Check if a message should be ignored

bot.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ opts = {'command_prefix': utils.command_prefix,
         'command_not_found': ''}
 
 bot = commands.AutoShardedBot(**opts)
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING, filename='bonfire.log')
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, filename='bonfire.log')
 
 
 @bot.event
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ async def on_ready():
 
 @bot.event
 async def on_message(message):
-    if message.author.bot:
+    if message.author.bot or utils.should_ignore(message):
         return
     await bot.process_commands(message)
 

cogs/utils/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from .cards import Deck
-from .checks import is_owner, custom_perms, db_check
+from .checks import is_owner, custom_perms, db_check, should_ignore
 from .config import *
 from .utilities import *
 from .images import create_banner

cogs/utils/checks.py

@@ -65,25 +65,23 @@ async def db_check():
 def is_owner(ctx):
     return ctx.message.author.id in config.owner_ids
 
-def should_ignore(ctx):
+
+def should_ignore(message):
     try:
         server_settings = config.cache.get('server_settings').values
         ignored = [x for x in server_settings if x['server_id'] == str(
-            ctx.message.guild.id)][0]['ignored']
-        return str(ctx.message.author.id) in ignored['members'] or str(ctx.message.channel.id) in ignored['channels']
+            message.guild.id)][0]['ignored']
+        return str(message.author.id) in ignored['members'] or str(message.channel.id) in ignored['channels']
     except (TypeError, IndexError, KeyError):
         return False
 
+
 def custom_perms(**perms):
     def predicate(ctx):
         # Return true if this is a private channel, we'll handle that in the registering of the command
         if type(ctx.message.channel) is discord.DMChannel:
             return True
 
-        # Now check if this channel/member should be ignored
-        if should_ignore(ctx):
-            return False
-
         # Get the member permissions so that we can compare
         member_perms = ctx.message.author.permissions_in(ctx.message.channel)
         # Next, set the default permissions if one is not used, based on what was passed