How to edit a message in discord.py

Question

I would like to have my bot edit a message if it detects a keyword, i'm not sure how to edit the message though.

I've looked through the documentation but can't seem to figure it out. I'm using discord.py with python 3.6.

This is the code:

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    if 'test' in message.content:
        await edit(message, "testtest")

This is the error:

  File "testthing.py", line 67, in on_message
    await edit(message, "test")
 NameError: name 'edit' is not defined

I would like the bot to edit a message to "testtest" if the message contains the word test, but i just get an error.

Answer 1

You can use the Message.edit coroutine. The arguments must be passed as keyword arguments content, embed, or delete_after. You may only edit messages that you have sent.

await message.edit(content="newcontent")

Answer 2

Here's a solution that worked for me.

@client.command()
async def test(ctx):
  message = await ctx.send("hello")
  await asyncio.sleep(1)
  await message.edit(content="newcontent")