From 797f8a46aa68751c51dc7b312af2302c1b236918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: imcompiling <develop@imcompiling.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:31:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Flushed out election start. Added a file to track what
 permissions the bot needs.

---
 classes/election_cycle.py | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 cogs/commands/test.py     | 12 ++++++++++++
 permissions_required.txt  |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 permissions_required.txt

diff --git a/classes/election_cycle.py b/classes/election_cycle.py
index 09f4e1d..5d4a9e8 100644
--- a/classes/election_cycle.py
+++ b/classes/election_cycle.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class ElectionCycle:
         Builds the messages to announce the election is starting.
 
         Returns:
-            list[str]: A list of message contents in the correct order.
+            list[str]: A list of message contents in the correct order. Must be a string because the message is too
+            long.
         """
 
         with open("bot_messages/election_announcement.txt", mode="r", encoding="utf8") as file:
@@ -128,8 +129,19 @@ class ElectionCycle:
         Performs required actions for when the election cycle starts.
         """
         print("election cycle has started")
-        await self.message_me("election cycle has started")
-        # TODO get message, input variables, split into multiple messages, send to correct channel.
+        # create new channel for election
+        category: nextcord.CategoryChannel = self.bot.get_channel(self.config.params.active_category_id)
+        quarter_name: str = str(datetime.today().year) + "-" + self.elecion_cycle.name + "-election"
+        # TODO need to store this id in the sqlite database
+        election_channel = await category.create_text_channel(quarter_name)
+
+        # post message announcing election
+        # election start message is returned as an array of string because it is too long. send each string
+        # individually.
+        messages = self.build_election_announcement()
+
+        for message in messages:
+            await election_channel.send(message)
 
     async def voting_start_action(self) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/cogs/commands/test.py b/cogs/commands/test.py
index 2d6e032..95bcbbc 100644
--- a/cogs/commands/test.py
+++ b/cogs/commands/test.py
@@ -41,3 +41,15 @@ class TestCog(commands.Cog, name="Test commands."):
         # doesn't tell discord that the message was responded to. Is a test command so I don't really care atm.
         for m in message:
             await interaction.channel.send(content=m)
+
+    @test.subcommand()
+    async def election_start(self, interaction: nextcord.Interaction):
+        """
+        idc
+
+        Args:
+            interaction (nextcord.Interaction): _description_
+        """
+
+        cycle = ElectionCycle(0, self.bot)
+        await cycle.election_start_action()
diff --git a/permissions_required.txt b/permissions_required.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc1e30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/permissions_required.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Discord permissions required for bot to operate:
+
+manage channels
\ No newline at end of file