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| author |  Xithrius <[email protected]> | 2022-12-12 02:54:10 -0800 |
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| committer | Xithrius <[email protected]> | 2022-12-12 02:54:10 -0800 |
| commit | 2889b53d33bd5f4b38e5e28746ee81c252d64be8 (patch) | |
| tree | 9adbf6702f5cff3808bcc646c397a69c741c72f2 /pydis_site/apps/content/resources | |
| parent | Merge branch 'main' into 695-setting-different-statuses-on-your-bot (diff) | |
Confirmation with the reader on when to set status
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| -rw-r--r-- | pydis_site/apps/content/resources/guides/python-guides/setting-different-statuses-on-your-bot.md | 6 |
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diff --git a/pydis_site/apps/content/resources/guides/python-guides/setting-different-statuses-on-your-bot.md b/pydis_site/apps/content/resources/guides/python-guides/setting-different-statuses-on-your-bot.md index b44c55e1..45c7b37c 100644 --- a/pydis_site/apps/content/resources/guides/python-guides/setting-different-statuses-on-your-bot.md +++ b/pydis_site/apps/content/resources/guides/python-guides/setting-different-statuses-on-your-bot.md @@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ description: How to personalize your Discord bot status You've probably seen a bot or two have a status message under their username in the member bar set to something such as `Playing Commands: .help`. -This guide shows how to set such a presence, so your bot can have one as well. +This guide shows how to set such a status, so your bot can have one as well. **Please note:** -If you want to change the bot status, it is suggested to not do so during the on_ready event, since it would be called many times and making an API call on that event has a chance to disconnect the bot. +If you want to change the bot status, it is suggested to not do so during the `on_ready` event, since it would be called many times and making an API call on that event has a chance to disconnect the bot. + +The status should not have a problem being set during runtime with `change_presence`, in the examples shown below. Instead, set the desired status using the activity / status kwarg of commands.Bot, for example: ```python |