I am currently working on a Telegram Bot using the python api. I am using this example here https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/conversationbot.py. With that example I want the bot to have a timed response.
For example if the user does not respond within 30 sec send a "Are you still there message" or something and after 1 min end the conversation. The reason I want to implement something like this is because the conversation does not close if there is no response. It is in that state until the I end the script. Therefore the user can not send /start command to start all over. I was able to find this https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/telegram/ext/conversationhandler.py where it states I can enable allow_reentry. I did and it sort of solves that issue where the user can start a new converation over and over using the command /start. But I would still like to have the conversation end after a set amount of time. To end a conversation I need to return ConversationHandler.END
I have tried a while loop counting down from 9 with a time.sleep of 2 each time. with it reading the response update.message.text but it only reads the command /start which means I can never advance in the script, unless I return it using return GENDER but I am not able to find a method in which I can tell when the user has chosen the gender to then return GENDER.
So how do I implement an timer based response? Thank You
from telegram import (ReplyKeyboardMarkup)
from telegram.ext import (Updater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, Filters, RegexHandler,
ConversationHandler)
import logging
# Enable logging
logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
level=logging.INFO)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
GENDER, PHOTO, LOCATION, BIO = range(4)
def start(bot, update):
reply_keyboard = [['Boy', 'Girl', 'Other']]
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id,
text='Hi! My name is Professor Bot. I will hold a conversation with you. '
'Send /cancel to stop talking to me.\n\n'
'Are you a boy or a girl?',
reply_markup=ReplyKeyboardMarkup(reply_keyboard, one_time_keyboard=True))
return GENDER
def gender(bot, update):
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("Gender of %s: %s" % (user.first_name, update.message.text))
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id,
text='I see! Please send me a photo of yourself, '
'so I know what you look like, or send /skip if you don\'t want to.')
return PHOTO
def photo(bot, update):
user = update.message.from_user
photo_file = bot.getFile(update.message.photo[-1].file_id)
photo_file.download('user_photo.jpg')
logger.info("Photo of %s: %s" % (user.first_name, 'user_photo.jpg'))
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id, text='Gorgeous! Now, send me your location please, '
'or send /skip if you don\'t want to.')
return LOCATION
def skip_photo(bot, update):
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("User %s did not send a photo." % user.first_name)
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id, text='I bet you look great! Now, send me your '
'location please, or send /skip.')
return LOCATION
def location(bot, update):
user = update.message.from_user
user_location = update.message.location
logger.info("Location of %s: %f / %f"
% (user.first_name, user_location.latitude, user_location.longitude))
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id, text='Maybe I can visit you sometime! '
'At last, tell me something about yourself.')
return BIO
def skip_location(bot, update):
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("User %s did not send a location." % user.first_name)
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id, text='You seem a bit paranoid! '
'At last, tell me something about yourself.')
return BIO
def bio(bot, update):
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("Bio of %s: %s" % (user.first_name, update.message.text))
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id,
text='Thank you! I hope we can talk again some day.')
return ConversationHandler.END
def cancel(bot, update):
user = update.message.from_user
logger.info("User %s canceled the conversation." % user.first_name)
bot.sendMessage(update.message.chat_id,
text='Bye! I hope we can talk again some day.')
return ConversationHandler.END
def error(bot, update, error):
logger.warn('Update "%s" caused error "%s"' % (update, error))
def main():
# Create the EventHandler and pass it your bot's token.
updater = Updater("TOKEN")
# Get the dispatcher to register handlers
dp = updater.dispatcher
# Add conversation handler with the states GENDER, PHOTO, LOCATION and BIO
conv_handler = ConversationHandler(
entry_points=[CommandHandler('start', start)],
states={
GENDER: [RegexHandler('^(Boy|Girl|Other)$', gender)],
PHOTO: [MessageHandler([Filters.photo], photo),
CommandHandler('skip', skip_photo)],
LOCATION: [MessageHandler([Filters.location], location),
CommandHandler('skip', skip_location)],
BIO: [MessageHandler([Filters.text], bio)]
},
fallbacks=[CommandHandler('cancel', cancel)],
allow_reentry=True
)
dp.add_handler(conv_handler)
# log all errors
dp.add_error_handler(error)
# Start the Bot
updater.start_polling()
# Run the bot until the you presses Ctrl-C or the process receives SIGINT,
# SIGTERM or SIGABRT. This should be used most of the time, since
# start_polling() is non-blocking and will stop the bot gracefully.
updater.idle()
