Python discord bot how to compare messages with a list

2
votes

I'm making a python Discord Bot and now i'm trying to make him respond to a certain message within a list, but there are some issues, because he only respond when the message starts the text (not in the middle or end). So i want to figure out how to make him compare all the text and match with the messages list, sending a text answer.

Python 3.8.2

Code:

import discord
from discord.ext        import commands
from discord.ext.commands   import Bot
import asyncio

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix = "$")
phrases = ["QWACK","KWAK","AARK","KWAAAK"]

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print ("I'm ready!")

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    if str(phrases) in message.content:                                                    
        await message.channel.send("dhbang")
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pythonpython-requestsbotsdiscorddiscord.py

2 Answers

0
votes

i'm amazed the bot responds at all xD

str(phrases) is a string, this specific string: "["QWACK","KWAK","AARK","KWAAAK"]"

You should iterate over each word, and check if that word is in the message.

You should also take into consideration capitalization and multiple keywords appearing in one message.

0
votes

As wrong1man said, str(phrases) is a string, so it should only respond to messages like Lovely day, isn't it ["QWACK","KWAK","AARK","KWAAAK"]?. I would just like to extend wrong1man's answer by giving some code:

if any((phrase in message.content) for phrase in phrases):                                                    
    await message.channel.send("dhbang")

The above is the more concise version using a generator expression. If you are a Python begginer, you may be more comfortable with a normal for loop:

for phrase in phrases:
    if phrase in message.content:                                                    
        await message.channel.send("dhbang")
        break