AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'loop'

[codingMASTER398]

I have used this for a while, but moving to pythonanywhere gave me this error:

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'loop'

this is my code:

import requests
import time

import discord
import os

class MyClient(discord.Client):
    async def on_ready(self):
        print('Logged on as {0}!'.format(self.user))
        while True:
          channel = client.get_channel(781385928937701376)
          try:
            response = requests.get('http://kashooting.tech')
            print(int(response.status_code))
            if response.status_code == 200:
              await channel.send('Server status is currently okay. Pinging took '+response.elapsed.total_seconds())
            else:
              await channel.send('Something went wrong while contacting the server! Something is not right.')

          except:
            await channel.send('Something went wrong while contacting the server! Something is not right.')


          time.sleep(100)


MyClient.run('TOKEN')

Is there anything i can do?

[oliver-ni]

MyClient.run('TOKEN')

Learn the difference between classes and instances. You should be making an instance of MyClient and calling run on that.

Besides that, there are a lot of other issues with your code...

[codingMASTER398]

How would i make an instance out of a class?
Im not the best at python and usually use node.js, so the code is not great

[Rapptz]

There are too many issues with this code.

1. Your loop uses client.get_channel but client is not defined anywhere. This will lead to a NameError. You probably meant to use self here, since you refer to your own class.
2. You're using requests and time.sleep, both of which are blocking code and is inadvisable. Consider using aiohttp and asyncio.sleep instead.
3. MyClient.run('TOKEN') uses the class rather than an instance, which is generally a basic Python issue. In order to make an instance of a class you have to create it using the constructor, denoted by parentheses (e.g. MyClient()).

If you're having trouble with Python it is advisable to learn the fundamentals before attempting to make a bot. This repository isn't really the best place to get beginner help with Python as you're expected to know the fundamentals. Consider consulting a tutorial such as the official Python.org tutorial or one of the many resources online.

[codingMASTER398]

Thanks!

[pikaninja]

we could create one by doing something like

myinstance = MyClient()

which would create an instance of MyClient

[codingMASTER398]

When i do that i get a

aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorError: Cannot connect to host discord.com:443 ssl:default [Connect call failed ('162.159.136.232', 443)]

error instead. D: