Random tips. Discord.py - discord

Question

I want my bot to send random tips out of a list of tips whenever a command is run.
Also, I want it to show the tips only sometimes.
What I mean to say is, for example, a user types the command hi then it should say ofcourse hi. But the tips should be shown only when the command is run a certain amount of times.
So if the command is run 5 times, then what I would like is that every 5 times my command is executed, one tip should be shown.
It is not like I have a command that sends random tips.
For example, if I have an unban command, it could send a tip every 5 times a command is run like, "You can also use kick and ban commands. Use -help for more info."
I hope you get what I am trying to say and this is all the information you need.
This is inspired by Dank Memer

Answer 1

Just store a counter somehow and use the random module to select a random tip
If using functions for commands:
import random
hi_counter = 0
hi_tips = [
"You can also use kick and ban commands. Use `-help` for more info.",
"a tip",
"another tip",
"yet another tip",
]
#bot.command('hi')
async def hi(ctx):
global hi_counter, hi_tips
await ctx.send('hi')
hi_counter += 1
if hi_counter % 5 == 0:
await asyncio.sleep(1)
await ctx.send(random.choice(hi_tips))
If you're using a Cog for commands:
import random
class hi(commands.Cog):
def __init__(self, bot):
self.bot = bot
self.counter = 0
self.tips = [
"You can also use kick and ban commands. Use `-help` for more info.",
"a tip",
"another tip",
"yet another tip",
]
#commands.command('hi')
async def hi(self, ctx):
await ctx.send('hi')
self.counter += 1
if self.counter % 5 == 0:
await asyncio.sleep(1)
await ctx.send(random.choice(self.tips))
def setup(bot):
bot.add_cog(hi(bot))
If you want to make a decorator for this, you can do that too:
import random
def tips(times: int, tips: List[str]):
counter = 0
def decorator(func):
nonlocal counter, tips
async def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
nonlocal counter, tips
ctx = func(*args, **kwargs)
counter += 1
if counter % times == 0:
await asyncio.sleep(1)
await ctx.send(random.choice(tips))
return wrapper
return decorator
# Use it like:
#bot.command('hi')
#tips(5, [
"You can also use kick and ban commands. Use `-help` for more info.",
"a tip",
"another tip",
"yet another tip",
])
async def hi(ctx):
global hi_counter, hi_tips
await ctx.send('hi')
return ctx # MAKE SURE TO RETURN `ctx` OR THE DECORATOR WON'T WORK