while loop instead of native discord one + added sleeps

app.py

@@ -53,57 +53,55 @@ async def on_ready():
     global_df = test_merge
     print(f"csv successfully retrieved: \n {global_df}")
     print(f"We have logged in as {bot.user}")
-    if not give_verified_roles.is_running():
-        give_verified_roles.start()    
-
-@tasks.loop(minutes=1)
-async def give_verified_roles():
-    try:
-        print("Starting the give_verified_roles task...")
-        
-        global global_df
-        guild = bot.get_guild(879548962464493619)
-        role = guild.get_role(900063512829755413)
-
-        # Define the invite message
-        org_link = "https://huggingface.co/organizations/discord-community/share/wPKRAHYbAlaEaCxUxcqVyaaaeZcYagDvqc"
-        invite_message = "Click to join our community org on the HF Hub!"
-        print("Invite message and link prepared.")
-
-        # Cache members in the guild
-        print("Chunking guild members to cache...")
-        await guild.chunk()
-        print("Guild members chunked.")
-
-        # Iterate over the dataframe rows
-        for index, row in global_df.iterrows():
-            # Extract Hugging Face username
-            hf_user_name = row['hf_user_name']
-            if pd.notna(hf_user_name) and hf_user_name.lower() != 'n/a':
-                discord_id = row['discord_user_id'].strip('L')
-                member = guild.get_member(int(discord_id))
-                if not member:
-                    print(f"Member with Discord ID {discord_id} not found.")
-                    continue
-                print(f"Member found: {member}")
-                if role not in member.roles:
-                    print(f"Adding role to member: {member}")
-                    await member.add_roles(role)
-                    print(f"Role added to member: {member}")
-                    lunar = bot.get_user(811235357663297546)
-                    if lunar:
-                        await lunar.send(f"Verified role given to {member}!") 
-                    print(f"Sending success message to {member}")
-                    await member.send(
-                        f"Verification successful! [{member} <---> {row['discord_user_name']}] \n🤗 {org_link} {invite_message}"
-                    )
-
-        print("Finished processing all rows.")
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Error encountered: {e}")
+  
 
 
+async def give_verified_roles():
+    while True:
+        try:
+            print("Starting the give_verified_roles task...")
+            
+            global global_df
+            guild = bot.get_guild(879548962464493619)
+            role = guild.get_role(900063512829755413)
+    
+            # Define the invite message
+            org_link = "https://huggingface.co/organizations/discord-community/share/wPKRAHYbAlaEaCxUxcqVyaaaeZcYagDvqc"
+            invite_message = "Click to join our community org on the HF Hub!"
+            print("Invite message and link prepared.")
+    
+            # Cache members in the guild
+            print("Chunking guild members to cache...")
+            await guild.chunk()
+            print("Guild members chunked.")
+    
+            # Iterate over the dataframe rows
+            for index, row in global_df.iterrows():
+                # Extract Hugging Face username
+                hf_user_name = row['hf_user_name']
+                if pd.notna(hf_user_name) and hf_user_name.lower() != 'n/a':
+                    discord_id = row['discord_user_id'].strip('L')
+                    member = guild.get_member(int(discord_id))
+                    if not member:
+                        continue
+                    if role not in member.roles:
+                        await member.add_roles(role)
+                        print(f"Role added to member: {member}")
+                        lunar = bot.get_user(811235357663297546)
+                        if lunar:
+                            await lunar.send(f"Verified role given to {member}!") 
+                        await member.send(
+                            f"Verification successful! [{member} <---> {row['discord_user_name']}] \n🤗 {org_link} {invite_message}"
+                        )
+                        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+    
+            print("Finished processing all rows.")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error encountered: {e}")
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(60)
 
+        
 # runs discord bot in thread = helps avoid blocking calls
 def run_bot():
     bot.run(DISCORD_TOKEN)