Send long messages as a private message.

AZScrapper.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from telepot.namedtuple import InlineQueryResultArticle, InputTextMessageContent, InlineKeyboardButton, \
     InlineKeyboardMarkup
 
-from Config import MAX_RESULTS
+from Config import MAX_RESULTS, NO_RESULTS_ALERT
 
 __author__ = "Franco Cruces Ayala"
 
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def get_lyrics_as_inline_keyboard(query):
     else:
         return [InlineQueryResultArticle(
             id=0, title="NO RESULTS", input_message_content=InputTextMessageContent(
-                message_text="No results :c")
+                message_text=NO_RESULTS_ALERT,
+                parse_mode="Markdown")
         )]
 
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def get_search_result(query):
     panels = BeautifulSoup(page.content, 'lxml').find_all("div", class_='panel')
     print("Search results loaded: " + str(query))
     result = []
-    count = 1
+    count = 0
     for i in panels:
         if "Song" in i.div.text:
             for j in i.table.find_all("tr"):
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ def get_search_result(query):
                             'artist': song[1].get_text(),
                             'url': j.a.get('href')
                         })
+                    count = count + 1
                 except urllib.error.HTTPError:
                     print("Page unreachable")
                     sys.exit(1)
@@ -128,7 +130,6 @@ def get_lyric_body_from_query(given_id, query):
                 if len(j.td.find_all("b")) == 2:
                     if count == int(given_id):
                         return get_lyric_body(j.a.get('href'))
-                    count += 1
 
     return "Couldn't fetch lyrics"
 
@@ -148,11 +149,13 @@ def get_lyrics(query):
             title=title,
             description="",
             input_message_content=InputTextMessageContent(
-                message_text="Won't load too many lyrics at once"  # This method is deprecated
+                message_text="Won't load too many lyrics at once",  # This method is deprecated
+                parse_mode="Markdown"
             )))
     if len(result) == 0:
         result.append(InlineQueryResultArticle(
             id=0, title="NO RESULTS", input_message_content=InputTextMessageContent(
-                message_text="No results :c")
+                message_text=NO_RESULTS_ALERT,
+                parse_mode="Markdown")
         ))
     return result

Config.py

@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
 """
 
 MAX_RETRIES = 20
-MAX_RESULTS = 15  # Max amount of results to show. Set to -1 for no limit.
+MAX_RESULTS = 7  # Max amount of results to show. Set to -1 for no limit.
+MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE = 4096  # A message cannot contain more characters
+MESSAGE_TOO_LONG_ALERT = "_Message too long. Sending through private message.\n Please make sure you have started a " \
+                         "conversation with this bot first via PM @EasyLyricsBot._"
+NO_RESULTS_ALERT = "_No results :c_"

README.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Easy Lyrics Bot
-This telegram bot works as in inline mode and retrieves lyrics for the given query.
+This is an inline mode bot and retrieves lyrics from AZ Lyrics for the given query.
 
 ## How it works
 This is an inline bot, that means that can be called from any chat by simply typing @EasyLyricsBot.
 
-After @EasyLyricsBot you should write your lyric search, which could contain artist's name for higher precision. An
+After @EasyLyricsBot you should write your lyric search, which could contain the artist's name for higher precision. An
 inline result will pop up showing the amount of results loaded. By selecting the article result, a message will be sent
 with an inline keyboard, where every button is a search result.
 
-After selecting a result, the message will be edited so it no longer shows the inline keyboard and the text will have
+After selecting a result, the message will be edited so it no longer shows the inline keyboard and the text will be
 the found lyrics.

main.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from telepot.aio.delegate import per_inline_from_id, create_open, pave_event_space, intercept_callback_query_origin
 from telepot.aio.helper import InlineUserHandler, AnswererMixin, InterceptCallbackQueryMixin
 from telepot.aio.loop import MessageLoop
+from Config import MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE, MESSAGE_TOO_LONG_ALERT
 
 from AZScrapper import get_lyrics_as_inline_keyboard, get_lyric_body_from_id
 from __TOKEN__ import TOKEN  # Replace with your own token. Provided by BotFather
@@ -51,8 +52,14 @@ def on_chosen_inline_result(self, msg):
     async def on_callback_query(self, msg):
         print(msg)
         in_id = msg['inline_message_id']
-        await self.bot.editMessageText(str(in_id), get_lyric_body_from_id(msg['data']))
-        # TODO: Catch MESSAGE_TOO_LONG error
+        lyrics = get_lyric_body_from_id(msg['data'])
+        if len(lyrics) <= MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE:
+            await self.bot.editMessageText(str(in_id), lyrics)
+        else:
+            await self.bot.editMessageText(str(in_id), MESSAGE_TOO_LONG_ALERT, parse_mode="Markdown")
+            while lyrics != "":
+                await self.bot.sendMessage(msg['from']['id'], lyrics[:MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE])
+                lyrics = lyrics[MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE:]
 
 
 # ASYNC MAIN