0.7611 - parsing hotfixes for notifications

Author: FlyingFathead

README.md

@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ If you run into any issues, consult the logs or reach out on the repository's [I
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 # Changelog
+- v0.7611 - Parsing hotfix for notifications
 - v0.761 - **Timed notifications / user reminders**
   - Brand-new feature: users can set timed reminders (alerts) by requesting reminders that the bot stores in an SQLite database. A separate poller picks them up as soon as they are due, and the bot automatically notifies the user on set times.
   - The custom function calling view action can also list your recently passed or deleted reminders (configurable in `[Reminders]` -> `ShowPastRemindersCount`).

src/main.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 #
 # version of this program
-version_number = "0.761"
+version_number = "0.7611"
 
 # Add the project root directory to Python's path
 import sys

src/text_message_handler.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # github.com/FlyingFathead/TelegramBot-OpenAI-API/
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+import re
 import configparser
 import os
 import sys
@@ -1157,7 +1158,7 @@ async def handle_message(bot, update: Update, context: CallbackContext, logger)
                             raw_result = await handle_view_reminders(user_id)
                             prefix = (
                                 "Here are the user's alerts. Use the user's language when replying and Telegram-compliant "
-                                "HTML tags instead of Markdown! List the reminders without their database id #'s to the user, "
+                                "HTML tags (NOTE: do NOT use <br>!!). Use simple HTML tags (NO <br>, use regular newlines instead). Do NOT use Markdown! List the reminders without their database id #'s to the user, "
                                 "since the numbers are only for database reference [i.e. to delete/edit, etc]). "
                                 "If the user wasn't asking about past reminders, don't list them. KÄYTÄ VASTAUKSESSA HTML:ÄÄ. ÄLÄ KÄYTÄ MARKDOWNIA.\n\n"
                             )
@@ -1200,6 +1201,9 @@ async def handle_message(bot, update: Update, context: CallbackContext, logger)
                             # Provide a fallback message to avoid sending an empty string
                             final_reply = "🤔"
 
+                        # strip <br> tags JIC
+                        final_reply = re.sub(r'<br\s*/?>', '\n', final_reply, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+
                         # log & send
                         bot.log_message(
                             message_type='Bot',
@@ -1585,6 +1589,10 @@ def split_message(message, max_length=4000):
 def sanitize_html(content):
     soup = BeautifulSoup(content, 'html.parser')
 
+    # # Replace <br> with newline (or just delete them if you prefer)
+    # for br in soup.find_all("br"):
+    #     br.replace_with("\n")
+
     # Remove unsupported tags
     for tag in soup.find_all():
         if tag.name not in ['b', 'i', 'u', 's', 'a', 'code', 'pre']: