Rework yapper to yap a custom message in custom channel

Yapper.lua

@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
-local addonname, data = ...
+local addonname, shared = ...
 ---@cast addonname string
-local channelNameLengthLowerBound = 5
-local channelNameLengthUpperBound = 33
-local messageLengthLowerBound = 12
-local messageLengthUpperBound = 47
-local lowerBound = 53
-local upperBound = 77
-local asciiStart = 97
-local asciiEnd = 122
+
+local function GetOrDefault(table, keys, default)
+    local value = default
+    if not table then return value end
+    if not keys then return value end
+
+    local traverse = table
+    for i = 1, #keys do
+        local key = keys[i]
+        if traverse[key] ~= nil then
+            traverse = traverse[key]
+        else
+            break
+        end
+
+        if i == #keys then
+            value = traverse
+        end
+    end
+    return value
+end
 
 local function GetChannelId(channelName)
     local channels = { GetChannelList() }
@@ -20,36 +33,48 @@ local function GetChannelId(channelName)
     end
 end
 
-local function GenerateString(length)
-    print(string.format("Generating string of length %d", length))
-    local string = ""
-    for i = 1, length do
-        string = string .. string.char(math.random(asciiStart, asciiEnd))
-    end
-    return string
-end
-local channelName = GenerateString(math.random(channelNameLengthLowerBound, channelNameLengthUpperBound))
+---@class YapperConfig
+---@field message string
+---@field interval number
+---@field channel string
+---@field channelData any
+---@field enabled boolean
+if not YapperConfig then YapperConfig = {} end
+
+---@cast shared { config: YapperConfig}
+
+shared.config = {
+    message = GetOrDefault(YapperConfig, { "message" }, ""),
+    interval = GetOrDefault(YapperConfig, { "interval" }, 1),
+    channel = GetOrDefault(YapperConfig, { "channel" }, "SAY"),
+    channelData = GetOrDefault(YapperConfig, { "channelData" }, nil),
+    enabled = GetOrDefault(YapperConfig, { "enabled" }, false),
+}
+local timer = nil
 
 local function Yap()
-    local message = GenerateString(math.random(messageLengthLowerBound, messageLengthUpperBound))
-    print(string.format("Yapping %s", tostring(message)))
-
-    local channelId = GetChannelId(channelName)
-    if channelId ~= nil then
-        SendChatMessage(message, "CHANNEL", nil, channelId)
-    else
-        print(string.format("Channel %s not found, trying to join again...", channelName))
-        JoinTemporaryChannel(channelName)
+    if not shared.config.enabled then return end
+    if not shared.config.message then
+        print(string.format("Yapper found no message to yap (%s)", tostring(shared.config.message)))
+        return
+    end
+    if not shared.config.channel then
+        print(string.format("Yapper found no channel to yap in (%s)", tostring(shared.config.channel)))
+        return
     end
 
-    local delay = math.random(lowerBound, upperBound)
-    print(string.format("Yapper yapping in %d seconds", delay))
-    C_Timer.After(delay, Yap)
+    SendChatMessage(shared.config.message, shared.config.channel, nil, shared.config.channelData)
+
+    if not shared.config.interval or shared.config.interval <= 0 then
+        print("Yapper has no interval set, quitting (%s)", tostring(shared.config.interval))
+        return
+    end
+    timer = C_Timer.NewTimer(shared.config.interval, Yap)
 end
 
 local function init()
-    JoinTemporaryChannel(channelName)
-    print(string.format("Yapper joined %s", tostring(channelName)))
+    if not shared.config.enabled then return end
+    if timer and not timer:IsCancelled() then timer:Cancel() end
     Yap()
 end
 
@@ -64,4 +89,47 @@ end)
 local logoutFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")
 logoutFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGOUT")
 logoutFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event)
+    shared.config.enabled = false
 end)
+
+SlashCmdList["YAPPER_MAIN_CMD"] = function(input)
+    if input == "" or input == nil then
+        shared.config.enabled = not shared.config.enabled
+        print(string.format("Yapper is now %s", shared.config.enabled and "enabled" or "disabled"))
+        init()
+        return
+    end
+
+    if tonumber(input) then
+        shared.config.interval = tonumber(input)
+        print(string.format("Yapper interval set to %d", shared.config.interval))
+        init()
+        return
+    end
+
+    shared.config.message = input
+    print(string.format("Yapper message set to %s", shared.config.message))
+    init()
+end
+SLASH_YAPPER_MAIN_CMD1 = "/yap"
+
+SlashCmdList["YAPPER_CHANNEL_CMD"] = function(input)
+    if input == "" or input == nil then
+        shared.config.channel = nil
+        shared.config.channelData = nil
+        print("Yapper channel set to nil")
+        return
+    end
+
+    local data = { strsplit(" ", input) }
+    if #data == 1 then
+        shared.config.channel = data[1]
+        shared.config.channelData = nil
+        print(string.format("Yapper channel set to %s", shared.config.channel))
+        return
+    end
+    shared.config.channel = data[1]
+    shared.config.channelData = data[2]
+    print(string.format("Yapper channel set to %s with data %s", shared.config.channel, shared.config.channelData))
+end
+SLASH_YAPPER_CHANNEL_CMD1 = "/yapc"

Yapper.toc

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ## Title: Yapper
 ## Notes: Yaps in a random channel saying random shit
 ## Author: Cyka
+## SavedVariables: YapperConfig
 
 #core
 Yapper.lua