[stable everything] spiderverse >>> spidey, removed safetychecks from dfif2 (not needed), removed unnecessary parts from safetychecks, added !help

app.py

@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ async def on_ready():
     print('Logged on as', bot.user)
     bot.log_channel = bot.get_channel(1100458786826747945) # 1100458786826747945 = bot-test, 1107006391547342910 = lunarbot server
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@bot.command()
+async def help(ctx):
+    try:
+        if await safetychecks(ctx):    
+            await ctx.reply(f"Use !jojo !disney !spidey or !sketch. Have fun! 🤗💖")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: unable to help :(")   
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    
 async def safetychecks(ctx):
     try:
         if ctx.author.bot:
@@ -73,20 +81,14 @@ async def safetychecks(ctx):
             print(f"Error: The bot is offline or under maintenance. (Remove the offline-bot role to bring it online)")         
             return False
         else:
-            await ctx.channel.send(f"✅{bot} is online")            
+            await ctx.reply(f"✅{bot} is online")            
     
         #✅✅ check if the command is in the allowed channel(s)
         channel_id = 1100458786826747945
         if ctx.channel.id != channel_id: # #bot-test = 1100458786826747945
             print(f"If using a command, commands are not permitted in {ctx.channel}")
-            thread = ctx.channel
-            if thread.parent_id != channel_id: # threads have different channel_ids than their parents
-                print(f"Error: {thread} is not a permitted thread for upscaling.")
-                return False
-            else:
-                await ctx.channel.send(f"✅{thread} is a valid thread for upscaling")
         else:
-            await ctx.channel.send(f"✅{ctx.channel} is a valid channel for commands")            
+            await ctx.reply(f"✅{ctx.channel} is a valid channel for commands")            
             
         #✅✅ check if the user has the required role(s)   
         guild_id = 879548962464493619
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ async def safetychecks(ctx):
             print(f"Error: The user does not have the required role to use that command. ({required_role} is the correct role)")        
             return False
         else:
-            await ctx.channel.send(f"✅{ctx.author} has the required role {required_role}")
+            await ctx.reply(f"✅{ctx.author} has the required role {required_role}")
     
         return True
 
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ async def disney(ctx):
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 # Spider-Verse ✅
 @bot.command()
-async def spiderverse(ctx):
+async def spidey(ctx):
     try:
         if await safetychecks(ctx): #✅
             await ctx.message.add_reaction('🤖') 
@@ -353,34 +355,33 @@ async def deepfloydif(ctx, *, prompt: str):
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Stage 2 ✅
-async def dfif2(ctx, index: int, stage_1_result_path, thread, dfif_command_message_id): # add safetychecks
+async def dfif2(index: int, stage_1_result_path, thread, dfif_command_message_id): # add safetychecks
     try:
-        if await safetychecks(ctx):
-            await thread.send(f"✅inside dfif2, upscaling")  
-            
-            # run blocking function in executor
-            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-            result_path = await loop.run_in_executor(None, inference2, index)
-    
-            await thread.send(f"✅upscale done")          
-            with open(result_path, 'rb') as f:
-                await thread.send(f'Here is the upscaled image! :) ', file=discord.File(f, 'result.png'))
-    
-            # using custom emoji that looks nicer
-            emoji_guild = thread.guild  
-            confirm_emoji_id = 1098629085955113011
-            confirm_emoji = discord.utils.get(emoji_guild.emojis, id=confirm_emoji_id)
-            
-            # assuming dfif2 is always inside a thread, we can always exit the thread to find the channel with the original command,
-            # which allows us to react confirm on that message.
-            parent_channel = thread.parent
-            dfif_command_message = await parent_channel.fetch_message(dfif_command_message_id)
-    
-            # reacting to original !deepfloydif command + using a custom emoji to do it
-            await dfif_command_message.add_reaction(confirm_emoji)
-            await thread.send(f"✅upscale posted")             
-                #await ctx.reply('Here is the result of the second stage', file=discord.File(f, 'result.png'))
-                #await ctx.message.add_reaction('✅') need to fix this
+        await thread.send(f"✅inside dfif2, upscaling")  
+        
+        # run blocking function in executor
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        result_path = await loop.run_in_executor(None, inference2, index)
+
+        await thread.send(f"✅upscale done")          
+        with open(result_path, 'rb') as f:
+            await thread.send(f'Here is the upscaled image! :) ', file=discord.File(f, 'result.png'))
+
+        # using custom emoji that looks nicer
+        emoji_guild = thread.guild  
+        confirm_emoji_id = 1098629085955113011
+        confirm_emoji = discord.utils.get(emoji_guild.emojis, id=confirm_emoji_id)
+        
+        # assuming dfif2 is always inside a thread, we can always exit the thread to find the channel with the original command,
+        # which allows us to react confirm on that message.
+        parent_channel = thread.parent
+        dfif_command_message = await parent_channel.fetch_message(dfif_command_message_id)
+
+        # reacting to original !deepfloydif command + using a custom emoji to do it
+        await dfif_command_message.add_reaction(confirm_emoji)
+        await thread.send(f"✅upscale posted")             
+            #await ctx.reply('Here is the result of the second stage', file=discord.File(f, 'result.png'))
+            #await ctx.message.add_reaction('✅') need to fix this
 
         '''
         try:
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ async def dfif2(ctx, index: int, stage_1_result_path, thread, dfif_command_messa
 @bot.event
 async def on_reaction_add(reaction, user):    # ctx = await bot.get_context(reaction.message)? could try later, might simplify
     try:
-        ctx = await bot.get_context(reaction.message)
+        #ctx = await bot.get_context(reaction.message)
         # safety checks first ❌
         thread = reaction.message.channel
         threadparentid = thread.parent.id