Python: Making a Discord bot (Part 4: Clear)

In this video, we learned how to create a simple clear command to delete messages from a discord channel.

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[appuchia]

Suggestions of videos:
- Cogs(I need it, they've changed)
- Music commands
- Embeds

[oscwavcommentaccount]

If you want it to delete 5 messages (not including the command message) you can just type "limit=amount + 1" instead of "limit=amount"

[vocelia]

I think the following code is more effective:

@client.command()
async def clear(ctx, amount=5):
await ctx.message.delete()
await

It'll delete 5 other messages including the command message.

[omrimg]

Awesome!
Btw, will you cover playing music?

[jabatunnisha]

I am saying it from trying so many things, it really works, thank you

[iceydex-archived]

Guys it's changed since he's made the video. Code would be:

@client.command()
async def clear(ctx, limit:int):
await
await ctx.send(f'{limit} messages have been cleared.')

(I've added a part where it repeats how many messages you've deleted.) Works and has been tested. Your welcome 👍👍

[boyscoutguitarist]

another workaround for having leftover messages is: on the limit line set limit equal to amount plus one, so it deletes its self plus all the amount of messages before it that you want to delete

[charliecohen]

Suggestion: set limit to amount+1 instead of amount, so it will not take into account your command message while deleting.

[tqmatvey]

4:00 you can set +1 after amount=5 and it will kinda igore the .clear, it is smoother

[KrXza]

ur videos are so straight forward and good

[echophantom]

So, if u have say, 10 messages and u type the clear command, with a value of 10, there will be 1 left over, what i found works is when u set the limit=amount, u should change it to limit=amount + 1 and then if u run the command it will delete the 10 messages + the clear command

[Fortexik]

If you have some client events like on_message method and your are wondering why are all of you client command events suppresed, you have to add into the on_message method something like "await to make sure to even try evaluate your commands if they're.

[MonX]

Hi, do u have any idea what to do with this? 'str' object has no attribute 'add_command'

[repe]

thank you! this was very helpful and made it that when it cleared messages bot said in chat that i deleted messages and after that deletes the message what said thay have been cleared

[jonnylpenman]

@client.command()
async def clear(ctx, amount = 5):
await ctx.channel.purge(limit = amount + 1)

Seems to work (makes the right number of messages delete)

[sparkleface]

if anyone else is having problems getting the bot to clear msgs, make sure to give it permission to manage msgs cuz my dumbass forgot to

[BendigoBS]

Um in the discord API there is no client.command. I just get object has no attribute 'command'

[ahmetsarkaya]

Updated version is below

@client.command()
async def clear(ctx, amount=100):
channel = ctx.message.channel
deleted = await channel.purge(limit=amount)
await channel.send('Deleted {}

[corvo]

I have two bots, on one it just works fine on the other one it is not working why?

[freebie.]

If you want perms!
@client.command(aliases = ['purge', 'nuke', 'delete'])

async def clear(ctx, amount=5):
await ctx.send('Deleting...')
await