Added base cog to inherit from

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ data/
 logs/
 src/__pycache__/
 tmp/
+cogs/base_cog/__pycache__/

cogs/base_cog/bot_base_cog.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import os
+import aiohttp
+from discord.ext import commands
+import logging
+
+class BotBaseCog(commands.Cog):
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+        self.class_name = __name__
+        self.working_dir = f"tmp/{self.class_name}"
+        self.data_dir = f"data/{self.class_name}"
+        self.folder_setup()
+
+        self.http_session = self.create_aiohttp_session()
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger("bot")
+
+
+    def create_aiohttp_session(self):
+        return aiohttp.ClientSession()
+    
+    def folder_setup(self) -> None:
+        try:
+            if not os.path.exists(self.working_dir):
+                os.mkdir(self.working_dir)
+            if not os.path.exists(self.data_dir):
+                os.mkdir(self.data_dir)
+        except:
+            self.logger.exception(f"{self.class_name} failed to make directories")

cogs/meme.py

@@ -1,28 +1,14 @@
 #plugin for sparkytron3000
 import os
 import random
-import aiohttp
 from discord.ext import commands
-import logging
+from cogs.base_cog.bot_base_cog import BotBaseCog
 
-class Meme(commands.Cog):
+
+class Meme(BotBaseCog):
 
     def __init__(self, bot):
-        self.bot = bot
-        self.working_dir = "tmp/meme/"
-        self.folder_setup()
-        self.http_session = self.create_aiohttp_session()
-        self.logger = logging.getLogger("bot")
-
-    def create_aiohttp_session(self):
-        return aiohttp.ClientSession()
-        
-    def folder_setup(self):
-        try:
-            if not os.path.exists(self.working_dir):
-                os.mkdir(self.working_dir)
-        except:
-            self.logger.exception("Meme failed to make directories")
+        super().__init__(bot)
 
     async def answer_question(self, topic, model="gpt-3.5-turbo"):
         headers = {