ServerCount variable returning 0 instead of 2

Question

intents = discord.Intents(messages = True, guilds = True, reactions = True, members = True, presences = True)
client = commands.Bot(command_prefix = get_prefix, intents = intents)
serverCount = str(len(client.guilds))
status = cycle([f'Verified in {serverCount} servers!', ';help'])

@tasks.loop(seconds=15)
async def change_status():
    await client.change_presence(activity=discord.Activity(type=discord.ActivityType.playing, name=next(status)))

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Galactia is prepared for lift off!')
    change_status.start()

serverCount is meant to return 2 because the bot is in 2 servers but instead it returns 0 or an empty list. It works completely fine with no errors but it still returns 0

Answer 1

Your problem is that you're setting the value of serverCount before the bot has actually logged in. Therefore the value of len(client.guilds) is 0. To fix this, you'll need to set the value in the on_ready event.

serverCount = ""

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Galactia is prepared for lift off!')
    serverCount = str(len(client.guilds))
    change_status.start()