I’m having trouble getting my Discord bot to connect to voice channels. When I run the command, nothing happens at all. No errors show up, but the bot just doesn’t join the voice channel like it should.
I’ve looked at different solutions online but can’t get any of them working. Here’s what I’m currently trying:
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=get_prefix)
@bot.command()
async def connect(ctx):
voice_channel = ctx.author.voice.channel
await voice_channel.connect()
The bot has all the right permissions but still won’t join when I use the command. Has anyone else run into this issue?
Had this exact problem with my music bot last year. You’re probably not storing the voice client after connecting. Your code connects but doesn’t save the connection anywhere, so the bot connects then immediately drops. Try this: voice_client = await voice_channel.connect() and store that reference somewhere you can grab it later. Also check if your bot’s already connected to another voice channel in the same server - Discord bots can only be in one voice channel per guild. If it’s connected elsewhere, disconnect first or move the connection.
also, wrap it in a try-except block to catch those hidden errors. discord’s api can throw exceptions that may not show up. check your bot token too, it needs the right intents for voice connections. had the same issue and it was the intents, no joke.
Had the exact same problem a few months back - drove me crazy for hours. You’re probably not checking if the user’s actually in a voice channel before trying to connect. Your code throws an AttributeError when ctx.author.voice is None, which happens when whoever runs the command isn’t connected to any voice channel. Add a simple check first: if ctx.author.voice is None: return await ctx.send(‘You need to be in a voice channel’). Also make sure you’re using discord.py 2.0+ since the voice connection syntax changed big time. Another thing that got me - the bot needs to be in the same server as the voice channel you’re connecting to.