print embeds in discord.py

1
votes

This is a follow-up question to discord.py-blank-messages?

This is my code:

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    log = "\n[MESSAGE] [{0}] <{1}>\n----\n{2}\n----".format(message.guild, message.author, message.content)
    print(log)

Which will print out something like this:

[MESSAGE] [Example_Server] <User#0001>
----
Lorem Ipsum
----

However, when embeds from bots are sent, this is the output:

[MESSAGE] [Example_Server] <Open Bump#1081>
----

----

I want to print the message that the bot sent in plain-text.

I have heard that this is because the bot is sending embeds, and that the log cannot print embeds. Is there a way to print embeds (by converting them into plain text) to the console?

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pythonpython-3.xdiscord.py

1 Answers

2
votes

You can get a list of embeds in a message with the .embeds attribute. This returns a list of Embed objects, which you're then able to access the individual description, title, fields etc.

Edit this as you wish, but the example just prints the main description:

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    embed = ""
    if len(message.embeds) != 0:
        embed = message.embeds[0].description
    log = "\n[MESSAGE] [{0.guild}] <{0.author}>\n-----\n{0.content}{1}\n-----".format(message, embed)
    print(log)

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