Formatting commands now scrubs for discord formatting

+ format_message scrubs for markdown characters and mentions and escapes
them

GeoffreyBot/GeoffreyApiHelper.py

@@ -1,23 +1,43 @@
+import re
+
+
+def format_message(msg_format, *args):
+    chars_to_escape = ['\\', '`', '_', '*', '|', "~"]
+
+    string_format_args = []
+
+    for arg in args:
+        arg = str(arg)
+        for char in chars_to_escape:
+            arg = arg.replace(char, "\\" + char)
+
+        arg = re.sub(r"@(?!\s)", "@\u200B", arg)
+        string_format_args.append(arg)
+
+    msg = msg_format.format(*string_format_args)
+
+    return msg
+
+
 def formatted_item_listing(item):
-    return "{} {} for {}D".format(item["amount"], item["item_name"], item["price"])
+    return format_message("{} {} for {}D", item["amount"], item["item_name"], item["price"])
 
 
 def formatted_location(location):
     if location["tunnel"] is not None:
-        tunnel = "**{}** ".format(location["tunnel"])
+        return format_message("**{}** @ **{}** **{}** {}", location["name"], formatted_position(location),
-    else:
+                              location["tunnel"],
-        tunnel = ""
-
-    return '**{}** @ **{}** {}{}'.format(location["name"], formatted_position(location), tunnel,
                                     formatted_owners(location))
+    else:
+        return format_message("**{}** @ **{}** {}", location["name"], formatted_position(location), formatted_owners(location))
 
 
 def formatted_tunnel(tunnel):
-    return '**{} {}**: {}'.format(tunnel["tunnel_direction"], tunnel["tunnel_number"], tunnel["location_name"])
+    return format_message('**{} {}**: {}', tunnel["tunnel_direction"], tunnel["tunnel_number"], tunnel["location_name"])
 
 
 def formatted_position(location):
-    return '(x={}, z={})'.format(location["x_coord"], location["z_coord"])
+    return format_message('(x={}, z={})', location["x_coord"], location["z_coord"])
 
 
 def formatted_shop(shop, base_url):
@@ -79,10 +99,10 @@ def formatted_owners(location):
     if "owner" in location:
 
         if len(location["owner"]) == 1:
-            owner_list = 'Owner: **{}**'
+            owner_list = 'Owner: {}'
             owner_list = owner_list.format(location["owner"][0]["name"])
         else:
-            owner_list = 'Owners: **{}**'
+            owner_list = 'Owners: {}'
 
             owners = location["owner"][0]["name"]
             for owner in location["owner"][1:3]: