python

[broken wraith]

Is this just an regular json file or MongoDB that u are referring to

[supple orbit]

If it’s mongodb you can use find one or find many and if it doesn’t not return nothing, then you know a user exists.

[wet ether]

.tag nojson

[pure horizon]

JSON is a convenient and easy-to-read data storage protocol that's widely accepted by most programming languages. However, we caution against its use for storing and retrieving data in an asynchronous environment like a Discord bot. Don’t use json!

• It's a file-based data storage, which makes it vulnerable to race conditions
• You'll need to implement your own synchronization primitives to avoid corrupting data
• If you're not careful, you could accidentally wipe your entire JSON file.

Solution? Use a database. Recommended schema are SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

• Async libraries exist on pypi for each of these
  sqlite -- aiosqlite (or Danny's wrapper, ?tag asqlite)
  postgresql -- asyncpg
  mongodb -- motor
• Databases organize your data into tables, and are fast at inserting, retrieving, and removing records
• You can impose uniqueness constraints to ensure against duplication
• The Python libraries enforce synchronization for you
• The query language is intuitive, you can get running with simple queries in just a few hours!