workaround for connection problems

telegram_bot/api_handling/api_handler.py

@@ -83,17 +83,21 @@ class API_Handler:
         Returns:
             list: list of keywords
         """
+        keywords = []
         with r.Session() as s:
             headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + self.token + ":" + str(user_id)}
             req = s.get(self.db_adress + "/keywords", headers=headers)
-            print(req.status_code)
+            if(req.status_code == 200):
                 keywords_json = req.json()["data"]
-            keywords = []
                 for keyword in keywords_json:
                     keywords.append(keyword["keyword"])
 
                 return keywords
 
+            else:
+                return self.get_user_keywords(user_id) # might end in infinite loop!!
+
+
 
     def set_keyword(self, user_id, keyword):
         """sets the keyword of the user
@@ -193,6 +197,8 @@ class API_Handler:
         with r.Session() as s:
             headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + self.token + ":" + str(user_id)}
             req = s.get(self.db_adress + "/transactions", headers=headers)
+
+            if req.status_code == 200:
                 transactions_dict = dict(req.json()["data"])
                 return transactions_dict
 

telegram_bot/bot.py

@@ -245,12 +245,12 @@ def send_news(message):
     
     user_id = int(message.from_user.id)
     keywords = api_handler.get_user_keywords(user_id)
-    keyword_search = 'OR'.join(keywords)
+    keywords_search = ','.join(keywords)
 
-    news_list = api_handler.get_news_for_keyword(keyword_search)['articles']
+    news_list = news.get_top_news_by_keyword(keywords_search)["articles"]
 
-    for news in news_list:
-        formatted_article = news.format_article(news)
+    for article in news_list:
+        formatted_article = news.format_article(article)
         bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text=formatted_article, parse_mode="MARKDOWN")
 
 
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ def store_keyword(message):
     api_handler.set_keyword(user_id, keyword)
     bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text=f'Keyword "{keyword}" added.')
 
+
 @bot.message_handler(commands=['removekeyword'])
 def remove_keyword(message):
     """ Remove keyword from user
@@ -296,6 +297,21 @@ def remove_keyword_step(message):
     bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text=f'Keyword "{keyword}" removed.')
 
 
+@bot.message_handler(commands=['keywords'])
+def send_keywords(message):
+    """ Send keywords of user
+    :type message: message object bot
+    :param message: message that was reacted to, in this case always '/keywords'
+
+    :raises: none
+
+    :rtype: none
+    """
+    user_id = int(message.from_user.id)
+    keywords = api_handler.get_user_keywords(user_id)
+    bot.send_message(chat_id=user_id, text=f'Your keywords are: {keywords}')	
+
+
 @bot.message_handler(func=lambda message: True) # Returning that command is unkown for any other statement
 def echo_all(message):
     

telegram_bot/news/news_fetcher.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __date__ = "15.03.2022"
 __version__ = "0.0.1" 
 __license__ = "None"
 
+from ast import parse
 import sys
 import os
 import json
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import requests
 
 from newsapi import NewsApiClient
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 load_dotenv()
 
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ def get_top_news_by_keyword(keyword):
     Returns:
         JSON/dict: dict containing articles
     """
-    top_headlines = newsapi.get_top_headlines(q=keyword, sources=str_sources, language='en')
+    keyword_url = urlparse.quote(keyword)
+    top_headlines = newsapi.get_top_headlines(q=keyword_url, sources=str_sources, language='en')
     return top_headlines
 
 def format_article(article):