How to create and assign a Discord channel to a variable?

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Hey everyone! I’m learning Python by making a Discord bot and it’s been a fun journey so far. I want to create a new channel and immediately assign it to a variable so I can use it without looking it up later. Here’s the code I tried:

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!')

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    guild = bot.get_guild(123456789)  # Replace with your server ID
    new_channel = bot.create_channel(guild, f'{pokemon_name} arena')
    await bot.send_message(new_channel, embed=battle_info.embed())

However, I get the following error:

discord.errors.InvalidArgument: Destination must be Channel, PrivateChannel, User, or Object. Received generator

What am I doing wrong? How can I create a new channel and assign it to a variable at the same time? Thanks for any help!

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hey markseeker91, i ran into this too! try using await with create_text_channel() method instead. something like:

new_channel = await guild.create_text_channel(f’{pokemon_name} arena’)

that should create the channel and assign it to your variable. hope this helps!

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I’ve been working on Discord bots for a while now, and I can tell you that the discord.py library can be a bit tricky at first. The main thing to remember is that most operations are asynchronous. For your specific issue, you need to use the guild.create_text_channel() method and await it. Here’s what worked for me:

new_channel = await guild.create_text_channel(f’{pokemon_name} arena’)

After that, you can use the new_channel variable directly. Just make sure you’re inside an async function when you’re doing this. Also, don’t forget to handle potential errors, like lacking permissions to create channels. It’s always good practice to wrap channel creation in a try-except block to gracefully handle any issues that might come up during execution.

4

The issue lies in your use of bot.create_channel(). This method doesn’t exist in the discord.py library. Instead, you should use the guild.create_text_channel() method, which is asynchronous. Here’s how you can modify your code:

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    guild = bot.get_guild(123456789)  # Replace with your server ID
    new_channel = await guild.create_text_channel(f'{pokemon_name} arena')
    await new_channel.send(embed=battle_info.embed())

This will create the channel, assign it to new_channel, and then send the message. Remember to always use ‘await’ with asynchronous methods in discord.py. Also, bot.send_message() is outdated; use channel.send() instead.