improved messages and general cleanup

dist/util.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.shuffle = void 0;
+exports.getChannel = exports.getMember = exports.emsg = exports.errorMessage = exports.shuffle = void 0;
+const discord_js_1 = require("discord.js");
 /**
  * shuffles an array
  * https://stackoverflow.com/a/2450976/2856416
@@ -22,3 +23,44 @@ function shuffle(array) {
     return array;
 }
 exports.shuffle = shuffle;
+class errorMessage {
+    constructor(msg, ephemeral = true) {
+        this.msg = msg;
+        this.ephemeral = ephemeral;
+    }
+}
+exports.errorMessage = errorMessage;
+/**
+ * a simple class to contain an error message and related data
+ * @param msg error message
+ * @param ephemeral (default=true)
+ * @returns new errorMessage
+ */
+const emsg = (msg, ephemeral = true) => new errorMessage(msg, ephemeral);
+exports.emsg = emsg;
+/**
+ * get the GuildMember of an interaction
+ * @param interaction
+ * @throws errorMessage class if it cannot be read
+ * @returns member
+ */
+function getMember(interaction) {
+    let member = interaction.member;
+    if (!(member instanceof discord_js_1.GuildMember))
+        throw (0, exports.emsg)('Unable to retrieve guild member information, please try again');
+    return member;
+}
+exports.getMember = getMember;
+/**
+ * get the TextChannel of an interaction
+ * @param interaction
+ * @throws errorMessage class if it cannot be read
+ * @returns member
+ */
+function getChannel(interaction) {
+    let channel = interaction.channel;
+    if (!(channel instanceof discord_js_1.TextChannel))
+        throw (0, exports.emsg)('Unable to retrieve text channel information, please try again');
+    return channel;
+}
+exports.getChannel = getChannel;