update example

examples/eventhandler_bot.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def unknownCommandHandler(bot, update):
 def messageHandler(bot, update):
     """
     Example for an asynchronous handler. It's not guaranteed that replies will
-    be in order when using @run_async
+    be in order when using @run_async.
     """
     
     # Save last chat_id to use in reply handler
@@ -66,13 +66,21 @@ def CLIReplyCommandHandler(bot, update):
         bot.sendMessage(chat_id=last_chat_id, text=removeCommand(update))
 
 
+def anyCLIHandler(bot, update, update_queue):
+    """
+    You can get the update queue as an argument in any handler just by adding
+    it to the argument list. Be careful with this though.
+    """
+    update_queue.put('/%s' % update)
+
+
 def unknownCLICommandHandler(bot, update):
     print("Command not found: %s" % update)
 
 
 def main():
-    # Create the EventHandler and pass it your bot's token
-    eh = BotEventHandler("TOKEN")
+    # Create the EventHandler and pass it your bot's token.
+    eh = BotEventHandler("TOKEN", workers=2)
 
     # Get the broadcaster to register handlers
     bc = eh.broadcaster
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ def main():
     bc.addTelegramCommandHandler("help", helpCommandHandler)
 
     # on regex match - print all messages to stdout
-    bc.addTelegramRegexHandler(re.compile('.*'), anyMessageHandler)
+    bc.addTelegramRegexHandler('.*', anyMessageHandler)
     
     # on CLI commands - type "/reply text" in terminal to reply to the last
     # active chat
@@ -94,6 +102,9 @@ def main():
     # on unknown CLI commands - notify the user
     bc.addUnknownStringCommandHandler(unknownCLICommandHandler)
 
+    # on any CLI message that is not a command - resend it as a command
+    bc.addStringRegexHandler('[^/].*', anyCLIHandler)
+
     # on noncommand i.e message - echo the message on Telegram
     bc.addTelegramMessageHandler(messageHandler)
 
@@ -102,7 +113,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Start the Bot and store the update Queue,
     # so we can insert updates ourselves
-    update_queue = eh.start()
+    update_queue = eh.start(poll_interval=0.1, timeout=20)
     
     # Start CLI-Loop
     while True:
@@ -111,7 +122,13 @@ def main():
         elif sys.version_info.major is 3:
             text = input()
 
-        if len(text) > 0:
+        # Gracefully stop the event handler
+        if text == 'stop':
+            eh.stop()
+            break
+
+        # else, put the text into the update queue
+        elif len(text) > 0:
             update_queue.put(text)  # Put command into queue
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':