Update for rewrite: Batch 3

bot.py

@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ async def on_command_error(error, ctx):
 
     if isinstance(error, commands.BadArgument):
         fmt = "Please provide a valid argument to pass to the command: {}".format(error)
-        await bot.send_message(ctx.message.channel, fmt)
+        await ctx.message.channel.send(fmt)
     elif isinstance(error, commands.CheckFailure):
         fmt = "You can't tell me what to do!"
-        await bot.send_message(ctx.message.channel, fmt)
+        await ctx.message.channel.send(fmt)
     elif isinstance(error, commands.CommandOnCooldown):
         m, s = divmod(error.retry_after, 60)
         fmt = "This command is on cooldown! Hold your horses! >:c\nTry again in {} minutes and {} seconds" \

cogs/disabled_playlist.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Music:
 
     @commands.command(no_pm=True, enabled=False)
     @checks.custom_perms(send_messages=True)
-    async def join(self, ctx, *, channel: discord.Channel):
+    async def join(self, ctx, *, channel: discord.TextChannel):
         """Joins a voice channel.
 
         EXAMPLE: !join Music

cogs/mod.py

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Mod:
 
     @commands.command(no_pm=True)
     @utils.custom_perms(kick_members=True)
-    async def alerts(self, ctx, channel: discord.Channel):
+    async def alerts(self, ctx, channel: discord.TextChannel):
         """This command is used to set a channel as the server's 'notifications' channel
         Any notifications (like someone going live on Twitch, or Picarto) will go to that channel
 

cogs/music.py

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class Music:
 
     @commands.command(no_pm=True)
     @utils.custom_perms(send_messages=True)
-    async def join(self, *, channel: discord.Channel):
+    async def join(self, *, channel: discord.TextChannel):
         """Joins a voice channel."""
         try:
             await self.create_voice_client(channel)

cogs/utils/config.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ global_config = {}
 # Ensure that the required config.yml file actually exists
 try:
     with open("config.yml", "r") as f:
-        global_config = yaml.load(f)
+        global_config = yaml.safe_load(f)
 except FileNotFoundError:
     print("You have no config file setup! Please use config.yml.sample to setup a valid config file")
     quit()
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ user_agent = global_config.get('user_agent', "")
 # The extensions to load
 extensions = global_config.get('extensions', [])
 
-# The variables needed for sharding
-shard_count = global_config.get('shard_count', 1)
-shard_id = global_config.get('shard_id', 0)
-
 # The default status the bot will use
 default_status = global_config.get("default_status", None)
 # The URL that will be used to link to for the help command
@@ -124,14 +120,9 @@ def command_prefix(bot, message):
     # But it is not worth a query for every single message the bot detects, to fix
     try:
         values = cache['prefixes'].values
-        try:
-            prefix = [data['prefix'] for data in values if message.server.id == data['server_id']][0]
-        except IndexError:
-            prefix = None
-        except AttributeError:
-            prefix = None
+        prefix = [data['prefix'] for data in values if message.server.id == data['server_id']][0]
         return prefix or default_prefix
-    except KeyError:
+    except (KeyError, TypeError, IndexError, AttributeError):
         return default_prefix