python - How to make my discord bot send messages every few seconds?(discord.py)

Question

I am trying to make my discord bot DM the same message every few seconds(and not in quick succession). So far, I've made my discord bot send a given message a certain number of times, as provided by the user. Here's my code:

@client.command()
async def send(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount=1, *, content=None):
for i in range(amount):
    channel = await member.create_dm()
    await channel.send(content)

Any help would be well appreciated! Thank you!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65847944/how-to-make-my-discord-bot-send-messages-every-few-secondsdiscord-py

Answer 1

One thing is that your indentation is off. You need to add an indent to whatever you put into the command.

If you want to add a delay between messages, put await asyncio.sleep(time) in your loop, where time is your delay in seconds.

So, you should have

@client.command()
async def send(ctx, member: discord.Member, amount=1, *, content=None):
    for i in range(amount):
        channel = await member.create_dm()
        await channel.send(content)
        await asyncio.sleep(time)