TelegramAktienBot/telegram_bot/bot_updates.py

"""
script for regularly sending updates on shares and news based on user interval
"""
__author__ = "Florian Kellermann, Linus Eickhoff"
__date__ = "05.04.2022"
__version__ = "0.0.1" 
__license__ = "None"

from shares.share_fetcher import get_share_price
import time
from bot import bot
import sys

'''
* * * * * code
┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ └──── weekday (0->Monday, 7->Sunday)
│ │ │ └────── Month (1-12)
│ │ └──────── Day (1-31)
│ └────────── Hour (0-23)
└──────────── Minute (0-59)

example 0 8 * * * -> daily update at 8am
'''

user_ids = []
user_crontab = []

def main_loop():
    """ main loop for regularly sending updates
    :raises: none

    :rtype: none
    """
    
    current_time = time.ctime()
    send_to_user(current_time)
    
    
def send_to_user(pText, pUser_id = 1770205310):
    
    """ Send message to user
    :type pText: string
    :param pText: Text to send to user

    :type pUser_id: int
    :param pUser_id: user to send to. per default me (Florian Kellermann)

    :raises: none

    :rtype: none
    """
    bot.send_message(chat_id=pUser_id, text=pText)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print('This script shall not be run directly. Starting main_loop for debugging purposes.')
    try:
        main_loop()
        sys.exit(-1)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print("Ending")
        sys.exit(-1)