Need help with Discord.py bot functionality
I’m building a Discord bot using Discord.py and want to add a feature where I can make the bot leave any server remotely. Here’s what I’m trying to do:
I have a main control server where I run all my admin commands. When someone misuses my bot in a different server, I want to run a command like !exit ServerName from my control server. This should make the bot post a goodbye message in the target server and then leave automatically.
Is this kind of remote server management possible with Discord.py? How would I set up the command to target a specific guild by name or ID? Any code examples would be really helpful.
Thanks for any guidance on this!
Been running multi-server bots for two years - this setup works great. Store your control server ID as an environment variable and check it in your command handler. Some servers disable the system channel for bots, so I iterate through text channels and grab the first one where the bot can send messages. guild.me.guild_permissions.send_messages prevents permission errors. I also send a confirmation back to the control server with guild name and member count before leaving. Makes tracking which servers you left way easier.
Yes, it’s definitely possible to implement this functionality in your Discord bot. You can use bot.get_guild(guild_id) to reference the target server directly. Once you have the guild object, execute await guild.leave() to make the bot exit. For sending a farewell message, locate a text channel using discord.utils.get(guild.text_channels, name='general') or choose the first text channel with guild.text_channels[0]. I recommend working with guild IDs instead of names due to potential changes or duplicates. Consider maintaining a mapping of server names to IDs for convenience, and remember to implement error checking to handle cases like lacking permissions or non-existent servers.
just add proper auth checks so random ppl can’t misuse your cmd. also, use guild.system_channel instead of searching for ‘general’ - not all servers have that name. learned that the hard way before.