From 62b67c3abaf0d17a0d03a961dac0a03d4b8224c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Tran <nathan.tran04@sjsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:00:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add message handler to prevent wordle bot from flooding
 general, it will only post the streak message

---
 src/handlers/MessageHandler.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js b/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js
index 6223a64..6269a69 100644
--- a/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ class MessageHandler {
     try {
       // Add a botStartTime field to the message object
       message.botStartTime = this.startTime;
+
+      // Delete Wordle messages except streak results
+      const WORDLE_BOT_ID = '1211781489931452447';
+      if (message.author.id === WORDLE_BOT_ID &&
+          !message.content.toLowerCase().includes('your group')) {
+        await message.delete().catch(() => {});
+        return;
+      }
+
       if (message.author.bot) {
         return;
       }

From 2d6d56cdae4e0929f8d767c351c7d9501b2e6a3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Tran <nathan.tran04@sjsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:50:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] turn the filter into its own function + add the wordle
 bot id into its own thing in config

---
 config.example.json            |  3 ++-
 src/handlers/MessageHandler.js |  8 ++++----
 src/util/WordleFilter.js       | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/util/WordleFilter.js

diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
index e793d9f..00d5141 100644
--- a/config.example.json
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
     "NEW_MEMBER_CHANNEL_ID": "xxxxxxxxxxx"
   },
   "guildId": "xxxxxxxxxx",
-  "PARKING_CHANNEL_ID": "xxxxxxxx"
+  "PARKING_CHANNEL_ID": "xxxxxxxx",
+  "WORDLE_BOT_ID": "xxxxxxxxxx"
 }
diff --git a/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js b/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js
index 6269a69..4833ae0 100644
--- a/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/handlers/MessageHandler.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const { CommandHandler } = require(handlersPath + '/CommandHandler');
 const { NonPrefixHandler } = require(handlersPath + '/NonPrefixHandler');
 const { createNonPrefixRegex } = require(utilPath + '/NonPrefixRegexCreator');
 const { ScamDetector } = require(utilPath + '/ScamDetector');
+const { WordleFilter } = require(utilPath + '/WordleFilter');
 
 /**
  * Class which handles interpreting an input message and invoking the correct
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class MessageHandler {
     this.commandHandler = new CommandHandler();
     this.nonPrefixHandler = new NonPrefixHandler();
     this.scamDetector = new ScamDetector();
+    this.wordleFilter = new WordleFilter();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -49,10 +51,8 @@ class MessageHandler {
       message.botStartTime = this.startTime;
 
       // Delete Wordle messages except streak results
-      const WORDLE_BOT_ID = '1211781489931452447';
-      if (message.author.id === WORDLE_BOT_ID &&
-          !message.content.toLowerCase().includes('your group')) {
-        await message.delete().catch(() => {});
+      if (this.wordleFilter.isWordleSpam(message)) {
+        await this.wordleFilter.handleWordleSpam(message);
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/util/WordleFilter.js b/src/util/WordleFilter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3cc139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/WordleFilter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const logger = require('./logger');
+const config = require('../../config.json');
+
+class WordleFilter {
+  isWordleSpam(message) {
+    if (message.author.id !== config.WORDLE_BOT_ID) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // keep streak result messages, delete everything else
+    return !message.content.toLowerCase().includes('your group');
+  }
+
+  async handleWordleSpam(message) {
+    try {
+      await message.delete();
+      return true;
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error('Error deleting Wordle message:', error);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { WordleFilter };