(Don't use if you can) Run a Flask app and a discord.py bot in one program using threads.

webserver_and_bot.py

# Note: You really should not use this.
# You can easily convert your app
# to use Quart by using async+await
# and then use loop.create_task(bot.start(...))
# before using app.run.

from threading import Thread
from flask import Flask
from functools import partial
from discord.ext import commands

# Initialize our app and the bot itself
app = Flask(__name__)
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!")

# Set up the 'index' route
@app.route("/")
def hello():
    return "Hello from {}".format(bot.user.name)

# Make a partial app.run to pass args/kwargs to it
partial_run = partial(app.run, host="0.0.0.0", port=80, debug=True, use_reloader=False)

# Run the Flask app in another thread.
# Unfortunately this means we can't have hot reload
# (We turned it off above)
# Because there's no signal support.

t = Thread(target=partial_run)
t.start()

# Run the bot
bot.run("Your token")

# Now, you can visit your localhost or your VPS' IP in your browser and you should see a message!

Hey @Digbigpig,
Sorry for the late response, but you can use bot.loop.create_task(coro) to run a coroutine (e.g. bot.loop.create_task(channel.send("Hello")))

Awesome!