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+token.txt
+*.sgf
+*.png
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 A discord bot for playing rengo games!
 
-WIP!
+# Dependencies
+- sgf-render
+- python-discord
+- python-sgfmill
+
+Make sure to run the bot in an environment with read/write permissions
diff --git a/__pycache__/sgfengine.cpython-39.pyc b/__pycache__/sgfengine.cpython-39.pyc
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diff --git a/rengobot.py b/rengobot.py
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+import os
+import ast
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import asyncio
+
+import sgfengine
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+# We don't use fancy slash commands here. It seems there is this library for python but it looks a bit more involved.
+# https://pypi.org/project/discord-py-slash-command/
+bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='$', help_command=None)
+
+# People who can start and resign games :O
+# Later we might replace this with checking for a role.
+admins=[ 756220448118669463, # Young Sun
+         732403731810877450, # Yeonwoo
+         145294584077877249, # Mrchance
+         477895596141707264  # René
+        ]
+
+with open("token.txt") as f:
+    token = f.readlines()[0] # Get your own token and put it in token.txt
+f.close()
+
+#client= discord.Client()
+
+#@bot.command()
+#async def test(ctx, arg1, arg2):
+#    await ctx.send('You passed {} and {}'.format(arg1, arg2))
+
+@bot.command()
+async def help(ctx):
+    print(ctx.message.content)
+    await ctx.send(
+            '$help : shows this help\n\n'+
+            '$join : join the game in this channel\n'+
+            '$leave: leave the game in this channel\n'+
+            '$play <move>: play a move. For example, `$play Q16`\n\n'+
+            '$sgf: get the sgf file of the game\n'+
+            '$queue: get the queue of players\n\n'+
+            '$newgame <queue/random>: starts a game in this channel (admin only!)\n'+
+            '$resign <B/W>: resigns the game in this channel (admin only!)'
+            )
+    # ctx has guild, message, author, send, and channel (?)
+
+@bot.command()
+async def play(ctx, arg):
+    channel_id= ctx.channel.id
+    user = ctx.author
+
+    # lowest effort serialization
+    with open("state.txt") as f: state = ast.literal_eval(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    filter_state= [i for i in range(len(state))  if state[i][0] == channel_id]
+    if not filter_state:
+        await ctx.send("No active game in this channel!")
+        return
+
+    i= filter_state[0]
+
+    if state[i][1] == queue and user.id not in state[i][4]:
+        await ctx.send("Player hasn't joined yet! Join us with `$join`")
+        return
+
+    if state[i][1] == queue and user.id!= state[i][4][0]:
+        await ctx.send("It is not your turn yet!")
+        return
+
+    legal_moves=[chr(col+ord('A')-1)+str(row) for col in range(1,21) if col!=9 for row in range(1,20)] 
+    if arg not in legal_moves:
+        await ctx.send("I don't understand the move! Please input it in the format `$play Q16`")
+        return
+
+    # TODO test for last player to move and time in free games
+    # perhaps we could switch it to max one move per player every 5 turns, put the last few players in state[i][4]
+
+    try:
+        sgfengine.play_move(str(channel_id), arg, user.name)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        await ctx.send(str(e))
+        return
+
+    state[i][4].pop(0)
+    state[i][4].append(user.id)
+
+    file = discord.File(str(ctx.channel.id)+".png")
+    if state[i][1]=="queue":
+        next_player=(await bot.fetch_user(state[i][4][0]))
+        await ctx.send(file=file, content="{}'s turn! ⭐".format(next_player.mention))
+    else:
+        await ctx.send(file=file)
+
+    with open("state.txt", "w") as f: f.write(repr(state))
+    f.close()
+
+@bot.command()
+async def join(ctx):
+    channel_id= ctx.channel.id
+    user = ctx.author
+
+    # lowest effort serialization
+    with open("state.txt") as f: state = ast.literal_eval(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    filter_state= [i for i in range(len(state))  if state[i][0] == channel_id]
+    if not filter_state:
+        await ctx.send("No active game in this channel!")
