[Python] I dont know how to import a Cog funtion into my main.py for my discord bot

I'm trying to make a Discord bot that will enable me to run a command from another file using cog, yet it seems to have problems when i try to add my Cog to my main.py file.

Here is the code I have for my main.py:

import discord
import os
import asyncio
from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=discord.Intents.all())

async def load():
for filename in os.listdir('./cogs'):
if filename.endswith(".py"):
cog_name = filename[:-3] # Remove the '.py' extension
cog_path = f'cogs.{cog_name}' # Construct the full path to the cog
try:
bot.load_extension(cog_path)
print(f"Loaded extension: {cog_name}")
except commands.ExtensionAlreadyLoaded:
print(f"Extension {cog_name} is already loaded.")
except commands.ExtensionNotFound:
print(f"Extension {cog_name} not found.")


@bot.event
async def on_ready():
await bot.change_presence(status=discord.Status.dnd, activity=discord.Game('Playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'))
print("--------------------------------------------")
print("Bot is ready")
print("--------------------------------------------")

@bot.command()
async def hello(ctx):
await ctx.send(f"Hello there, {ctx.author.mention}!")



my_files = ["ban"]

for file in my_files:
bot.load_extension(f"cogs.ban")

with open("token.txt") as file:
token = file.read()

bot.run(token)


and here is the code for my command i want it to be able to run (its a ban command):

import discord
from discord.ext import commands

class Ban(commands.Cog):
def __init__(self, bot):
self.bot = bot

@commands.command()
@commands.has_permissions(ban_members=True)
async def ban(self, ctx, member: discord.Member, *, reason=None):
await member.ban(reason=reason)
await ctx.send(f"{member} has been banned!")

def setup(bot):
bot.add_cog(Ban(bot))


Each time i run it it always give me following error message:

2024-05-08 10:53:31 ERROR discord.ext.commands.bot Ignoring exception in command ban
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 235, in wrapped
ret = await coro(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/main.py", line 35, in ban
await ctx.invoke(bot.get_command('ban'), ctx, member, reason=reason) # Invoke the ban command defined in the Ban cog
File "/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/discord/ext/commands/context.py", line 336, in invoke
return await command(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 590, in __call__
return await self.callback(context, *args, **kwargs) # type: ignore
TypeError: ban() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 positional arguments (and 1 keyword-only argument) were given

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/discord/ext/commands/bot.py", line 1350, in invoke
await ctx.command.invoke(ctx)
File "/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 1029, in invoke
await injected(*ctx.args, **ctx.kwargs) # type: ignore
File "/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/.pythonlibs/lib/python3.10/site-packages/discord/ext/commands/core.py", line 244, in wrapped
raise CommandInvokeError(exc) from exc
discord.ext.commands.errors.CommandInvokeError: Command raised an exception: TypeError: ban() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 positional arguments (and 1 keyword-only argument) were given


If anyone could help me out id appreciate it

I've tried using a different post on here: How can I import a cog into my main.py file? to resolve this matter but when i used it, all it did was cause following error:

/home/runner/DEATH-TO-THE-MPLA/main.py:38: RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'BotBase.load_extension' was never awaited
bot.load_extension(f"cogs.ban")
RuntimeWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback
2024-05-08 11:00:53 INFO discord.client logging in using static token
2024-05-08 11:00:54 INFO discord.gateway Shard ID None has connected to Gateway (Session ID: 46f7aa5cd5816a4b67bec47342e1e375).
--------------------------------------------
Bot is ready
--------------------------------------------


The bot itself ran, but the command didn't work.

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