on channel_joined - no members, can't send messages

[LadaBr]

When I call

    @dota.on('ready')
    def do_dota_stuff():
        dota.channels.join_channel(str("Brno, Czech Republic"),channel_type=0)

    @dota.channels.on('channel_joined')
    def get_chats(channel):
        pprint(channel.__dict__)
        channel.send(str("test"))

it shows message below but nothing appears in-game (tried custom chat channel also) and there is 0 members when I print info about it to console.

'_manager': <ChannelManager(): 1 channels>, 'id': 326, 'max_members': 2000, 'members': {}, 'name': 'Brno, Czech Republic', 'type': 0, 'user_id': 3367592089}

[2017-04-18 09:58:55,398] DEBUG Dota2Client: Outgoing: <EDOTAGCMsg.EMsgGCChatMessage: 7273>

It also gets messages from GC correctly:

[2017-04-18 11:14:41,861] DEBUG Dota2Client.channels: Emit event: 'message'

[Philaeux]

Are you sure your account is not limited ? Limited account (if you didn't add at least 5$ on the account) are not able to talk in public channels. Their messages are filtered.

It is the same with friends invites. Limited accounts are not able to invite people as friends.

[LadaBr]

I didn't know that. Thanks for info.

[Philaeux]

What you can do, is test in the lobby chat if your code is ok (bot create lobby, invite your real account, print in chat). If everything works, you can pay 5$ for futur public usage.