From a456ccc5365855beace24de65a06437352c53cc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brb <brb@esoft.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:35:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] updated to check for env var USER_ID

---
 code/initialise_app.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/initialise_app.py b/code/initialise_app.py
index 2307209..a22b2b8 100644
--- a/code/initialise_app.py
+++ b/code/initialise_app.py
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ def initialise_app(
     discord_service_name: str = DISCORD_SERVICE_NAME,
     discord_webhook_url: str = DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL,
     discord_logger_level: str = DISCORD_LOGGER_LEVEL
-):
+) -> int:
     """
     Convienience function that ensures eveything is ready
     before running the main loop.
     """
     # load environment variables
     load_dotenv()
+    user_id = int(os.getenv('USER_ID', default=None))
+    assert user_id is not None, 'environment variable USER_ID must be specified'
     logger_level = os.getenv(
         'LOGGER_LEVEL',
         default=LOGGER_LEVEL
@@ -58,8 +60,10 @@ def initialise_app(
     level = getattr(logging, discord_logger_level.upper())
     discord_handler.setLevel(level=level)
     logger.addHandler(discord_handler)
+    logging.debug('finished')
+    return user_id
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    initialise_app()
+    user_id = initialise_app()
     logging.warning('test message')