ability for the bot to send data to the gui

src/bot.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use serenity::{
 	model::{channel::Message, gateway::Ready},
 	prelude::*,
 };
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+use crate::postman;
 
 mod token;
 
@@ -29,21 +31,33 @@ impl EventHandler for Handler {
 		println!("{} is connected!", ready.user.name);
 		let guilds = context.cache.guilds().await;
 		
+		let mut guild_names : Vec<String> = vec![];
+		
 		for guild_id in guilds {
 			let guild_name : String = if let Some(guild) = context.cache.guild(guild_id).await {
-	            guild.name.clone()
-	        } else {
-	            "not found".to_string()
-	        };
+				guild.name.clone()
+			} else {
+				"not found".to_string()
+			};
+			guild_names.push(guild_name.clone());
 			println!("Guild : '{}' ({})", guild_id, guild_name);
 		}
+		
+		if let Some(sender) = context.data.read().await.get::<postman::Sender>() {
+			let message = postman::Message::new(postman::MessageType::GuildName, guild_names[0].clone());
+			sender.send(message).unwrap();
+			println!("Message from bot to gui, sent");
+		} else {
+			println!("Failed to retrieve sender");
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-pub async fn start_discord_bot() {
+pub async fn start_discord_bot(sender: mpsc::Sender<postman::Message>) {
 	println!("Bot connection process started...");
 	let maybe_client = Client::builder(token::TOKEN)
 		.event_handler(Handler)
+		.type_map_insert::<postman::Sender>(sender)
 		.await
 		.map_err(|why| format!("Client error: {:?}", why));
 

src/main.rs

@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 use eframe::egui;
 use image::GenericImageView;
-use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc, thread, time};
+use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc, sync::mpsc, thread, time};
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
 mod bot;
+mod postman;
 
 const MAX_FPS: f32 = 30.0;
 
 fn main() {
-	let _handle = thread::spawn(|| {
+	let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<postman::Message>(); //tx transmiter
+	
+	let _handle = thread::spawn(move || {
 		println!("Bot thread spawned");
 		let mut rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
-		rt.block_on(bot::start_discord_bot());
+		rt.block_on(bot::start_discord_bot(tx));
 	});
 
 	// Run the GUI on the main thread
-	gui();
+	gui(rx);
 }
 
-fn gui() {
+fn gui(receiver: mpsc::Receiver<postman::Message>) {
 	let icon_data = load_icon().unwrap_or_default();
 
 	let options = eframe::NativeOptions {
@@ -28,17 +31,19 @@ fn gui() {
 		..Default::default()
 	};
 
-	let _ = eframe::run_native("Jiji", options, Box::new(move |_cc| Box::from(Jiji::new())));
+	let _ = eframe::run_native("Jiji", options, Box::new(move |_cc| Box::from(Jiji::new(receiver))));
 }
 
 struct Jiji {
 	next_frame: time::Instant,
+	receiver: mpsc::Receiver<postman::Message>,
 }
 
 impl Jiji {
-	fn new() -> Self {
+	fn new(receiver: mpsc::Receiver<postman::Message>) -> Self {
 		Self {
 			next_frame: time::Instant::now(),
+			receiver,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -80,4 +85,4 @@ pub fn load_icon() -> Result<egui::IconData, Box<dyn Error>> {
 		width: icon_width,
 		height: icon_height,
 	})
-}
+}

src/postman.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+use serenity::prelude::TypeMapKey;
+
+pub struct Message {
+	kind: MessageType,
+	content: String,
+}
+
+impl Message {
+	pub fn new(kind : MessageType, content: String) -> Self {
+		Self {
+			kind,
+			content,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+pub enum MessageType {
+	GuildName,
+}
+
+pub struct Sender;
+
+impl TypeMapKey for Sender {
+    type Value = mpsc::Sender<Message>;
+}