Interaction Permission Options

Issue:

Currently, the slash command permissions are too limited. You can only enable or disable commands for certain users/roles, which can be cumbersome to do.

Response:

You should be able to enable/disable commands bases on the permissions a user has. For example, you could have a purge command that will bulk delete messages. Currently I would have a create a role and give this role to all of the users that I want to be able to use the command. Instead I would like to only have this command available to users with the `MANAGE_MESSAGES` permission as they can delete messages normally. Then I can add the slash command to multiple server without worrying about roles, or users, that should be able to access the command.

Changes:

Rather than limit the permissions object to only a user or role ID, allow it to be a permissions flag, too.

Old:

MODERATOR_ROLE_ID = "<moderator_role_id>"
USER_ID = "<user_id>"

url = "https://discord.com/api/v8/applications/<my_application_id>/guilds/<my_guild_id>/commands/<my_command_id>/permissions"

json = {
    "permissions": [
        {
            "id": MODERATOR_ROLE_ID,
            "type": 1,
            "permission": True
        },
        {
            "id": USER_ID,
            "type": 2,
            "permission": True 
        }
    ]
}

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bot 123456"
}

r = requests.put(url, headers=headers, json=json)

New:

MODERATOR_ROLE_ID = "<moderator_role_id>"
USER_ID = "<user_id>"
PERMISSION_BIT_SET = "8192"

url = "https://discord.com/api/v8/applications/<my_application_id>/guilds/<my_guild_id>/commands/<my_command_id>/permissions"
json = {
    "permissions": [
        { 
            "id": MODERATOR_ROLE_ID,
            "type": 1,
            "permission": True
        },
        {
            "id": USER_ID,
            "type": 2,
            "permission": True
        },
        {
            "permissions": PERMISSION_BIT_SET,
            "type": 3,
            "permission": True
        }
    ]
}

headers = { 
    "Authorization": "Bot 123456"
}

r = requests.put(url, headers=headers, json=json)

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