[FIXED] How to get message author id in discord.py? - Discord Python

Issue

Problem is, if i try to use message.author.id, it will say

"Cannot find reference 'author' in 'message.py'

Basically what i want to do in the code bellow is: a command that only certain id's have access to and that they can use to give their role away to someone.

Thanks for any help!

@client.command(pass_context=True)
@commands.has(939236844137226290)
async def asteroid(ctx, user: discord.Member):
    if  message.author.id == 939236844137226290:
        role = ctx.guild.get_role(939236844137226290)
        await user.add_roles(role)
        await ctx.send(f"{user.name} has received {role} from {ctx.author.name}!")
    else:
        await ctx.send("Only asteroidblues has permission to give the role away")

Solution

The problem is probably that you imported discord.Message but you have to use message.author.id when message is a variable containing a discord.Message instance, which you don't have in this case. But what you do have is ctx, the context, from which you can access the author id by using ctx.author.id.

Answered By - Chuaat

Answer Checked By - Willingham (PHPFixing Volunteer)