Discord.py: Can't seem to load token from file

[superloach]

OS: GalliumOS (Xubuntu optimized for Chromebooks)

Bit of a noob here, but this keeps saying the token's wrong.
I checked, and the open("token","r").read() is returning my token properly, and as a string...

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/discord/gateway.py", line 430, in poll_event
msg = yield from self.recv()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/websockets/protocol.py", line 319, in recv
raise ConnectionClosed(self.close_code, self.close_reason)
websockets.exceptions.ConnectionClosed: WebSocket connection is closed: code = 4004, reason = Authentication failed..
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "loachbot.py", line 168, in
bot.run(str(open("./token","r").read()))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/discord/client.py", line 519, in run
self.loop.run_until_complete(self.start(args, *kwargs))
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/base_events.py", line 387, in run_until_complete
return future.result()
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/futures.py", line 274, in result
raise self._exception
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/tasks.py", line 239, in _step
result = coro.send(None)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/discord/client.py", line 491, in start
yield from self.connect()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/discord/client.py", line 448, in connect
yield from self.ws.poll_event()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/discord/gateway.py", line 437, in poll_event
raise ConnectionClosed(e) from e
discord.errors.ConnectionClosed: WebSocket connection is closed: code = 4004, reason = Authentication failed..

import discord, os
os.system('clear')

bot = discord.Client()
token = open("token","r").read()
# print(token)

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    # we do not want the bot to reply to itself
    if message.author == bot.user:
        return

        # commands and stuff go here, removed for length

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print('Logged in as '+bot.user.name)

bot.run(token)

Thanks in advance, sorry for the length.

[Vexs]

You probably have some whitespace characters in your token file, or you're trying to use a user token here, which would require you to have put bot=False in bot.run()

Or the token's wrong, or you're using client secret instead of the token, or the client ID, etc

[InfestusLeo]

Check the contents of 'token.txt' file.
Even a new line/return character will affect the string, since you're using the read() function. _It basically reads the entire file, including the new line/return characters._

Use
token = open("token.txt","r").readline() #To ignore the n character which may be present in the file.
or
bot.run(token.strip()) #To strip the string off, of such unnecessary characters.

[superloach]

thanks, I figured that out 😆not sure why nano does that, but it wasn't too hard to fix

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Check the contents of 'token.txt' file.

Even a new line/return character will affect the string, since you're using the read() function. It basically reads the entire file, including the new line/return characters.
Use

token = open("token.txt","r").readline() #To ignore the n character which may be present in the file.

or

bot.run(token.strip()) #To strip the string off, of such unnecessary characters.

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