discord.py usage code example

Example 1: discordpy base code

import discord

client = discord.Client()

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Logged in as {0.user}'.format(client))

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.author == client.user:
        return

    if message.content.startswith('$hello'):
        await message.channel.send('Hello!')

client.run('your token here')

Example 2: discord.py

# Discord.py is a API wrapper for python. 
Docs = "https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
PyPI = "pip install -U discord.py"

# --- A simple bot ---

import discord
from discord.ext import commands 

client = commands.Bot(comand_prefix='bot prefix here') # You can choose your own prefix here

@client.event()
async def on_ready(): # When the bot starts
    print(f"Bot online and logged in as {client.user}")

# A simple command
@client.command(aliases=["ms", "aliases!"]) # You make make the command respond to other commands too
async def ping(ctx, a_variable): # a_variable is a parameter you use in the command
    await ctx.send(f"Pong! {round(client.latency * 1000)}ms. Your input was {a_variable}")

client.run('your token here') # Running the bot