bots: Allow empty bot queries.
This commit allows bots to be adressed with empty queries,
that is, by just them. is now the
only way to adress a bot.
MODIFY
contrib_bots/bot_lib.py
contrib_bots/bot_lib.py
@@ -78,28 +78,13 @@ def run_message_handler_for_bot(lib_module, quiet, config_file):
if not quiet:
print(message_handler.usage())
- def extract_message_if_mentioned(message, client):
- bot_mention = r'^@(\*\*{0}\*\*\s|{0}\s)(?=.*)'.format(client.full_name)
+ def extract_message(message, client):
+ bot_mention = r'^@(\*\*{0}\*\*)'.format(client.full_name)
start_with_mention = re.compile(bot_mention).match(message['content'])
- if start_with_mention:
- query = message['content'][len(start_with_mention.group()):]
- return query
- else:
- bot_response = 'Please mention me first, then type the query.'
- if message['type'] == 'private':
- client.send_message(dict(
- type='private',
- to=message['sender_email'],
- content=bot_response,
- ))
- else:
- client.send_message(dict(
- type='stream',
- to=message['display_recipient'],
- subject=message['subject'],
- content=bot_response,
- ))
+ if start_with_mention is None:
return None
+ query_without_mention = message['content'][len(start_with_mention.group()):]
+ return query_without_mention
def is_private(message, client):
# bot will not reply if the sender name is the same as the bot name
@@ -116,7 +101,7 @@ def run_message_handler_for_bot(lib_module, quiet, config_file):
# Strip at-mention botname from the message
if is_mentioned:
- message['content'] = extract_message_if_mentioned(message=message, client=restricted_client)
+ message['content'] = extract_message(message=message, client=restricted_client)
if message['content'] is None:
return

bots: Allow empty bot queries.

This commit allows bots to be adressed with empty queries,
that is, by just @-mentioning them. @-mentioning is now the
only way to adress a bot.