I’m working on a Discord bot using Python and I want to add functionality to create new text channels automatically. I found some sample code that looks like this:
server = bot.get_guild(server_id)
new_channel = await server.create_text_channel('general-chat')
The problem I’m running into is that I’m not sure how to properly get the server object. When I try to use it directly, I get an error saying the server variable isn’t defined. Do I need to import something specific or get the server object in a different way? I’m pretty new to discord.py so any help would be great.
Your get_guild() is returning None - that’s the problem. Happens when the bot can’t find the guild or doesn’t have access to it. Just add if server is None: return before creating the channel. Also make sure your bot’s actually in the guild you’re trying to access. I wasted hours on this same issue before realizing my bot wasn’t even in the test server. Oh, and the guild ID needs to be an integer, not a string.
This is a common issue when starting with discord.py. Your code looks fine, but the bot needs to fully connect before you can access guild objects. Put your channel creation code inside an event handler like on_ready or make it a command instead. Just watch out - on_ready fires multiple times, so you might create duplicate channels. If you’re not sure about the guild ID, try bot.guilds to see all available guilds.
yup, just replace server_id with your actual guild id, like this: server = bot.get_guild(123456789012345678). also, check if your bot has permission to create channels, otherwise it’ll throw an error.