discord bot example

backgroud.py

import discord
import asyncio


class MyClient(discord.Client):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    async def on_ready(self):
        print(f'Logged in as {self.user} (ID: {self.user.id})')
        print('------')

        self.bg_task = self.loop.create_task(self.my_background_task())


    async def my_background_task(self):
        await self.wait_until_ready()
        counter = 0
        channel = self.get_channel(958388246751105094)  # your channel ID goes here
        while not self.is_closed():
            counter += 1
            await channel.send(counter)
            await asyncio.sleep(10)  # task runs every 10 seconds


client = MyClient()
client.run('YOUR_TOKEN')

quick_bot.py

# encoding: utf-8
from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='$')

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Discord Client Logged on as', bot.user)

@bot.command()
async def ping(ctx):
    await ctx.send('pong')

bot.run('YOUR_TOKEN')

quick_example.py

# encoding: utf-8
import discord


class MyClient(discord.Client):
    async def on_ready(self):
        print('Logged on as', self.user)

    async def on_message(self, message):
        # don't respond to ourselves
        if message.author == self.user:
            return

        if message.content == 'ping':
            await message.channel.send('pong')


client = MyClient()
client.run('YOUR_TOKEN')