Discord.py how do I send a DM to anyone I want through a command

Question

Someone asked me to make a bot for him that sends a DM to anyone he specifies through a command, like *send_dm @Jess#6461 hello.

I've searched alot and I came across this code:

async def send_dm(ctx,member:discord.Member,*,content):
    await client.send_message(member,content)

but then I got the error:

discord.ext.commands.errors.CommandInvokeError: Command raised an exception: AttributeError: 'Bot' object has no attribute 'send_message'

I want to type for example : *send_dm @Jess#6461 hello and the bot sends a DM saying "hello" to that user.

Iain Shelvington · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-03T18:18:30.367

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client.send_message() has been replaced by channel.send() in the version 1 of discord.py

You can use Member.create_dm() to create a channel for sending messages to the user

async def send_dm(ctx, member: discord.Member, *, content):
    channel = await member.create_dm()
    await channel.send(content)

edited Aug 03 '19 at 18:18

answered Aug 03 '19 at 18:12

Iain Shelvington

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then I got this error: `discord.ext.commands.errors.CommandInvokeError: Command raised an exception: NameError: name 'channel' is not defined` – wotman Aug 03 '19 at 18:16
can I also do that I can put any user I want, even though it isn't in the server? – wotman Aug 03 '19 at 18:28
Probably, try using the `User` class – Iain Shelvington Aug 03 '19 at 18:41
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Then when I do `*send_dm <@330368617084616714> hello` it gives me an error that user doesnt exist: `discord.ext.commands.errors.BadArgument: User "<@330368617084616714>" not found` – wotman Aug 03 '19 at 18:54
@wotman In `discord.Member` you need to mention a member. – Rovindu Thamuditha Apr 09 '22 at 07:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 16 '21 at 03:52

HI there hope this help you

client.command(aliases=['dm'])
async def DM(ctx, user : discord.User, *, msg):
    try:
        await user.send(msg)
        await ctx.send(f':white_check_mark: Your Message has been sent')
    except:
        await ctx.send(':x: Member had their dm close, message not sent')

change you client if you use any other str

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '22 at 05:39

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The easiest way to do is:

async def send_dm(ctx,member:discord.Member,*,content):
  await member.send(content)

answered Mar 16 '22 at 05:39

EpicGamer123

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Discord.py how do I send a DM to anyone I want through a command

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