From bd2411289359f2103f7f946ca83c24bab50a2d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sgoudham <sgoudham@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:24:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adding error handling for purge command

---
 cogs/moderation.py | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cogs/moderation.py b/cogs/moderation.py
index 50c99e0b..f43609ff 100644
--- a/cogs/moderation.py
+++ b/cogs/moderation.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import asyncio
+
 from discord import Member
 from discord.ext import commands
 from discord.ext.commands import command, guild_only, has_guild_permissions
@@ -84,9 +86,17 @@ class Moderation(commands.Cog):
 
             async for message in channel.history(limit=amount):
                 messages.append(message)
-
-            await channel.delete_messages(messages)
-            msg = await ctx.send(f"{ctx.author.mention} {amount} messages deleted!")
+            try:
+                await channel.delete_messages(messages)
+                msg = await ctx.send(f"{ctx.author.mention} {amount} messages deleted!")
+            except Exception as ex:
+                print(ex)
+                await ctx.send("Error! {}".format(ex))
+
+            # Let the user read the message for 5 seconds
+            await asyncio.sleep(5)
+            # Delete the message
+            await msg.delete()
 
 
 def setup(bot):