Create transcript of discord channel

Question

Is it possible to create an archive of a channel using discord.py? I have tried following this: discrod.py Text channel history to HTML file, however it:

Didn't send the file, no matter what I tried;
When I opened the file through the browser, it didn't create the style you see in ticket bots.

I am using discord-components, so therefore chat_exporter doesn't work due to a bug. Does anyone know how to do this?

Have you checked [Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter](https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/) ? — Abdulaziz, Aug 25 '21 at 13:09
I added an answer using both methods in the original post [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/68923558/13975447) — Abdulaziz, Aug 25 '21 at 13:23
@Abdulaziz Would Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter work since the bot is hosted externally, meaning I don't know the path to get to it — Mdog504, Aug 25 '21 at 16:31
Download the `cli` version add it into the root folder for your repo. It should be in the folder called `DiscordChatExporter.CLI` — Abdulaziz, Aug 25 '21 at 16:41
@Abdulaziz I tried that, but I now get this error: https://pastebin.com/sz0g7WL6 — Mdog504, Aug 25 '21 at 17:33
Yes please, it seems that the path given is a function not a `str` — Abdulaziz, Aug 25 '21 at 20:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '21 at 13:43

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I think this is what you are looking for.

fileName = f"{ctx.channel.name}.txt"
with open(fileName, "w") as file:
    async for msg in ctx.channel.history(limit=None):
        file.write(f"{msg.created_at} - 
                   {msg.author.display_name}: 
                   {msg.clean_content}\n")

If you want to send the file do:

file = discord.File(fileName)
await ctx.send(file=file)

Of course, you can send the file to wherever you want, but this is just an example.

answered Aug 26 '21 at 13:43

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Works, however isn’t like the transcript you see on bots like Ticket Tool, where there is a file that is like a screenshot of the channel – Mdog504 Aug 26 '21 at 19:02
Well, that wasn't your question, I just gave you the answer on how to save a channel, and send it. I personally use this on my ticket system for my network. If you want to take screenshots, you need some sort of API to do that for you. I cannot help you with that. If it works I would highly appreciate it if you could upvote my answers, as it in fact did work. – Bram Aug 27 '21 at 07:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '21 at 17:01

The answer on The original post is now working however, the answer by Bram does also work. With the solution on the original post, chat-exporter will not work alongside discord-components, though there may be a fix for the issue soon (either by discord-components updating, or discord.py 2.0 releasing)

Create transcript of discord channel

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