How to make my discord.py rewrite bot send a Private Message to the message author

Question

I have made a Discord bot for a game\'s Discord server. I\'m using the discord.py rewrite version and I want to send a private message to the author of the message.

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Answer 1

Did you define your bot variable? If not then do this:

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') # Just add your desired prefix there.

# sending dm
@bot.command()
async def poke(ctx):
    await ctx.author.send('boop!')

Also, if you still confused then just give this yt tutorial a try: -NiByO6h7Ck

Answer 2

Firstly you have to define the Bot. The you will have to DM a user.

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='your_prefix')

@bot.command()
async def hello(ctx):
    user = ctx.author
    await user.send("Hello!")