Discord.py | 02 Not that usual log bot the first part!

#discord #python #tutorial #codenewbie

Hello, Today we're going to create a discord bot that logs the messages in any server in a text file.
Before going any further please read the first part.

Discord.py | 01

Hamza Hesham ・ Mar 19 ・ 2 min read

#discord #python #programming #tutorial

The code

The code is very simple as usual.
As usual let's start by importing discord.py module and defining the client(bot).

#No need to explain this piece of code just read the first part.
import discord
from discord.ext import commands


client = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!")

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print("started")

Then, We are going to use the on_message event.
This event listens to the messages sent in all the servers that the bot is in then executes some code.


@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message == "":
        return
    else:
        id = str(message.author)
        #Sorts the message time of creation
        # %d : day of the month (01 to 31)
        # %m : month
        # %Y : year including the century
        # %H : Hour (00 to 23)
        # %M : minute
        # %S : second 

        time = str(message.created_at.strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S"))
        mss = str(message.content)
        #Opening the file in appending mode.
        data = open("data.txt","a")
        #writing the message into the file 
        data.write(f"({time}) {id} : {mss}\n")
#Don't forget to run the bot
client.run("Your Token")