So, I have a code that on receiving a message it will print it to the python terminal, but I want to be able to see previous messages as this code will only show messages sent while the code is running. I was thinking of getting the history printed in the startup section (async def on_ready():) but wasn't sure how. Thanks for your help.
@client.event
async def on_message(message):
print(f"{message.guild.name}: {message.channel.name}\n{message.author.name}: {message.content}")
I've put together a way for you to query the last x messages in a channel of your choice with one command. For an event you have to change this accordingly or look at example two of me.
Example 1:
@client.command() / @bot.command() / @commands.command()
async def history(ctx):
messages = await ctx.channel.history(limit=YourLimit).flatten() # Get the history of the channel where the command was invoked
for message in messages: # Get only the messages and not any extra information
print(message.content, sep="\n") # Print the messages and show each in a new line
If you want to use this in an on_ready event you have to rewrite the command a bit, it could look like
Example 2:
@client.event / @bot.event / @commands.Cog.listener()
async def on_ready():
channel = client.get_channel(ChannelID) # A channel ID must be entered here
messages = await channel.history(limit=YourLimit).flatten()
for message in messages:
print(message.content, sep="\n")