How do you have a bot add a reaction using a custom emoji?

Question

I\'m trying to add a custom emoji as a reaction to a message using discord.py version 0.16.12 and I\'m unable to get it functional. Here\'s the code I\'m using:

Answer 1

You can use the utility function discord.utils.get to get the appropriate Emoji object.

from discord.utils import get

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    # we do not want the bot to reply to itself
    if message.author == bot.user:
        return
    if ':EmojiName:' in message.content:
        emoji = get(bot.get_all_emojis(), name='EmojiName')
        await bot.add_reaction(message, emoji)