discord autodelete bot script

autodelete_bot.py

# sourced from https://pastebin.com/12UpbQHT

import discord
from discord.ext import tasks, commands
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
bot_token = "some-bot-token"
# replace with your channel ID
channel_id = 1111
bot_prefix = "!"
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=bot_prefix, intents=discord.Intents.default())
 
@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'We have logged in as {bot.user}')
    delete_old_messages.start()
 
@tasks.loop(hours=1.0)
async def delete_old_messages():
    print('delete_old_messages start')
    limit_time = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=1)
    channel = bot.get_channel(channel_id)
    if channel is not None:
        try:
            print(f"deleting messages posted before {limit_time}")
            async for message in channel.history(limit=None):
                if message.created_at.timestamp() < limit_time.timestamp():
                    print(f"deleting message posted at {message.created_at}")
                    await message.delete()

        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Failed to delete message or messages in {channel.name} due to {e}")
    else:
        print(f"No channel found for channel_id: {channel_id}")

    print('delete_old_messages end')

delete_old_messages.before_loop(bot.wait_until_ready)
bot.run(bot_token)