How to make a Discord bot enter a voice channel?

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Hey everyone! I’m trying to get my Discord bot to hop into a voice channel, but I’m hitting a wall. When I tell it to join, nothing happens. No errors, no movement, nada. It’s driving me crazy!

I’ve looked around and tried a bunch of different code snippets, but none of them seem to do the trick. Here’s one I found that looked promising:

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

@my_bot.command()
async def enter_voice(ctx):
    user_vc = ctx.author.voice.channel
    await user_vc.connect()

But even this doesn’t work. The bot just sits there like a lump. Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong? Maybe there’s some setup I’m missing or a permission issue? I’d really appreciate any help you can give me!

2

It might occur due to version differences or permission issues. Have you checked if you’re using the latest discord.py version since older ones may omit some voice features? I suggest confirming that your bot has both the ‘Connect’ and ‘Speak’ permissions in the server. Additionally, try integrating error handling to catch potential exceptions and diagnose the problem, as in:

@my_bot.command()
async def enter_voice(ctx):
    try:
        channel = ctx.author.voice.channel
        await channel.connect()
    except AttributeError:
        await ctx.send('You need to be in a voice channel to use this command.')
    except discord.errors.ClientException as e:
        await ctx.send(f'An error occurred: {str(e)}')

This method should help reveal what the issue might be.

3

hey sophialee92, i ran into this problem too! make sure ur bot has the right permissions in ur server settings. also check if u imported the voice_client module. sometimes its tricky cuz different discord.py versions need different code. good luck!

4

I’ve been working with Discord bots for a while, and this issue pops up more often than you’d think. One thing that’s not mentioned yet is the intents. Make sure you’ve enabled the necessary intents when creating your bot instance. For voice channels, you typically need the ‘voice_states’ intent.

Try modifying your bot initialization like this:

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.voice_states = True
my_bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)

Also, double-check that you’re running the bot with the correct token and that it’s actually connected to your server. Sometimes the bot appears online but isn’t properly connected. You can add a simple on_ready event to confirm:

@my_bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'{my_bot.user} has connected to Discord!')

If none of these work, consider checking your network settings. Some networks block the ports Discord uses for voice, which can prevent bots from joining voice channels.