I’m working on a Discord bot using Python and I’m trying to add functionality to create new text channels. I found some sample code that shows new_channel = await server.create_text_channel('awesome-channel') but when I try to run this, I get a NameError saying that server is not defined.
I’m not sure how to properly get the server object or if I need to import something specific. Can someone explain what I’m missing here? I’ve been looking through the docs but I can’t figure out the right way to reference the guild/server where I want to create the channel.
You’re treating server like it’s already defined, but it’s actually a guild object you need to get first. In most bots, you’ll grab this from your command context - interaction.guild for slash commands or ctx.guild for message commands. You can also store guild references when your bot joins using the on_guild_join event. I always check that the guild object exists before creating channels since bots can lose guild access randomly. Once you’ve got the right guild reference, the channel creation code stays the same.
i struggled with this too! make sure to obtain the guild obj before trying to create channels. you can get it using guild = discord.utils.get(bot.guilds, name='YourServerName') if needed. once you have that, await guild.create_text_channel('awesome-channel') should do the trick!
server isn’t a built-in variable in discord.py; you need to grab the guild object first. For commands, use guild = ctx.guild. In event handlers like on_message, it’s guild = message.guild. If you prefer, you can fetch it by ID using guild = bot.get_guild(guild_id) where you substitute in your actual server ID. Once you’ve obtained the guild object, you can create channels with new_channel = await guild.create_text_channel('awesome-channel'). Just ensure your bot has the necessary permissions to manage channels; otherwise, you’ll encounter a Forbidden error.