Working on the beginnings of a shared library

Shared/messaging.js

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+//initialize the exports
+exports = module.exports = {};
+
+//SendPublicMessage
+//client - discord.js client
+//user (optional) - discord.js user OR username
+//channel - discord.js channel OR channel name
+//message - message to send
+//typingDelay (optional) - delay in milliseconds for the message, while typing is shown
+exports.SendPublicMessage = function(client, user, channel, message, typingDelay = 0) {
+	//Handle optional second argument (so much for default arugments in node)
+	if (message === undefined) {
+		message = channel;
+		channel = user;
+		userID = null;
+	}
+
+	//handle user strings
+	if (typeof(user) == "string") {
+		user = client.users.find(item => item.username === user);
+	}
+
+	//handle channel strings
+	if (typeof(channel) == "string") {
+		channel = client.channels.find(item => item.name === channel);
+	}
+
+	//Utility trick: @user
+	if (user !== null) {
+		message = "<@" + user.id + "> " + message;
+	}
+
+	//Sends message
+	if (typingDelay !== 0) {
+		channel.startTyping();
+		setTimeout(() => {
+			channel.send(message);
+			channel.stopTyping(true);
+		}, typingDelay);
+	} else {
+		channel.send(message);
+	}
+}
+
+//SendPrivateMessage
+//client - discord.js client
+//user - discord.js user OR username
+//message - message to send
+exports.SendPrivateMessage = function(client, user, message) {
+	//handle user strings
+	if (typeof(user) == "string") {
+		user = client.users.find(item => item.username === user);
+	}
+
+	user.send(message);
+}