Only add best score if its new, only delete worse scores if they exist.

cogs/score/verification_view.py

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ class VerificationView(nextcord.ui.View):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(timeout=None)
 
-    @nextcord.ui.button(label="Approve", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.green, custom_id="approve")
+    @nextcord.ui.button(
+        label="Approve", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.green, custom_id="approve-score-command"
+    )
     async def approve_button(
         self, button: nextcord.ui.Button, interaction: nextcord.Interaction
     ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ class VerificationView(nextcord.ui.View):
             files=[await attch.to_file() for attch in interaction.message.attachments],
         )
 
-    @nextcord.ui.button(label="Deny", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.red, custom_id="deny")
+    @nextcord.ui.button(
+        label="Deny", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.red, custom_id="deny-score-command"
+    )
     async def deny_button(
         self, button: nextcord.ui.Button, interaction: nextcord.Interaction
     ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument

cogs/submission/verification_view.py

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ class VerificationView(nextcord.ui.View):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(timeout=None)
 
-    @nextcord.ui.button(label="Approve", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.green, custom_id="approve")
+    @nextcord.ui.button(
+        label="Approve", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.green, custom_id="approve-button-submission"
+    )
     async def approve_button(
         self, button: nextcord.ui.Button, interaction: nextcord.Interaction
     ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
@@ -34,7 +36,9 @@ class VerificationView(nextcord.ui.View):
             await interaction.send("Instruct user to submit with all fields.")
             await interaction.message.edit(view=None)
 
-    @nextcord.ui.button(label="Deny", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.red, custom_id="deny")
+    @nextcord.ui.button(
+        label="Deny", style=nextcord.ButtonStyle.red, custom_id="deny-button-submission"
+    )
     async def deny_button(
         self, button: nextcord.ui.Button, interaction: nextcord.Interaction
     ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument

utilities/utils.py

@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ async def submit_score(
         config_category = category
 
     # capping to 12 characters because runescape names are 12 characters long.
-    user = user[:12]
+    # Splitting on pipe. My discord has multiple names on account split by pipe.
+    user = user.split("|")[0][:12]
+
+    # strip leading zeros and colon from score
+    score = score.lstrip("0:")
 
     # create score tuple for either time or int
     # define sort index
@@ -101,8 +105,30 @@ async def submit_score(
         score_tuple = (user, int(score))
         sort_index = 1
 
-    scores = highscores_data[boss_name]["categories"][category]
-    scores.append(score_tuple)
+    scores: "list[tuple]" = highscores_data[boss_name]["categories"][category]
+
+    # if user is in an existing tuple, delete it.
+    users_scores: "list[tuple]" = [score_tuple]
+    for tup in scores:
+        if user == tup[0]:
+            # Add tup to users_scores, remove from scores
+            users_scores.append(tup)
+
+    # sort users_scores
+    users_scores.sort(
+        key=lambda x: x[sort_index],
+        reverse=not highscores_config["categories"][config_category]["ascending"],
+    )
+
+    for index, tup in enumerate(users_scores):
+        if index == 0:
+            # first score is the best score.
+            if tup not in scores:
+                scores.append(tup)
+        else:
+            # discard all other scores from scores list.
+            if tup in scores:
+                scores.remove(tup)
 
     # sort scores.
     scores.sort(
@@ -122,7 +148,7 @@ async def submit_score(
 
     error_response = 'Registered Highscores channel does not exist or was never registered. \
             Register with "?register" command.'
-    assert channel is not None, await interaction.send(error_response)
+    assert channel is not None, await interaction.send(error_response, ephemeral=True)
 
     await send_highscore_message(channel, boss_name)