removed reliance on persisting interactions

bot.py

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ async def generate_alternatives_and_send(self, interaction, button):
         images = await generate_alternatives(self.images[index], self.prompt, self.negative_prompt)
         collage_path = create_collage(images)
         final_message = f"{interaction.user.mention} here are your alternative images"
-        await interaction.followup.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=collage_path, filename='collage.png'), view=Buttons(self.prompt, self.negative_prompt, images))
+        await interaction.channel.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=collage_path, filename='collage.png'), view=Buttons(self.prompt, self.negative_prompt, images))
 
     async def upscale_and_send(self, interaction, button):
         index = int(button.label[1:]) - 1  # Extract index from label
@@ -123,19 +123,19 @@ async def upscale_and_send(self, interaction, button):
         upscaled_image_path = f"./out/upscaledImage_{timestamp}.png"
         upscaled_image.save(upscaled_image_path)
         final_message = f"{interaction.user.mention} here is your upscaled image"
-        await interaction.followup.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=upscaled_image_path, filename='upscaled_image.png'))
+        await interaction.channel.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=upscaled_image_path, filename='upscaled_image.png'))
 
     @discord.ui.button(label="Re-roll", style=discord.ButtonStyle.green, emoji="🎲", row=0)
     async def reroll_image(self, interaction, btn):
         await interaction.response.send_message(f"{interaction.user.mention} asked me to re-imagine \"{self.prompt}\", this shouldn't take too long...")
         btn.disabled = True
         await interaction.message.edit(view=self)
         # Generate a new image with the same prompt
-        images = await generate_images(self.prompt,self.negative_prompt,interaction)
+        images = await generate_images(self.prompt,self.negative_prompt)
 
         # Construct the final message with user mention
         final_message = f"{interaction.user.mention} asked me to re-imagine \"{self.prompt}\", here is what I imagined for them."
-        await interaction.followup.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=create_collage(images), filename='collage.png'), view = Buttons(self.prompt,self.negative_prompt,images))
+        await interaction.channel.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=create_collage(images), filename='collage.png'), view = Buttons(self.prompt,self.negative_prompt,images))
 
 @tree.command(name="imagine", description="Generate an image based on input text")
 @app_commands.describe(prompt='Prompt for the image being generated')
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ async def slash_command(interaction: discord.Interaction, prompt: str, negative_
     await interaction.response.send_message(f"{interaction.user.mention} asked me to imagine \"{prompt}\", this shouldn't take too long...")
 
     # Generate the image and get progress updates
-    images = await generate_images(prompt,negative_prompt,interaction)
+    images = await generate_images(prompt,negative_prompt)
 
     # Construct the final message with user mention
     final_message = f"{interaction.user.mention} asked me to imagine \"{prompt}\", here is what I imagined for them."
-    await interaction.followup.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=create_collage(images), filename='collage.png'), view=Buttons(prompt,negative_prompt,images))
+    await interaction.channel.send(content=final_message, file=discord.File(fp=create_collage(images), filename='collage.png'), view=Buttons(prompt,negative_prompt,images))
 
 # run the bot
 client.run(TOKEN)

imageGen.py

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async def close(self):
         if self.ws:
             await self.ws.close()
 
-async def generate_images(prompt: str,negative_prompt: str,interaction):
+async def generate_images(prompt: str,negative_prompt: str):
     with open(text2img_config, 'r') as file:
       workflow = json.load(file)