Renamed utils folder because import shenanigans with module with same name.

utilities/data_storage.py

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+"""Functions for retreiving and storing highscores data and configurations."""
+
+import os
+import json
+
+HIGHSCORES_CONFIG_FILE = "highscores_config.json"
+HIGHSCORES_DATA_FILE = "highscores_data.json"
+
+
+def open_highscores_config():
+    """
+    Opens the highscores config file and returns.
+    @return: dict of highscores config.
+    """
+    # Load bot config
+    with open(HIGHSCORES_CONFIG_FILE, encoding="utf-8", mode="r") as file:
+        return json.load(file)
+
+
+def open_highscores_data():
+    """
+    Opens a highscores_data.json file if one exists, otherwise creates a skeleton of the data.
+    @return: dict of highscores data.
+    """
+    if os.path.exists(HIGHSCORES_DATA_FILE):
+        with open(HIGHSCORES_DATA_FILE, encoding="utf-8", mode="r") as file:
+            data = json.load(file)
+    else:
+        # create the json object
+        data = {"highscore_channel_id": -1, "verification_channel_id": -1}
+        config = open_highscores_config()
+        for boss in config["bosses"]:
+            data[boss["boss"]] = {"message_id": 0}
+            boss_categories = {}
+            for key, value in config["categories"].items():
+                rank_list = []
+                boss_categories[key] = rank_list
+                if boss["hardmode"] and value["hardmode"]:
+                    rank_list = []
+                    boss_categories["Hardmode " + key] = rank_list
+            data[boss["boss"]]["categories"] = boss_categories
+    return data
+
+
+def save_highscores_data(data):
+    """
+    Saves the highscores data dict into a json file.
+    @param data: dict of highscores data.
+    """
+    with open(HIGHSCORES_DATA_FILE, encoding="utf-8", mode="w") as file:
+        file.write(json.dumps(data, indent=4))