2 files changed, 50 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bot/utils/converters.py b/bot/utils/converters.py
index 228714c9..27804170 100644
--- a/bot/utils/converters.py
+++ b/bot/utils/converters.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import discord
-from discord.ext.commands.converter import MessageConverter
+from discord.ext.commands import BadArgument, Context
+from discord.ext.commands.converter import Converter, MessageConverter
 
 
 class WrappedMessageConverter(MessageConverter):
@@ -14,3 +15,32 @@ class WrappedMessageConverter(MessageConverter):
             argument = argument[1:-1]
 
         return await super().convert(ctx, argument)
+
+
+class Subreddit(Converter):
+    """Forces a string to begin with "r/" and checks if it's a valid subreddit."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    async def convert(ctx: Context, sub: str) -> str:
+        """
+        Force sub to begin with "r/" and check if it's a valid subreddit.
+
+        If sub is a valid subreddit, return it prepended with "r/"
+        """
+        sub = sub.lower()
+
+        if not sub.startswith("r/"):
+            sub = f"r/{sub}"
+
+        resp = await ctx.bot.http_session.get(
+            "https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/search.json",
+            params={"q": sub}
+        )
+
+        json = await resp.json()
+        if not json["data"]["children"]:
+            raise BadArgument(
+                f"The subreddit `{sub}` either doesn't exist, or it has no posts."
+            )
+
+        return sub
diff --git a/bot/utils/messages.py b/bot/utils/messages.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6c035f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/utils/messages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import re
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+def sub_clyde(username: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
+    """
+    Replace "e"/"E" in any "clyde" in `username` with a Cyrillic "е"/"E" and return the new string.
+
+    Discord disallows "clyde" anywhere in the username for webhooks. It will return a 400.
+    Return None only if `username` is None.
+    """
+    def replace_e(match: re.Match) -> str:
+        char = "е" if match[2] == "e" else "Е"
+        return match[1] + char
+
+    if username:
+        return re.sub(r"(clyd)(e)", replace_e, username, flags=re.I)
+    else:
+        return username  # Empty string or None