Discord Bot Implementation with Python 3

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I’ve created a function in lib.py to retrieve a player’s ID based on their username:

def fetchPlayerID(username):
    parameters = {"action": "autocompleteList",
                  "iso": iso,
                  "server": server}
    response = requests.post(url_base, parameters)
    json_data = response.json()
    users = json_data["player"]

    for user in users:
        if username in user["pseudo"]:
            return user["id"]
    return 0

And in bot.py, I have the following code:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands
from lib import *

@bot.command(pass_context=True)
async def locate(ctx, *args):
    ...
    player_id = fetchPlayerID('JD')  # always returns 0 despite the user existing
    ...

My issue is that when I use fetchPlayerID within my bot command, it consistently returns 0, even though it works correctly in lib.py. I can’t identify the problem in my implementation since no errors are reported. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

2

One aspect that might cause this behavior is related to how external requests are made within an asynchronous context in Discord bots. Since your fetchPlayerID is making a synchronous request using requests.post, it can lead to unexpected behavior. Consider using an asynchronous HTTP library like aiohttp instead, which is more suitable for non-blocking operations in an asynchronous environment. Replacing the requests.post with aiohttp’s client session and handling it with await may solve the issue while ensuring proper handling of the event loop.

3

Another thing to check is if the API’s ‘player’ key actually contains data or is returning an empty list when your bot function calls it. Try printing out json_data right after the response to debug. Might be different when calls are made via bot if server settings differ.