make the commandPrefix a config value

cmd/bot/command.go

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ func (app *Application) handleCommand(message twitch.PrivateMessage) {
 
 	app.Logger.Infow("Command received",
 		// "message", message,
+		"message.Message", message.Message,
 		"message.Channel", target,
 		"user level", userLevel,
-		"message.Message", message.Message,
 		"commandName", commandName,
 		"cmdParams", cmdParams,
 		"msgLen", msgLen,

cmd/bot/main.go

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ func main() {
 	cfg.twitchOauth = os.Getenv("TWITCH_OAUTH")
 	tc := twitch.NewClient(cfg.twitchUsername, cfg.twitchOauth)
 
-	// Environment
+	// Basic configuration
+	cfg.commandPrefix = "()"
 	cfg.environment = "Development"
 
 	// Database
@@ -77,8 +78,10 @@ func main() {
 
 		// Message was shorter than our prefix is therefore it's irrelevant for us.
 		if len(message.Message) >= 2 {
+			// This bots prefix is "()" configured above at `cfg.commandPrefix`,
 			// Check if the first 2 characters of the mesage were our prefix.
-			if message.Message[:2] == "()" {
+			// if they were forward the message to the command handler.
+			if message.Message[:2] == cfg.commandPrefix {
 				app.handleCommand(message)
 				return
 			}

cmd/bot/models.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 type config struct {
 	twitchUsername string
 	twitchOauth    string
+	commandPrefix  string
 	environment    string
 	db             struct {
 		dsn          string