go.mod

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.4
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0
 	github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.28.1
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
 )
 
 require (

main.go

@@ -2,15 +2,23 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
+	"database/sql"
+
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
-var client *discordgo.Session
+var (
+	config	Config
+	client	*discordgo.Session
+	db	*sql.DB
+)
 
 type Config struct {
 	Discord  Discord  `toml:"discord"`
@@ -37,35 +45,63 @@ func loadConfig(filename string) (Config, error) {
 	return config, err
 }
 
-func init() {
+func connectDb(config Config) {
-	config, err := loadConfig("config.toml")
+	var err error
+
+	connectionString := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable",
+		config.Database.Host,
+		config.Database.Port,
+		config.Database.Username,
+		config.Database.Password,
+		config.Database.Name,
+	)
+	log.Println(connectionString)
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", connectionString)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error occurred whilst trying to load config:", err)
+		log.Fatalf("Error connecting to the database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	err = db.Ping()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error pinging the database: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	var err error
+	config, err = loadConfig("config.toml")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("Error occurred whilst trying to load config:", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	client, err = discordgo.New("Bot " + config.Discord.Token)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error initializing bot:", err)
+		log.Println("Error initializing bot:", err)
 		return
 	}
 
+	connectDb(config)
+
 
 }
 
 func main() {
 	if client == nil {
-		fmt.Println("Bot client is not initialized")
+		log.Println("Bot client is not initialized")
 		return
 	}
 
 	client.AddHandler(func(client *discordgo.Session, r *discordgo.Ready) {
-		fmt.Println("Bot is online")
+		log.Println("Bot is online")
 	})
 
 	err := client.Open()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error opening connection:", err)
+		log.Println("Error opening connection:", err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -73,7 +109,7 @@ func main() {
 	signal.Notify(stop, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	<-stop
 
-	fmt.Println("Gracefully shutting down.")
+	log.Println("Gracefully shutting down.")
 	client.Close()
 }