Generate a help text file when deploying commands

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ config.json
 presence.json
 
 node_modules
+data

deploy-commands.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const { clientId, token } = require('./config.json');
 const fs = require('node:fs');
 
 const commands = [];
+const commandsHelp = [];
+
 // Grab all the command files from the commands directory you created earlier
 const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
 
@@ -17,13 +19,70 @@ const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('
 for (const file of commandFiles) {
 	const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
 	commands.push(command.data.toJSON());
+	commandsHelp.push(command.data);
 }
 
 // Construct and prepare an instance of the REST module
 const rest = new REST({ version: '10' }).setToken(token);
 
-// and deploy your commands!
-(async () => {
+// Generate help-text.json
+try {
+	console.log(`Generating ${commands.length} help text entries.`);
+
+	let helpJSONString = '{\n';
+
+	for (let i = 0; i < commandsHelp.length; i++) {
+		helpJSONString += `	"${commandsHelp[i].name}": {\n`;
+		helpJSONString += `    	"description": "${commandsHelp[i].description}",\n`;
+		helpJSONString += '    	"options": {\n';
+
+		for (let j = 0; j < commandsHelp[i].options.length; j++) {
+
+			helpJSONString += `		"${commandsHelp[i].options[j].name}": {\n`;
+			helpJSONString += `			"description": "${commandsHelp[i].options[j].description}",\n`;
+			helpJSONString += `			"required": "${commandsHelp[i].options[j].required}",\n`;
+			helpJSONString += '    		"choices": {\n';
+
+			if (typeof commandsHelp[i].options[j].choices !== 'undefined') {
+				for (let k = 0; k < commandsHelp[i].options[j].choices.length; k++) {
+
+					helpJSONString += `				"${commandsHelp[i].options[j].choices[k].name}": {\n`;
+					helpJSONString += `					"value": "${commandsHelp[i].options[j].choices[k].value}",\n`;
+					helpJSONString += '    	},\n';
+
+				}
+			}
+
+			helpJSONString += '    	},\n';
+			helpJSONString += '    	},\n';
+
+		}
+
+		helpJSONString += '	},\n';
+		helpJSONString += '	},\n';
+	}
+
+	helpJSONString += '}';
+
+	// Lazy way out of removing trailing commas
+	// See https://stackoverflow.com/a/34347475
+	const helpJSON = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(helpJSONString.replace(/,(?!\s*?[{["'\w])/g, '')), null, 4);
+
+	// write file to disk
+	fs.writeFile('./data/help-text.json', helpJSON, err => {
+		if (err) {
+			console.log(`Unable to write help-text.json: ${err}`);
+			console.log('Stopping...');
+			return;
+		}
+	});
+
+	console.log(`Successfully generated ${commandsHelp.length} help text entries.`);
+
+	console.log();
+
+	// Update slash commands on Discord's side
+	(async () => {
 		try {
 			console.log(`Started refreshing ${commands.length} application (/) commands.`);
 
@@ -39,4 +98,9 @@ const rest = new REST({ version: '10' }).setToken(token);
 			// And of course, make sure you catch and log any errors!
 			console.error(error);
 		}
-})();
+	})();
+}
+catch (error) {
+	// And of course, make sure you catch and log any errors!
+	console.error(error);
+}