moved authentication parsing to seperate file; created struct for authentication tokens

auth.go

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+/*
+Functions and struct for the authentication tokens
+*/
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/buger/jsonparser"
+)
+
+type Auth struct {
+	discord string
+	imgur string
+	wolfram string
+}
+
+// build the auth struct
+func buildAuth() {
+	// read the auth json file
+	json, err := ioutil.ReadFile("auth.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Print("Error reading auth.json file, ")
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// grab the discord token
+	discord, err := jsonparser.GetString(json, "[0]", "discord")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Print("Error parsing discord token, ")
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	auth.discord = discord
+
+	// grab the imgur token
+	imgur, err := jsonparser.GetString(json, "[0]", "imgur")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Print("Error parsing imgur token, ")
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	auth.imgur = imgur
+
+	// grab the wolfram alpha token
+	wolfram, err := jsonparser.GetString(json, "[0]", "wolfram")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Print("Error parsing wolfram token, ")
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	auth.wolfram = wolfram
+}