Discord bot check if a bot deleted a message

Question

I want to make my discord bot to send a reply message only if a user has deleted a message (not bots). I'm using message.author.bot to find out, but it seems that deleting messages isn't the same. So far I have this:

@client.event
async def on_message_delete(message):
  if message.author.bot:
    return
  await client.send_message(message.channel, "<@{}>'s message was deleted".format(message.author.id))

I'm unsure based on your wording whether you want to exclude messages of a bot that were deleted or messages that were deleted by a bot. Could you clarify your intentions? — Minn
See this answer. Depending on your version, you may not be able to see who deleted a message. — Patrick Haugh
@PatrickHaugh Thanks. It seems that the discord API doesn't show who deleted the message. Maybe this question is unsolvable. — Cloud9c
Best you can do is give the bot permission to check the audit logs, then look for the message's deletion in there (as in that answer) — Lynn

WoozyDragon WoozyDragon · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-13T13:55:59

Maybe this is the answer to your question

@client.event
async def on_message_delete(message, member):
    if message.author.id == client.user.id): #Checks the ID, if AuthorID = BotID, return. Else, continue.
        author : message.author #Defines the message author
        content : message.content #Defines the message content
        channel : message.channel #Defines the message channel
        logchannel = discord.utils.get(member.guild.channels, name='<XYZ>') #Defines the logs channel
        await logchannel.send(channel, '{}: {}'.format(author, content)) #Send the message.

Discord bot check if a bot deleted a message

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