Later bot start

chat_listener.py

@@ -14,22 +14,13 @@ class TwitchBot(commands.Bot):
         # Store our application's database user ID to avoid conflict with twitchio's internal 'owner_id'
         self.db_user_id = db_user_id
 
-        # Force the bot to use our dummy adapter that does nothing.
-        # This is the definitive fix to prevent any port conflicts.
-        adapter = NullAdapter()
-
         super().__init__(
             token=access_token,
-            # Mandate: Explicitly disable the internal web server.
-            web_server_adapter=adapter,
-            eventsub_url=None,
             prefix='!', # A prefix is required but won't be used for reading chat
             initial_channels=[channel_name],
             # These are required by twitchio
             client_id=client_id,
             client_secret=client_secret,
-            # The 'bot_id' is NOT a valid parameter for the parent commands.Bot class.
-            # Its presence was causing our web_server_adapter to be ignored.
             ssl=True # Mandate: Explicitly use SSL for the IRC connection.
         )
         self.channel_name = channel_name

listener_manager.py

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ class ListenerManager:
             websocket_manager=websocket_manager,
             db_user_id=user.id
         )
-        task = asyncio.create_task(bot.start())
+        # The `web_server=False` argument is the most direct way to prevent
+        # twitchio from attempting to start its own web server.
+        task = asyncio.create_task(bot.start(web_server=False))
         self.active_listeners[user.id] = task
 
     async def stop_listener_for_user(self, user_id: int):