Roleboard

.gitignore

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rolecall/**/*.png

rolecall/rolecall.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import os
 from copy import deepcopy
 import json
-import threading
 from random import randint
 import re
 
@@ -146,14 +145,14 @@ async def rolecall_add(self, ctx, channel: discord.Channel,
         server = ctx.message.server
         author = ctx.message.author
 
-        # check if role was mentioned 
+        # check if role was mentioned
+        role_object = await self.get_or_create("role", role, server) 
         nums_found = re.findall('\d+', role)
         if nums_found:
             potential_role_id = nums_found[0]
             if potential_role_id in [r.id for r in server.roles]:
+                await self.bot.delete_role(server, role_object)
                 role_object = discord.utils.get(server.roles, id=potential_role_id)
-        else:
-            role_object = await self.get_or_create("role", role, server)
 
         # check if channel was mentioned
         if private_channel is None: 
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ async def get_or_create(self, object_type: str, object_name: str, server):
         """ returns object if it exists, otherwise create the object """
         if object_type == "role":               # for roles
             role = discord.utils.get(server.roles, name=object_name)
-            try:                                #       try in case role = None
+            try:                                # try in case role = None
                 if role.name == object_name:
                     return role
             except Exception as e:              # if it is None, create new role