Place the run of the bot in the __name__ == "__main__" condition

main.py

@@ -48,46 +48,46 @@ async def xkcd_comic(interaction: discord.Interaction, n: int):
         return
 
     await interaction.response.defer()
-    
+
     url = f"https://xkcd.com/{n}/info.0.json"
     try:
         req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "DiscordBot/1.0"})
         with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response:
             data = json.loads(response.read().decode())
-            
+
             title = data.get("title", "Unknown Title")
             img_url = data.get("img", "")
             alt_text = data.get("alt", "No alt text available.")
-            
+
             output = (
                 f"*** XKCD Comic #{n}: {title} ***\n"
                 f"Alt Text: {alt_text}\n"
                 f"{img_url}"
             )
             await interaction.followup.send(output)
-            
+
     except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
         if e.code == 404:
             await interaction.followup.send(f"Comic #{n} could not be found.")
         else:
             await interaction.followup.send(f"Failed to fetch comic data (HTTP Status {e.code}).")
     except Exception as e:
         await interaction.followup.send(f"An unexpected internal error occurred: {e}")
-        
+
 def get_pypi_package_details(package_name):
     url = f"https://pypi.org/pypi/{package_name}/json"
-    
+
     try:
         response = requests.get(url)
-        
+
         if response.status_code == 404:
             return f"Error: Package '{package_name}' not found on PyPI."
-            
+
         response.raise_for_status()
         data = response.json()
-        
+
         info = data.get("info", {})
-        
+
         return (
             info.get("name"),
             info.get("version"),
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ def get_pypi_package_details(package_name):
             info.get("requires_dist") or [],
             list(data.get("releases", {}).keys())
         )
-        
+
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
         return f"An error occurred while connecting to PyPI: {e}"
-    
+
 @bot.tree.command(name="pypi", description="Displays a PyPI package by it's name.")
 @app_commands.describe(name="The pypi package name")
 async def pypi_package(interaction: discord.Interaction, name: str):
@@ -111,26 +111,28 @@ async def pypi_package(interaction: discord.Interaction, name: str):
         return
 
     await interaction.response.defer()
-    
+
     package_details = get_pypi_package_details(name)
-    
+
     if isinstance(package_details, str):
         await interaction.followup.send(package_details)
-        
+
     name, version, summary, author, _license, home_page, project_url, requires_dist, releases = package_details
-    
+
     output = (
                 f"*** {name} v{version} by {author}***\n"
                 f"{summary}\n"
                 f"{len(releases)} total releases\n"
                 f"{project_url}"
             )
-    
+
     await interaction.followup.send(output)
 
-load_dotenv()
 
-BOT_TOKEN = os.getenv("DISCORD_API")
-if not BOT_TOKEN:
-    raise ValueError("The environmental variable DISCORD_API is empty. Please replace it with the bot token.")
-bot.run(BOT_TOKEN)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    load_dotenv()
+
+    BOT_TOKEN = os.getenv("DISCORD_API")
+    if not BOT_TOKEN:
+        raise ValueError("The environmental variable DISCORD_API is empty. Please replace it with the bot token.")
+    bot.run(BOT_TOKEN)