DM a specific user in discord.py

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I'd like to know how to dm a specific person that will always be the same. I've tried many StackOverFlow posts and the official discord.py documentation but none of them worked. I have discord.py 1.7.3. So far I've got the following:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

@client.command()
async def dm(ctx):
    user = client.get_user(1234567891011) # <- This user will always be the same.
    await user.send("Hi")

When I type the command in the server the following exception appears:

Ignoring exception in command dm:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\discord\ext\commands\core.py", line 85, in wrapped
    ret = await coro(*args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\Users\myuser\Documents\Python Scripts\Bot\main.py", line 110, in dm    await user.send("Hola")
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'send'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\discord\ext\commands\bot.py", line 939, in invoke
    await ctx.command.invoke(ctx)
  File "C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\discord\ext\commands\core.py", line 863, in invoke
    await injected(*ctx.args, **ctx.kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\discord\ext\commands\core.py", line 94, in wrapped
    raise CommandInvokeError(exc) from exc
discord.ext.commands.errors.CommandInvokeError: Command raised an exception: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'send'
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4 Answers

The client.get_user-method operates on the local user cache. So unless you already cached the user you want to dm (for example by sharing a server with them and having Intents.members enabled), you will not have them in your local cache and therefore the get_user-method will return None.

To have it working independent of your local user cache, you can use client.fetch_user instead. It will fetch the user by their id from the discord API and thus always return an user object (assuming the given id exists).

Using client.fetch_user, your command could look like this:

@bot.command()
async def dm(ctx):
    user = await client.fetch_user(1234567891011)
    await user.send('Hi')
user_165632510

This implementation allows for any member of the guild to simply type !dm in any channel, and the bot will message the user-specified in client.get_user(<user ID>) a message

import discord
import os
from discord.ext import commands

# Declaration Discord.py Variables
intents = discord.Intents.default()  # Turns on the connection
intents.members = True  # Ensures the member list will be updated properly
client = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)  # defines the symbol used to call a command from the bot


@client.command()
async def dm(ctx):
    """
    Sends a message to a user every time a member types '!dm' in the channel.
    :param ctx: represents the context in which a command is being invoked under
    :return: a message to the user
    """
    await client.get_user(470163626083352577).send("Enter Text")

client.run("Bot_Token")
  • Here is some more information about how intents work Privileged Intents as you will need Server Member Intent activated.
user_167804270

Bot.get_user() looks up in the client's internal cache. if the user isn't found in cache, This method returns None.

Note that if get_user is returning None, Chances are that user doesn't share a guild with the bot so you cannot DM that user.

You can optionally try to fetch user but you still won't be able to DM the user unless you share a guild with user.

user = await client.fetch_user(id)
await user.send('Message')

This would raise discord.NotFound if user isn't found or discord.Forbidden if you can't DM the user.

Make sure the id is integer.

user_154068400

The error coming is because you have to create a dm in a variable before sending the message

try this:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

client = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') 

@client.command()
async def dm(ctx,member:discord.Member,*,content):
    channel = await member.create_dm() #create dm
    await channel.send(content)  #send the message

Edit: In this new code when u run the command !dm <@user> [message] the bot will create a new a dm named channel(note: channel name is just a variable it won't name the dm channel) and then send the message you added at last added

Note: the user must be in the server from where you are sending the dm.

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