Making A Discord Bot In Python (Part 4: Cogs)

[@Fluffyscratch]

I added a new file in the cogs folder and coded a command, but when I start my main script it says that Ping.py is already loaded and it won't work, can you help me please ?

[@Odd-Variety]

Thanks man a lot i was strugling in creating cogs and your video solve all my issues in this regards.

[@paradoxial7665]

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[@armorman3005]

Thanks. I saw an outdated tutorial about cogs that was made before the code was made asynchronous and was wondering why nothing worked. You helped alot.

[@Shreel-001]

hi could u help me out

[@armorman3005]

@@Shreel-001 sure, what do you need

[@Shreel-001]

it whowsme some kid of error you can check below@@armorman3005
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\discord\ext\commands\bot.py", line 941, in _load_from_module_spec
setup = getattr(lib, 'setup')
AttributeError: module 'cogs.Ping' has no attribute 'setup'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Python bot\bot.py", line 22, in
asyncio.run(bot())
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\asyncio
unners.py", line 44, in run
return loop.run_until_complete(main)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.3056.0_x64_qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\asyncio\baseevents.py", line 649, in run_until_complete
return future.result()
File "c:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Python bot\bot.py", line 19, in bot
await load()
File "c:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Python bot\bot.py", line 15, in load
await client.load_extension(f"cogs.{filename[:-3]}")
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\discord\ext\commands\bot.py", line 1013, in load_extension
await self._load_from_module_spec(spec, name)
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\discord\ext\commands\bot.py", line 944, in _load_from_module_spec
raise errors.NoEntryPointError(key)
discord.ext.commands.errors.NoEntryPointError: Extension 'cogs.Ping' has no 'setup' function.

[@ainnunhere]

Doesn’t do anything for me it doesn’t load my bot idk why

[@imthesrpina]

thanks

[@volefy]

it raised an error saying asyncio is not defined?

[@mhatyi]

For me it sais the system doesnt find the path to ' ./cogs ' . What do I do?

[@BestEli]

whats the point of cogs?

[@fipium]

im not an expert and i am still learning, but from my general understanding, cogs are a way to not only organize and sort your commands and other stuff, but i believe it allows you to edit the commands and reload the cogs without having to restart the bot entirely.

[@nwchef]

@@fipium do u think i should start learning and using them from the start when making a bot

[@fipium]

@@nwchef from my understanding, cogs allow you to make changes and i think add new commands and code without having to completely restart the entire bot. if i understand that correctly, then yes absolutely worth to learn. itll also allow your code to be more organized and clean

[@Racovik_]

my bot does not respond to commands

[@strawhatonpc4008]

It says “./cogs” not found

[@ooogaboooga8065]

Try just cogs

[@tacocat8829]

I changed mine to include the name of the file that contains the project: "./Folder/cogs"

[@rowella7807]

and we're gonna type in commands.cog.. and we're gonna type in DEATH 7:24

[@Rustanovich]

bot doesn't responding

[@vip_bimmervip_bimmer8033]

How should can I forward the original messages into a string?

[@ramosswq]

How do I use app commands and cogs

[@bigtomDW]

so to be clear COGS is another way of doing OOP within the discord module?

[@paradoxial7665]

You could... But it’s main function is just to offer clean organization of your commands, events, other code, etc…

[@turtlebear4900]

does it matter where I put each @ code? like should it be before my commands or like on the bottom?

[@HDisky]

@ ALWAYS has to be at top before "async def function():" my man

[@Cheesyass8755]

I am using 2 cogs what should i do to load both of them 🙁🙁

[@paradoxial7665]

if both of the cog files end with ".py" AND they are set up how they are supposed to be, then python along with discord.py will load both of them up!

[@anamzakir-gi3zc]

im the 800th subscriber

[@dorukaltan4264]

l cant see command can you help me pleas

[@omerakbu1t]

i get that error:
File main.py, line 20, in main
async with bot:
TypeError: 'Bot' object does not support the asynchronous context manager protocol

[@DaRealBlueCow]

same here, idk how to fix it

[@walanyo480]

I actually understand everything in the video, but i keep on getting: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cogs'
My code (thats relevant):
async def load():
for filename in os.listdir("./cogs"):
if filename.endswith(".py"):
print(filename)
print(f"cogs.{filename[:-3]}")
await client.load_extension(f"cogs.{filename[:-3]}") #ERROR ON THIS LINE
# print(filename[:-3], "has loaded")
A couple of other ppl have had this as well, would be helpful if you responded :)

[@screamlaps7857]

still need help?

[@Akkkikkoo]

@@screamlaps7857 yes

[@screamlaps7857]

@@Akkkikkoo you need to write not only the cogs folder .you need to write the folder where the cogs folder is in too, like this: for filename in os.listdir(".\discord_bot\cogs"):

[@NightcorePartyMusic]

​@@screamlaps7857ily man that helped a lot❤