Discord.py: Unable to send welcome message after moving the welcome message to another module

Question

I'm trying to setup a welcome message using Discord.py, and this is what I currently have:

hydrabot/hydra/settings.py

import discord

# Welcomer settings
welcomeChannel = "819624923445985310"

# Bot intents settings
intents = discord.Intents(members=True)

# Command prefix
command_prefix = '$'

# Bot help page
description = f'''Hydra Commands
Hydra's command prefix is "{command_prefix}"
'''

hydrabot/hydra/main.py

import os

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

from settings import(
    intents,
    command_prefix,
    description)
from welcome_message import welcomeMessage

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=command_prefix, description=description, intents=intents)
@bot.event

async def on_member_join(member):
    print(f"{member.name} has joined the server. Attempting to send welcome message...")
    await member.send(welcomeMessage)
    print(f'Sent welcome message to {member.name}.')

hydrabot/hydra/welcome_message.py

import discord

welcomeMessage = f'Welcome to the server, {member.mention}!'

Whenever I run the program, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\liljo\OneDrive\Projects\hydrabot\hydra\main.py", line 12, in <module>
    from welcome_message import welcomeMessage
  File "C:\Users\liljo\OneDrive\Projects\hydrabot\hydra\welcome_message.py", line 3, in <module>
    welcomeMessage = f'Welcome to the server, {member.mention}!'
NameError: name 'member' is not defined

Wasn't member defined when I imported discord ? Here is what happens if I use from discord import member instead of import discord : hydrabot/hydra/welcome_message.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\liljo\OneDrive\Projects\hydrabot\hydra\main.py", line 12, in <module>
    from welcome_message import welcomeMessage
  File "C:\Users\liljo\OneDrive\Projects\hydrabot\hydra\welcome_message.py", line 3, in <module>
    welcomeMessage = f'Welcome to the server, {member.mention}!'
AttributeError: module 'discord.member' has no attribute 'mention'

How is there not an attribute named mention , but the program runs fine whenever I move the welcome message back to main.py ?

Answer 1

You are not giving the member variable from main.py to welcome_message.py .

1. Solution: You can just directly define the welcome message in main.py, it isn't worth it to define it in another file

2. Solution: You can put the welcome message in welcome_message.py in a function where you pass the parameter member

welcome_message.py:

def welcomemessage(member):
    ...
    return welcomeMessage

main.py:

import welcome_message
welcome_message.welcomemessage(member)