Add truncate_message util

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bot/utils/messages.py b/bot/utils/messages.py
index 077dd9569..c01fa5d0e 100644
--- a/bot/utils/messages.py
+++ b/bot/utils/messages.py
@@ -154,3 +154,12 @@ async def send_denial(ctx: Context, reason: str) -> None:
 def format_user(user: discord.abc.User) -> str:
     """Return a string for `user` which has their mention and ID."""
     return f"{user.mention} (`{user.id}`)"
+
+
+def truncate_message(message: discord.Message, limit: int) -> str:
+    """Returns a truncated version of the message content, up to the specified limit."""
+    text = message.content
+    if len(text) > limit:
+        return text[:limit-3] + "..."
+    else:
+        return text