SyntaxError: 'await' outside async function, coinflip command discord.py

Question

I am relatively new to discord.py, While testin my !coinflip command ive come across alot of errors, Most of them i have fixed. But one keeps coming back.

@bot.event
async def on_message(ctx):
   if ctx.content.startswith('!coinflip'):
      embed = discord.Embed(title='Choose heads or tails:', color=0x00ff00)
      embed.set_footer(text='React with either  Tails or ️ Heads to make your choice\n. If you win 10  will be added.')
      msg = await ctx.channel.send(embed=embed)
      await msg.add_reaction('️')

      def check(reaction, user):
        return user == ctx.author and str(reaction.emoji) in ['', '️']
        reaction, user = await bot.wait_for('reaction_add', check=check)
        if str(reaction.emoji) == '️':
          choice = 'heads'
        else:
          choice = 'tails'

        flip = random.choice(['heads', 'tails'])
        if choice == flip:
          userid = ctx.author.id
          if os.path.isfile(f"{userid}.txt"):
            file = open(f"{userid}.txt")
            coins = int(file.read())
            newcoins = coins + 10
            file = open(f"{userid}.txt", 'r')

            file.close()
            file = open(f"{userid}.txt", "w")
            file.write(str(newcoins))
            file.close()
            await ctx.channel.send('You win! The coin landed on ' + flip + '.')
        else:
          await ctx.channel.send('You lose! The coin landed on ' + flip + '.')

This is the error shown when the code is run:

  File "c:\Users\rhan\OneDrive\Bureaublad\bscly bot\discordbot.py", line 41
    reaction, user = await bot.wait_for('reaction_add', check=check)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: 'await' outside async function

I have tried looking at other posts, Which surprisingly had about the same problem, But most of the answers either didnt work or were very vague.

There seems to be something very wrong with your indentation. Why the nested `check` function that will `return` at its first line, leaving the rest of the code to never be executed, for example? — Thierry Lathuille, Feb 07 '23 at 15:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '23 at 15:46

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It doesn't seem like your check function is an async function. It says on the discord.py docs that you may only use await in async functions. https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/async/faq.html#where-can-i-use-await

answered Feb 07 '23 at 15:46

Parkers

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Hi, thanks for answering. After correcting my code i have found a new problem, All commands except !coinflip dont work. Have any explanation for that? – Ronghan Yury Feb 07 '23 at 16:20
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@Ronghan Yury - your `on_message()` function overrides the behavior for ALL other commands, so you need to add a call to `bot.process_commands(message)` to handle everything you aren't handling in your function. See the answer to this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49331096/why-does-on-message-stop-commands-from-working – nigh_anxiety Feb 07 '23 at 17:10

SyntaxError: 'await' outside async function, coinflip command discord.py

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