Creating core utils for boiler plate code

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .DS_Store
+*.pyc

app/avatar.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import requests
 
+import core_utils
 import get_from_reddit
 
 def change_avatar():
@@ -9,10 +10,8 @@ def change_avatar():
         extension = image.split('.')[-1]
         local_smug = "/tmp/smug.{}".format(extension)
 
-        # save an image locally
         if extension.lower() in ['png', 'jpg']:
-            with open(local_smug, 'wb') as f:
+            # save an image locally
-              f.write(requests.get(image).content)
+            return open(core_utils.download_image(image, local_smug), 'rb').read()
-            return open(local_smug, 'rb').read()
         else:
             image = None

app/core_utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import requests
+
+def download_image(url, path=None):
+
+    request = requests.get(url)
+    suffix_list = ['jpeg', 'jpg', 'png', 'tif', 'svg',]
+    extension = request.headers['content-type'].split('/')[1]
+
+    if not path:
+        path = "/tmp/image.{}".format(extension)
+
+    if extension in suffix_list:
+        open(path, 'wb').write(requests.get(url).content)
+        return path
+    return 'Invalid image format'

app/dragon-bot.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os
 import requests
 
 import avatar
+import core_utils
 import decide
 import define_word
 import discord
@@ -132,10 +133,6 @@ async def on_message(message):
             )
             return
         try:
-            # Download the emoji with requests
-            with open(emoji_staging, 'wb') as f:
-                f.write(requests.get(url).content)
-
             # Attempt to upload the emoji
             await client.send_message(
                 message.channel,
@@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ async def on_message(message):
                     await client.create_custom_emoji(
                         server=message.server,
                         name=emoji_name,
-                        image=open(emoji_staging, "rb").read()
+                        image=open(core_utils.download_image(url, emoji_staging), "rb").read()
                     )
                 )
             )