How to I import an image and use it to make a Discord bot?

So, I'm making a Discord bot and I want to make a bot that sends pictures of dragons when the user types "$dragon". So far, I have one image, and I have uploaded it to the Repl file tab. However, I don't know how to import the .gif file to my main.py file. Please help me! I'm very new to Python and coding as a whole...

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Discord.py's send() method has an option for passing in files. Here's what it looks like:


await channel.send(file=discord.File('my_image.gif'))

As long as you have the channel that they sent the message through, this will send the image in the same channel.

I tried it, and its showing undefined name 'channel'. Should I give the name of the channel or something? Thanks in advance!

If you're using on_message, you can get the channel with message.channel. Is it possible for you to link the Repl?

yea sure.. but it's very long
Go near the last line to find the error-
https://repl.it/@Nithen/Hawk#main.py