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RogellParadox
RogellParadox

Reputation: 11

Telegram bot doesn't answer after CommandHandler starts

So, I'm kinda new creating bots with Python. I'm using PyPI(PY Telegram Bot). I've been learning a lot during these days and it even started working. While using MessageHandler I could pretty much send a message and the bot would return me a text or a picture.

But now I want something different. I want to start creating a game for Telegram, still to learn more on how to use the library.

The thing is: eveytime I want the bot to answer me, it doesn't work. Basically when entering the rockpaperscissors function, I want it to show a text asking for an option, then, whatever this answer is leads me to an answer by the bot. But whenever I answer, the bot never answers back.

Just an example of what happens:

And here is the source code. I excluded the superfluous sections so it wouldn't be that messy. Any help is appreciated :)

from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, Filters, ConversationHandler, CallbackContext
import random

def rockpaperscissors(update, context):
    update.message.reply_text('Rock, paper, scissors. Return an option')
    msgUsr = str(update.message.text)
    if msgUser == "rock":
        update.message.reply_text("You chose 'rock'")

def main():
    token ='(token)'
    updater = Updater(token=token, use_context=True)
    dispatcher.add_handler(CommandHandler('rps',rockpaperscissors))
    updater.start_polling()
    updater.idle()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1488

Answers (1)

Heliton Martins
Heliton Martins

Reputation: 1221

Your bot is expecting a command /rps, and responding correctly. However, when you send a plain message (rather than a command), the bot just doesn't know what to do. Note that the function rockpaperscissors is only called when the user sends a message starting with /rps or /rps@yourbot , but it never equals to "rock". So your if will never be executed.

You must add a MessageHandler and associate another function to, well, handle the message.

Upvotes: 1

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