AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'add_roles' / 'send'

Question

I'm new to discord.py and I tried to send a private message with my bot when I react with the 'bro_emoji' to a specific message :

@bot.event
async def on_raw_reaction_add(payload):

    emoji = payload.emoji.name
    canal = payload.channel_id
    message = payload.message_id
    roles = bot.get_guild(payload.guild_id).roles
    bro_role = get(roles, name="Bro")
    member = bot.get_guild(payload.guild_id).get_member(payload.user_id)

    if emoji == "bro_emoji" and canal == 920004461575954472 and message == 920004958923939901:
        print('Role acquired')
        await member.add_roles(bro_role) # Issue here
        await member.send("Bro role acquired") # Issue here

There are the errors :

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'add_roles'

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'send'

Thanks :D <3

Your `member` value is `None` so the line where you try to set `member =` is somehow failing. — voodoo-burger, Dec 13 '21 at 20:19
`.get_member(payload.user_id)` must be returning None, so member is None. — John Gordon, Dec 13 '21 at 20:20
So how should i do @JohnGordon to mp a member with his id/name ? — Chaffou Cha, Dec 13 '21 at 20:37
Like in all similar question, you should ask "Why do I have `None` here?". Typically, it's a bug or lack of error handling. As a new user here, please also take the [tour] and read [ask]. — Ulrich Eckhardt, Dec 13 '21 at 21:18
Does this answer your question? [Why do I get AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'something'?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8949252/why-do-i-get-attributeerror-nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-something) — Ulrich Eckhardt, Jan 05 '22 at 18:07

Nickname · Answer 1 · 2023-01-23T10:04:58.647

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Try creating the variables that start by bot.get_ in the on_ready() function and just making it global:

global member

member = bot.get_guild(payload.guild_id).get_member(payload.user_id)

Because if the bot isn't officially logged in the bot.get_ functions return None. And the on_ready() function gets activated only when the bot is officially logged in.

edited Jan 23 '23 at 10:04

answered Jan 23 '23 at 10:04

Nickname

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '23 at 03:15

To piggyback off of Nickname's answer as it took me a moment to figure out what they meant, you need to put the "global member" in your on_ready method. Make sure your on_ready is inside the same file where you initialize the "bot" instance

bot = commands.Bot("<insert prefix here>", intents=<intents>)


@bot.event
async def on_ready()
    global member


@bot.event
async def on_raw_reaction_add(payload):
    emoji = payload.emoji.name
    canal = payload.channel_id
    message = payload.message_id
    roles = bot.get_guild(payload.guild_id).roles
    bro_role = get(roles, name="Bro")
    member = bot.get_guild(payload.guild_id).get_member(payload.user_id)

    if emoji == "bro_emoji" and canal == 920004461575954472 and message == 920004958923939901:
        print('Role acquired')
        await member.add_roles(bro_role) # Issue here
        await member.send("Bro role acquired") # Issue here

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'add_roles' / 'send'

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