what does message.author return do in discord.py code example

Example 1: discord bot status python

# Setting `Playing ` status
await bot.change_presence(activity=discord.Game(name="a game"))

# Setting `Streaming ` status
await bot.change_presence(activity=discord.Streaming(name="My Stream", url=my_twitch_url))

# Setting `Listening ` status
await bot.change_presence(activity=discord.Activity(type=discord.ActivityType.listening, name="a song"))

# Setting `Watching ` status
await bot.change_presence(activity=discord.Activity(type=discord.ActivityType.watching, name="a movie"))

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