tracking message stats

app.py

@@ -52,9 +52,22 @@ ping alerts for list of keywords
 - more alerts for more stuff?
 
 '''
+# stats stuff---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+number_of_messages = 0
 
+@bot.event
+async def on_message(message):
+    try:  
+        if message.author != bot.user:
+            user = bot.get_user(811235357663297546) #811235357663297546
+            number_of_messages = number_of_messages + 1
+            await user.send(f"->{number_of_messages}<-|New message from {message.author} in #{message.channel.name}: {message.content}")
+    
+        # Allow other event handlers to process the message
+        await bot.process_commands(message)
 
-
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}")     
 
 # moderation stuff----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------