feat(discord bot): added in a ping host command to get the bot going :D

more commands will be added as we continue working on this bot, including service restarts, log
monitors

controller/internal/bot/bot.go

@@ -1,5 +1,84 @@
 package bot
 
-func main() {
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 
+	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
+)
+
+func TheBot() {
+
+	Token := os.Getenv("BOT_KEY")
+	if Token == "" {
+		fmt.Println("You must set DISCORD_TOKEN environment variable.")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create bot session
+	dg, err := discordgo.New("Bot " + Token)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error creating Discord session,", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	dg.Identify.Intents = discordgo.IntentsGuildMessages |
+		discordgo.IntentsDirectMessages |
+		discordgo.IntentsMessageContent | discordgo.IntentsGuilds
+
+	// Register messageCreate as a callback for MessageCreate events
+	dg.AddHandler(interactionCreate)
+
+	// // Open the websocket and begin listening
+	err = dg.Open()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error opening Discord session,", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Wait here until CTRL-C or other term signal is received.
+	fmt.Println("Bot is now running.  Press CTRL-C to exit.")
+	// Register commands, passing the session
+	registerCommands(dg)
+
+	// sc := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	// signal.Notify(sc, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, os.Interrupt)
+	// <-sc
+
+	// // Cleanly close down the Discord session.
+	// dg.Close()
+
+	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+	defer stop()
+
+	<-ctx.Done()
+
+	cleanupCommands(dg)
+	dg.Close()
 }
+
+// This function will be called (due to event handler registration above)
+// every time a new message is created on any channel that the authed bot has access to.
+// func messageCreate(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageCreate) {
+// 	// ignore bots (including self)
+// 	if m.Author == nil || m.Author.Bot {
+// 		return
+// 	}
+
+// 	// debug: log incoming messages so you can see them in console
+// 	fmt.Printf("msg from %s: %s\n", m.Author.Username, m.Content)
+
+// 	// choose the prefix you want — here I check for "!ping"
+// 	if m.Content == "!ping" {
+// 		if _, err := s.ChannelMessageSend(m.ChannelID, "Pong!"); err != nil {
+// 			fmt.Println("send error:", err)
+// 		}
+// 	}
+// 	if m.Content == "!pong" {
+// 		if _, err := s.ChannelMessageSend(m.ChannelID, "Ping!"); err != nil {
+// 			fmt.Println("send error:", err)
+// 		}
+// 	}
+// }