Getting None In Message.guild.get_member_named("member_name")

I'm getting NoneType in message.guild.get_member_named('Testing Account') and there is a person/account named Testing Account in the discord server.

Solution 1:

First, make sure your bot has members intent enabled in the developer portal

Enable intents in the code, and pass them in your bot/client with the intents kwarg.

intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.members = True

client = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)

"If your bot tracks presence data, you may need the presence intent to receive presence event data." - Discord Developer Portal

You can find more about intents or privileged intents at Privileged Intents - Discord & A Primer to Gateway Intents - Discord.py

Solution 2:

If .get_member_named() is returning None there could be many reasons causing that. You can check if...

• you typed the name of the account correctly
• the account is in the guild in which the message was sent
• the bot has permissions to view the user's profile
• your bot has logged in correctly

If none of those are the case you can have a look at the get_member_named()documentation or use IDs instead of a name (IDs usually work much more reliably).