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How to use Jobqueue in Python-telegram-bot


I have able to make a bot very easily by reading the docs but Jobqueue is not working as per it is written. The run_daily method uses a datetime.time object to send the message at a particular time but this code neither does its job of sending a message nor shows any errors. It just keeps running

    import datetime
    from telegram import bot
    from telegram.ext import Updater
    def callback_minute(bot, job):
        bot.send_message(chat_id=475838704, text='PlEaSe wOrK!')

    def main():
        updater = Updater()
        bot = updater.bot
        job = updater.job_queue

        dispatcher = updater.dispatcher

        job.run_daily(callback_minute, time=datetime.time(6,33,00))

        updater.start_polling()
        updater.idle()

    if __name__ == '__main__':
        main()

Solution

  • Maybe this would help:

    from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler
    
    def daily_job(bot, update, job_queue):
        """ Running on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri = tuple(range(5)) """
        bot.send_message(chat_id=<YOUR CHAT ID>, text='Setting a daily notifications!')
        t = datetime.time(10, 00, 00, 000000)
        job_queue.run_daily(notify_assignees, t, days=tuple(range(5)), context=update)
    
    def notify_assignees(bot, job):
        bot.send_message(chat_id=<CHAT ID>, text="Some text!")
    
    updater = Updater(<BOT_TOKEN>)
    updater.dispatcher.add_handler(CommandHandler('notify', daily_job, pass_job_queue=True))
    updater.start_polling()
    

    and say to bot /notify