered Sep 08 '20 at 22:49

stijndcl

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I know a discord bot that sends a DM when a member is banned or kicked – Wafelack Sep 09 '20 at 06:36
In that case, the bot sends the message first and THEN bans/kicks them, but OP is asking to DM an already-banned user. – stijndcl Sep 09 '20 at 15:36

Raise forbidden exception when trying to dm a banned user (Discord.py)

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