Flushed out election start. Added a file to track what permissions the bot needs.

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:
         """

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()

permissions_required.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Discord permissions required for bot to operate:
+
+manage channels