Adding a feature that it will silently message audiobot instead, and leaving in an option to clear the queue after playing

app.py

@@ -50,13 +50,30 @@ def login(tn, username, password):
     print("----")
 
 
+def get_client_info(tn):
+    tn.write(b"clientlist\n")
+    response = tn.read_until(b"\n").decode("utf-8")
+    print("after clientlist")
+    print(response)
+    print(tn.read_until(b"\n").decode("utf-8"))
+    print("----")
+
+    entry_maps = parse_ts_response(response)
+    # combine the maps into one large map, ignoring serveradmin query user
+    return {info["client_nickname"]: info for info in entry_maps if "serveradmin" not in info["client_nickname"]}
+
+
 def post_to_channel(host, port, username, password, message):
     message_santized = message.strip().replace(" ", r"\s")
-    message_command = f"sendtextmessage targetmode=2 msg={message_santized}\n".encode("utf-8")
     print(message_command.decode("utf-8"))
     with Telnet(host, port, 5) as tn:
         login(tn, username, password)
-        tn.write(message_command)
+
+        client_info = get_client_info(tn)
+        audiobot_id = client_info["AudioBot"]["clid"]
+
+        tn.write(f"sendtextmessage targetmode=1 target={audiobot_id} msg={message_santized}\n".encode("utf-8"))
+        # tn.write(f"sendtextmessage targetmode=1 target={audiobot_id} msg=!clear\n".encode("utf-8"))
         tn.write(b"quit\n")
 
 
@@ -75,16 +92,7 @@ def query_ts(host, port, username, password):
         # rearrange the maps into one large channel lookup map
         channels = {info["cid"]: info["channel_name"].replace(r"\s", " ") for info in channel_maps}
 
-        tn.write(b"clientlist\n")
-        response = tn.read_until(b"\n").decode("utf-8")
-        print("after clientlist")
-        print(response)
-        print(tn.read_until(b"\n").decode("utf-8"))
-        print("----")
-
-        entry_maps = parse_ts_response(response)
-        # combine the maps into one large map, ignoring serveradmin query user
-        client_info = {info["client_nickname"]: info for info in entry_maps if "serveradmin" not in info["client_nickname"]}
+        client_info = get_client_info(tn)
 
         for k, v in client_info.items():
             tn.write(f"clientinfo clid={v['clid']}\n".encode("utf-8"))