Discord.py | 每 60 秒发送一个嵌入文件并对其进行编辑

Question

I want to create a discord bot that retrieves data from an API and then sends the data as a discord-embedded message. However, the information on the API changes and I want the embedded message to stay up to date by updating the message contents every 60 seconds.

The big problem is that I have other commands and the bot might send multiple messages within the 60-second period. How do I keep track of that message and edit it when needed? Can this be done by a single background task?

*Note: I don't mind using webhooks or something of the sort. I just want the job to be done.

Answer 1

Yes. Use tasks.loop . To start the loop, use start() . I do this with a command.

@tasks.loop(minutes=1)
async def send_message_loop():
    msg = ...

    await msg.edit(content="World!")

@bot.command()
async def start(ctx):
    send_message_loop.start()