A simple discord bot that generates spam (strings of random characters) when a user types `$spamhere`.

spambot.py

# Spambot
# A simple discord bot that generates spam (strings of random characters) when a user types `$spamhere`.
# Written by Benjamin A

from time import sleep
import string
import random
import os
import logging
import discord

MAX_SPAM_MESSAGES = 200
ALLOWED_SPAM_CHANNELS = ['bot-spam']
MESSAGE_DELAY = 0.5

try:
    DISCORD_TOKEN = os.environ['SPAMBOT_TOKEN']
except:
    DISCORD_TOKEN = 'token'

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

client = discord.Client()

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Logged in as {0.user}'.format(client))
    activity = discord.Game("SPAMMING YOUR LIFE")
    await client.change_presence(status=discord.Status.idle, activity=activity)

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.author == client.user:
        return

    if message.content.startswith('$spamhere'):
        if message.channel.name in ALLOWED_SPAM_CHANNELS:
            await message.channel.send("YOU ASKED FOR IT")
            sleep(2)
            for i in range(MAX_SPAM_MESSAGES):
                spam_msg = ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits) for l in range(random.randint(1, 1000)))
                await message.channel.send(spam_msg)
                sleep(MESSAGE_DELAY)
        else:
            await message.channel.send('I will not spam this channel.')

client.run(DISCORD_TOKEN)