Example Bot is not working #7

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2026-02-15T23:16:12-05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-15 23:16:12 -05:00

Originally created by @martinbndr on GitHub (Mar 8, 2022).

Describe the bug
The default Bot example does not work. I installed everything like it has to be

To Reproduce

create a virtualenv
install revolt.py
paste in the example Bot
Start the bot

Expected behavior
!hello should force the bot to respond with "hi how are you"

Screenshots

Error:

python.exe c:/Users/MB/Documents/PythonBots/revoltchat/test/main.py
Task exception was never retrieved
future: <Task finished name='Task-15' coro=<Client.on_message() done, defined at c:\Users\MB\Documents\PythonBots\revoltchat\test\main.py:6> exception=TypeError("object str can't be used in 'await' expression")>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\MB\Documents\PythonBots\revoltchat\test\main.py", line 8, in on_message
    await message.channel.send("hi how are you")
  File "C:\Users\MB\Documents\PythonBots\revoltchat\test\env\lib\site-packages\revolt\messageable.py", line 60, in send   
    message = await self.state.http.send_message(await self._get_channel_id(), content, embed_payload, attachments, reply_payload, masquerade_payload)
TypeError: object str can't be used in 'await' expression

Library version
Access this info via pip show revolt.py
0.1.6

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

Originally created by @martinbndr on GitHub (Mar 8, 2022). **Describe the bug** The default Bot example does not work. I installed everything like it has to be **To Reproduce** - create a virtualenv - install revolt.py - paste in the example Bot - Start the bot **Expected behavior** !hello should force the bot to respond with "hi how are you" **Screenshots** ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55140357/157309440-9cb3266c-1ef5-4e58-93b1-d65d1ec80639.png) Error: ``` python.exe c:/Users/MB/Documents/PythonBots/revoltchat/test/main.py Task exception was never retrieved future: <Task finished name='Task-15' coro=<Client.on_message() done, defined at c:\Users\MB\Documents\PythonBots\revoltchat\test\main.py:6> exception=TypeError("object str can't be used in 'await' expression")> Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\Users\MB\Documents\PythonBots\revoltchat\test\main.py", line 8, in on_message await message.channel.send("hi how are you") File "C:\Users\MB\Documents\PythonBots\revoltchat\test\env\lib\site-packages\revolt\messageable.py", line 60, in send message = await self.state.http.send_message(await self._get_channel_id(), content, embed_payload, attachments, reply_payload, masquerade_payload) TypeError: object str can't be used in 'await' expression ``` **Library version** Access this info via `pip show revolt.py` 0.1.6 **Additional context** Add any other context about the problem here.

yindo closed this issue

2026-02-15 23:16:12 -05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-15 23:16:12 -05:00

@justamirror commented on GitHub (Apr 20, 2022):

about this issue, its the same here, and i checked. somehow the "_get_channel_id" prop of the TextChannel is not a async function

message = await self.state.http.send_message(await self._get_channel_id(), content, embed_payload, attachments, reply_payload, masquerade_payload)

@justamirror commented on GitHub (Apr 20, 2022): about this issue, its the same here, and i checked. somehow the "_get_channel_id" prop of the TextChannel is not a async function message = await self.state.http.send_message(_**await self._get_channel_id()**_, content, embed_payload, attachments, reply_payload, masquerade_payload)

yindo commented

2026-02-15 23:16:12 -05:00