bots: Clarify message handling for @-mentions.

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derAnfaenger 2017-05-23 03:22:46 +02:00 committed by Tim Abbott
parent 60d4c343d7
commit 374c80d86a

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@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ def run_message_handler_for_bot(lib_module, quiet, config_file):
if not quiet:
print(message_handler.usage())
def extract_message(message, client):
def extract_query_without_mention(message, client):
"""
If the bot is the first @mention in the message, then this function returns
the message with the bot's @mention removed. Otherwise, it returns None.
"""
bot_mention = r'^@(\*\*{0}\*\*)'.format(client.full_name)
start_with_mention = re.compile(bot_mention).match(message['content'])
if start_with_mention is None:
@ -96,12 +100,16 @@ def run_message_handler_for_bot(lib_module, quiet, config_file):
def handle_message(message):
logging.info('waiting for next message')
# is_mentioned is true if the bot is mentioned at ANY position (not necessarily
# the first @mention in the message).
is_mentioned = message['is_mentioned']
is_private_message = is_private(message, restricted_client)
# Strip at-mention botname from the message
if is_mentioned:
message['content'] = extract_message(message=message, client=restricted_client)
# message['content'] will be None when the bot's @-mention is not at the beginning.
# In that case, the message shall not be handled.
message['content'] = extract_query_without_mention(message=message, client=restricted_client)
if message['content'] is None:
return