[INIT] started helper functions (incomplete)

src/helpers.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+use std::time::Instant;
+pub struct RateLimiter {
+    channels_attr: Vec<RlAttributes>,
+}
+
+
+struct RlAttributes {
+    channel: String,
+    enabled: bool,
+    start_time: Instant,
+    msg_counter: u32,
+}
+
+
+
+impl RateLimiter {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            channels_attr: vec![],
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn sending_msg_to(&mut self, channelname: String) -> bool {
+        self.channels_attr.push(RlAttributes {
+            channel: channelname,
+            enabled: true,
+            start_time: Instant::now(),
+            msg_counter: 0,
+        });
+
+        let chanRateLimiter = self.channels_attr
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|r| r.channel == "Hello")
+            .collect();
+
+        chanRateLimiter.is_empty()
+
+    }
+}

src/main.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+
 use twitch_irc::login::StaticLoginCredentials;
 use twitch_irc::ClientConfig;
 use twitch_irc::SecureTCPTransport;
@@ -7,6 +9,8 @@ use std::env;
 use std::time::Instant;
 use rand::Rng;
 
+// mod helpers;
+
 #[tokio::main]
 pub async fn main() {
     let login_name = "modulatingforcebot".to_owned();