telegram.ext.StringCommandHandler

class telegram.ext.StringCommandHandler(command, callback, pass_args=False, pass_update_queue=False, pass_job_queue=False, run_async=False)

Bases: telegram.ext.handler.Handler[str]

Handler class to handle string commands. Commands are string updates that start with /.

Note

This handler is not used to handle Telegram telegram.Update, but strings manually put in the queue. For example to send messages with the bot using command line or API.

Warning

When setting run_async to True, you cannot rely on adding custom attributes to telegram.ext.CallbackContext. See its docs for more info.

Parameters

  • command (str) – The command this handler should listen for.

  • callback (callable) –

    The callback function for this handler. Will be called when check_update has determined that an update should be processed by this handler. Callback signature for context based API:

    def callback(update: Update, context: CallbackContext)

    The return value of the callback is usually ignored except for the special case of telegram.ext.ConversationHandler.

  • pass_args (bool, optional) – Determines whether the handler should be passed the arguments passed to the command as a keyword argument called args. It will contain a list of strings, which is the text following the command split on single or consecutive whitespace characters. Default is False DEPRECATED: Please switch to context based callbacks.

  • pass_update_queue (bool, optional) – If set to True, a keyword argument called update_queue will be passed to the callback function. It will be the Queue instance used by the telegram.ext.Updater and telegram.ext.Dispatcher that contains new updates which can be used to insert updates. Default is False. DEPRECATED: Please switch to context based callbacks.

  • pass_job_queue (bool, optional) – If set to True, a keyword argument called job_queue will be passed to the callback function. It will be a class:telegram.ext.JobQueue instance created by the telegram.ext.Updater which can be used to schedule new jobs. Default is False. DEPRECATED: Please switch to context based callbacks.

  • run_async (bool) – Determines whether the callback will run asynchronously. Defaults to False.

command

The command this handler should listen for.

Type

str

callback

The callback function for this handler.

Type

callable

pass_args

Determines whether the handler should be passed args.

Type

bool

pass_update_queue

Determines whether update_queue will be passed to the callback function.

Type

bool

pass_job_queue

Determines whether job_queue will be passed to the callback function.

Type

bool

run_async

Determines whether the callback will run asynchronously.

Type

bool

check_update(update)

Determines whether an update should be passed to this handlers callback.

Parameters

update (object) – The incoming update.

Returns

bool

collect_additional_context(context, update, dispatcher, check_result)

Prepares additional arguments for the context. Override if needed.

Parameters
collect_optional_args(dispatcher, update=None, check_result=None)

Prepares the optional arguments. If the handler has additional optional args, it should subclass this method, but remember to call this super method.

DEPRECATED: This method is being replaced by new context based callbacks. Please see https://git.io/fxJuV for more info.

Parameters