Tracking username length limit in data file.

utilities/data_storage.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def open_highscores_data():
             data = json.load(file)
     else:
         # create the json object
-        data = {"highscore_channel_id": -1, "verification_channel_id": -1}
+        data = {"highscore_channel_id": -1, "verification_channel_id": -1, "username_length": 12}
         config: dict = open_highscores_config()
         for boss, categories in config["highscore_table"].items():
             data[boss] = {"message_id": 0}

utilities/utils.py

@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ async def submit_score(
 
     boss_category_config = highscores_config["categories"][category]
 
-    # capping to 12 characters because runescape names are 12 characters long.
     # Splitting on pipe. My discord has multiple names on account split by pipe.
-    user = user.split("|")[0][:12]
+    # cap length to data defined length.
+    user = user.split("|")[0][: highscores_data["username_length"]]
 
     # strip leading zeros and colon from score
     score = score.lstrip("0:")