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+# welcome-bot
+## this bot will send a welcome message and assign a role
+
+# import all necessary commands and libraries
+import discord
+import asyncio
+
+client=discord.Client()
+
+@client.event
+async def on_ready():
+    print('logged in as')
+    print(client.user.name)
+    print(client.user.id)
+    print('-----')
+
+newUserMessage = """ # customise this to the message you want to send new users
+You
+can
+put
+your
+multiline
+message
+here!
+"""
+
+@client.event
+async def on_member_join(member):
+    print("Recognised that a member called " + member.name + " joined")
+    await client.send_message(member, newUserMessage)
+    print("Sent message to " + member.name)
+
+    # give member the steam role here
+    ## to do this the bot must have 'Manage Roles' permission on server, and role to add must be lower than bot's top role
+    role = discord.utils.get(member.server.roles, name="name-of-your-role")
+    await client.add_roles(member, role)
+    print("Added role '" + role.name + "' to " + member.name)
+
+client.run('token') 
+
+
+
+
+