on_server_join(server) error

[chrisderwahre]

Hey im getting this issue when my bot joins the server. This is my Code: @client.event async def on_server_join(server): em = Embed(title='Invited', description='Text.', colour=discord.Color.gold()) await client.send_message(server, embed=em)

And this is the Error: discord.errors.NotFound: NOT FOUND (status code: 404): Unknown Channel

Im using Python 3.5

[LucasCoderT]

The documentation stating that you can use a server as a destination in send_message is out of date, as it implies the server has a default channel, which not every server will have. You will need to explicitly state which channel to send too.

[chrisderwahre]

@datmellow Sounds bad. I just changed it that the bot send the server owner a DM, or is there any way to send a message to a random channel?

[LucasCoderT]

The implementation is for you to decide, see Server.channels.

[tilda]

You could go through the first channel which the bot can write to.

async def find_channel(guild):
    """
    Finds a suitable guild channel for posting the
    welcome message.
    """
    for c in guild.text_channels:
        if not c.permissions_for(guild.me).send_messages:
            continue
        return c

[chrisderwahre]

@tilda Ok thanks, but how can send a message when it found a channel to send a message?

[tilda]

It returns a discord.Channel, so you store it in a variable and use it.

# Replace guild with whatever variable that you use for a server
channel = await find_channel(guild)
# Send a message to the channel that was found
await channel.send('blah')

[modelmat]

You could also use http://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/rewrite/api.html#discord.Guild.system_channel (the default channel for welcome messages. However, this might not always be set.

[tilda]

@Modelmat Yeah, that's mostly why we use my find_channel function here. It finds the "default channel" (first one it can speak in, aka highest).

[modelmat]

Yes. I see. I would recommend trying these:

1. Default welcome channel (system channel)
2. Finding #general and checking for perms
3. Iterating over sendable channels

[NCPlayz]

The problem with number 2 is that not all guilds will have a #general

[modelmat]

That's why we try the general channel.

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The problem with #2 is that not all guilds will have a #general

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