+        return
+
+    i= filter_state[0]
+
+    if user.id in state[i][4]:
+        await ctx.send("Player already in this game!")
+        return
+
+    if state[i][1] != "queue":
+        await ctx.send("This game has no queue! Play whenever you want :P")
+        return
+
+    state[i][4].append(user.id)
+
+    await ctx.send("User joined!")
+
+    with open("state.txt", "w") as f: f.write(repr(state))
+    f.close()
+
+@bot.command()
+async def queue(ctx):
+    channel_id= ctx.channel.id
+
+    # lowest effort serialization
+    with open("state.txt") as f: state = ast.literal_eval(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    filter_state= [i for i in range(len(state))  if state[i][0] == channel_id]
+    if not filter_state:
+        await ctx.send("No active game in this channel!")
+        return
+
+    i= filter_state[0]
+
+    if state[i][1] != "queue":
+        await ctx.send("This game has no queue! Play whenever you want :P")
+        return
+
+    output= "Player list:\n"
+    for i, player_id in enumerate(state[i][4]):
+        player_name=(await bot.fetch_user(player_id)).name
+        output+=str(i+1)+". "+ player_name+"\n"
+
+    if not state[i][4]:
+        output+="Nobody yet! Join us with `$join`"
+
+    await ctx.send(output)
+
+@bot.command()
+async def sgf(ctx):
+    file = discord.File(str(ctx.channel.id)+".sgf")
+    await ctx.send(file=file)
+
+@bot.command()
+async def leave(ctx):
+    channel_id= ctx.channel.id
+    user = ctx.author
+
+    # lowest effort serialization
+    with open("state.txt") as f: state = ast.literal_eval(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    filter_state= [i for i in range(len(state))  if state[i][0] == channel_id]
+    if not filter_state:
+        await ctx.send("No active game in this channel!")
+        return
+
+    i= filter_state[0]
+
+    if user.id not in state[i][4]:
+        await ctx.send("Player not in this game!")
+        return
+
+    if state[i][1] != "queue":
+        await ctx.send("This game has no queue! No need to leave!")
+        return
+
+    state[i][4].remove(user.id)
+
+    await ctx.send("User left :(")
+
+    with open("state.txt", "w") as f: f.write(repr(state))
+    f.close()
+
+@bot.command()
+async def newgame(ctx, arg):
+    channel_id= ctx.channel.id
+    user = ctx.author
+
+    if user.id not in admins:
+        await ctx.send("You don't have permissions for this!")
+        return
+
+    if arg not in ["queue", "random"]:
+        await ctx.send("Unrecognized game type! Please try `$newgame <queue/random>")
+        return
+
+    # lowest effort serialization
+    with open("state.txt") as f: state = ast.literal_eval(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    if ctx.channel.id in [ ch for (ch,_,_,_,_) in state]:
+        await ctx.send("A game is already active in this channel!")
+        return
+
+    sgfengine.new_game(str(ctx.channel.id))
+    state.append((ctx.channel.id, arg, None, None, []))
+
+    file = discord.File(str(ctx.channel.id)+".png")
+    if arg=="queue":
+        await ctx.send(file=file, content="A new game has started! Join with `$join`")
+    else:
+        await ctx.send(file=file, content="A new game has started! Play with `$play <move>`")
+
+    with open("state.txt", "w") as f: f.write(repr(state))
+    f.close()
+
+@bot.command()
+async def resign(ctx, arg):
+    channel_id= ctx.channel.id
+    user = ctx.author
+
+    if user.id not in admins:
+        await ctx.send("You don't have permissions for this!")
+        return
+
+    if arg not in ["W","B"]:
+        await ctx.send("Unrecognized colour! Please try `$resign <B/W>` to resign as Black/White")
+        return
+
+    with open("state.txt") as f: state = ast.literal_eval(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    now=datetime.now()
+    file_name= "rengo_"+now.strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S_")+ctx.channel.name+".sgf" #remove the hour minute and second later
+
+    sgfengine.resign(str(channel_id), arg, file_name)
+
+    file = discord.File(file_name)
+    await ctx.send(file=file, content=("Black" if arg=="W" else "White")+" wins!")
