Helper method for cleaning command args, implicit truth tweak

src/main/utils/utils.py

@@ -105,10 +105,58 @@ async def fetch(url, *, params={}, json=False):
     global session
 
     async with session.get(url, params=params, headers={'user-agent': 'Modumind/0.0.1 (Myned)'}) as r:
-        if json is True:
+        if json:
             return await r.json()
         return await r.read()
 
 
 # def geneate_embed(**kwargs):
 #     embed = d.Embed(title=kwargs['title'], )
+
+def get_args(ctx, args, *, rem=False, rm=False, lim=False):
+    destination = ctx
+    remaining = list(args[:])
+    remove = False
+    limit = 1
+
+    if '-d' in remaining or '-dm' in remaining:
+        destination = ctx.author
+
+        try:
+            remaining.remove('-d')
+        except KeyError:
+            remaining.remove('-dm')
+
+    if rm:
+        if ('-r' in remaining or '-rm' in remaining or '-remove' in remaining) and ctx.author.permissions_in(ctx.channel).manage_messages:
+            remove = True
+            print('remove')
+
+            try:
+                remaining.remove('-r')
+            except KeyError:
+                try:
+                    remaining.remove('-rm')
+                except KeyError:
+                    remaining.remove('-remove')
+
+    if lim:
+        for arg in remaining:
+            if len(arg) == 1:
+                with suppress(ValueError):
+                    if int(arg) <= 3 and int(arg) >= 1:
+                        limit = int(arg)
+                        remaining.remove(arg)
+                        break
+                    else:
+                        raise exc.BoundsError(arg)
+
+    if rem:
+        if rm and lim:
+            return destination, remaining, remove, limit
+        if rm:
+            return destination, remaining, remove
+        if lim:
+            return destination, remaining, limit
+        return destination, remaining
+    return destination