python - Discord.py on_member_join not working, no error message

Question

I am trying to make a discord bot with the Discord.py library. The commands with the @client.command() decorator work fine for me, but none of the event ones that I tried work.

@client.event
async def on_member_join(member):
    channel = client.get_channel(ChannelId) #I did define channel Id in my code
    await channel.send("someone has joined")

@client.event
async def on_member_remove(member):
    print("Someone has left")

I would expect this to output to the terminal or in the channel id I put in, but nothing appears, not even an error message.

*I used client. for all functions. *I am doing this on mac.

Im not quite sure why its working, I do not get any error messages, and I cant seem to find anyone else with this problem.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

With version >1.5.0 you can do something like this:

import discord

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.members = True

client = discord.Client(intents=intents)

@client.event
async def on_member_join(member):
    await member.send("Welcome!")

Answer 2

If you are using discord.py v1.5.0, see the docs for Gateway Intents

Answer 3

import discord
intents = discord.Intents.all()
discord.member = True
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="[",intents = intents)

and you need to go to developer portal --> applications(select your bot) and under the setting have a bot. Click it under the page has PRESENCE INTENT and SERVER MEMBERS INTENT you need to open it. That will be working.