How To Wait For Socket Communication In Discord.Py Update

In discord.py, you can wait for socket communication using the wait_for method of a discord.Client or discord.Bot object. This method takes in two arguments:

1. event: The name of the event you want to wait for, such as “message” or “reaction_add”.
2. check: A function that takes in the arguments of the event and returns a boolean value indicating whether the event should be waited for or not.

Here’s an example of how to use wait_for to wait for a message event:

python
import discord

client = discord.Client()

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Bot is ready')

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.author == client.user:
        return

    if message.content == 'ping':
        await message.channel.send('pong')

    if message.content == 'wait':
        def check(m):
            return m.author == message.author and m.channel == message.channel and m.content == 'done'

        await client.wait_for('message', check=check)
        await message.channel.send('You did it!')

client.run('your_bot_token')

In this example, the bot waits for a “done” message from the same user and channel as the “wait” message. Once it receives the “done” message, it sends a “You did it!” message back to the channel.

Note that wait_for is a coroutine and must be awaited. Also, be careful not to block the event loop for too long while waiting for an event, as this can cause the bot to become unresponsive.