+
+    state = [s for s in state if s[0]!=channel_id]
+
+    with open("state.txt", "w") as f: f.write(repr(state))
+    f.close()
+
+async def background_task():
+    await bot.wait_until_ready()
+    print("bot ready!")
+
+    guild=discord.utils.get(bot.guilds, name="Awesome Baduk")
+
+    while not bot.is_closed():
+        try:
+            print("ping")
+            await asyncio.sleep(1000)
+
+            # lowest effort serialization
+            with open("state.txt") as f: state = ast.literal_eval(f.read())
+            f.close()
+
+            #TODO find who has to move, skip players accordingly, notify if any has to move
+
+            with open("state.txt") as f: f.write(repr(state))
+            f.close()
+
+        except ConnectionResetError:
+            print("Connection error")
+
+bot.loop.create_task(background_task())
+bot.run(token)
+
diff --git a/sgfengine.py b/sgfengine.py
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+# Needs sgf-render and sgfmill
+# https://mjw.woodcraft.me.uk/sgfmill/doc/1.1.1/properties.html?highlight=list%20properties
+import os
+from sgfmill import sgf, boards, sgf_moves, ascii_boards
+
+# This file only deals with the png and sgf side of things. To manage users etc go to the main file.
+
+def new_game(channel_id):
+    game= sgf.Sgf_game(19)
+
+    with open (channel_id+".sgf", "wb") as f:
+        f.write(game.serialise())
+    f.close()
+
+    os.system("sgf-render --style fancy -o "+channel_id+".png -n last "+channel_id+".sgf")
+
+# Could be an illegal move, or maybe I don't understand the message
+# outputs to <channel_id>.png
+def play_move(channel_id, messagestr, player):
+
+    thecol= ord(messagestr[0].lower()) - ord('a')
+    if thecol>8: thecol-=1 # Go boards don't have an I column!!
+    therow= int(messagestr[1:]) - 1
+
+    with open(channel_id+".sgf","rb") as f:
+        game = sgf.Sgf_game.from_bytes(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    koban=None
+    node= game.get_last_node()
+    board, moves= sgf_moves.get_setup_and_moves(game)
+    for (colour, (row, col)) in moves:
+        koban=board.play(row,col,colour)
+
+    if (therow, thecol)==koban:
+        raise ValueError("Ko banned move!")
+
+    colour = "w" if ("B" in node.properties()) else "b"
+
+    board2= board.copy()
+    try:
+        board2.play(therow, thecol, colour)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        raise ValueError("Illegal move1!")
+
+    if ascii_boards.render_board(board)== ascii_boards.render_board(board2):
+        raise ValueError("Illegal move2!")
+
+    #print(moves)
+
+    node2= node.new_child()
+    node2.set(("B" if colour =='b' else "W"), (therow,thecol))
+    if koban is not None: node2.set("SQ", [koban])
+    node2.set("CR", [(therow, thecol)])
+    node2.set("C", player) # I think this would be fun for the review
+    if node.has_property("CR"): node.unset("CR")
+    if node.has_property("SQ"): node.unset("SQ")
+
+    with open (channel_id+".sgf", "wb") as f:
+        f.write(game.serialise())
+    f.close()
+
+    os.system("sgf-render --style fancy -o "+channel_id+".png -n last "+channel_id+".sgf")
+
+# colour is "B" if black resigns, "W" if white resigns
+def resign(channel_id, colour, file_name):
+    with open(channel_id+".sgf","rb") as f:
+        game = sgf.Sgf_game.from_bytes(f.read())
+    f.close()
+
+    node= game.root
+    node.set("RE", ("B" if colour=="W" else "W")+"+R")
+
+    with open (file_name, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(game.serialise())
+    f.close()
+
+    os.remove(channel_id+".sgf")
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+[(881537306073387091, 'queue', None, None, [477895596141707264])]
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