0.3.1 - Fixed telegram restricted characters

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
  
+## [0.3.1] - 28.02.2023
+### Changed
+- fixed markdown replier to respect restricted characters provided in the [api docs](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#markdownv2-style)
 ## [0.3.0] - 12.11.2021
 ### Added
 - Dynamic mentioning by `@` character

src/bot/message/inboundMessage.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class InboundMessage:
             GroupNameValidator.validate(group_name)
 
         # done upon resolving a message handler action
-        if '@' in message_content:
+        if '@' in message_content and '@everyone_mention_bot' not in message_content:
             searched_message_part = [part for part in message_content.split(' ') if '@' in part][0]
             group_name = re.sub(r'\W+', '', searched_message_part).lower()
 

src/bot/message/replier.py

@@ -8,24 +8,30 @@ from logger import Logger
 
 
 class Replier:
-
     @staticmethod
     def interpolate(content: str, inbound_message: InboundMessage):
-        return content.format(
+        formatted = content.format(
             mention_markdown(inbound_message.user_id, inbound_message.username),
             inbound_message.group_name
         )
 
+        telegramRestrictionCharacters = ['_', '*', '[', ']', '(', ')', '~', '`', '>', '#', '+', '-', '=', '|', '{', '}', '.', '!']
+
+        for character in telegramRestrictionCharacters:
+            formatted.replace(character, "\\" + character)
+
+        return formatted
+
     @staticmethod
     def markdown(update: Update, message: str, reply_markup: Optional[InlineKeyboardMarkup] = None) -> None:
         try:
             update.effective_message.reply_markdown_v2(message, reply_markup=reply_markup)
         except Exception as err:
-            Logger.error(str(err))
+            Logger.error("replier.markdown error: "str(err))
 
     @staticmethod
     def html(update: Update, html: str, reply_markup: Optional[InlineKeyboardMarkup] = None) -> None:
         try:
             update.effective_message.reply_html(html, reply_markup=reply_markup, disable_web_page_preview=True)
         except Exception as err:
-            Logger.error(str(err))
+            Logger.error("replier.html error: " + str(err))