From efcf91e934b9cadee52c99a6005c5ba3bbae66e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flame442 <34169552+Flame442@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:19:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Catch discord.errors.Forbidden when DMing a user the invite
 message (#2948)

* Catch discord.errors.Forbidden when DMing a user the invite message

Uses the same error message as `[p]help`

* Create 2948.bugfix.rst

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 changelog.d/2948.bugfix.rst  | 1 +
 redbot/core/core_commands.py | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/2948.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/changelog.d/2948.bugfix.rst b/changelog.d/2948.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeee92878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/2948.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The [p]invite command no longer errors when a user has the bot blocked or DMs disabled in the server.
diff --git a/redbot/core/core_commands.py b/redbot/core/core_commands.py
index 50e66854b..6eb2b7c9a 100644
--- a/redbot/core/core_commands.py
+++ b/redbot/core/core_commands.py
@@ -435,7 +435,13 @@ class Core(commands.Cog, CoreLogic):
     @commands.check(CoreLogic._can_get_invite_url)
     async def invite(self, ctx):
         """Show's Red's invite url"""
-        await ctx.author.send(await self._invite_url())
+        try:
+            await ctx.author.send(await self._invite_url())
+        except discord.errors.Forbidden:
+            await ctx.send(
+                "I couldn't send the invite message to you in DM. "
+                "Either you blocked me or you disabled DMs in this server."
+            )
 
     @commands.group()
     @checks.is_owner()