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+// To authorize a message sender for admin level commands
+
+const { DebugBuilder } = require("./debugBuilder");
+const log = new DebugBuilder("server", "discordAuthorization");
+
+const botAdmins = process.env.BOT_ADMINS;
+
+exports.authorizeCommand = async (interaction, command, next) => {
+    log.DEBUG(`${interaction.member.user} is attempting to run the privileged command '${command}'`);
+    if (!interaction.member.roles.cache.has(`${botAdmins}`)) {
+        log.DEBUG(`Unauthorized - ${interaction.member.user} does not have the privilege to run '${command}'`);
+        return await interaction.reply(`Sorry ${interaction.member.tag}, you are not permitted to run that command`);
+    }
+    log.DEBUG(`Authorized - ${interaction.member.user} can run '${command}'`);
+    next(true);
+}
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