René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Add support for tracking conversations","articleBody":"Conversation tracking is the way I plan to implement a proper support for keyboards (as a layer above those) and forced replies.\n\n``` python\n@bot.command(\"support\")\ndef support_command(conversation, chat, message, args):\n    \"\"\"Ask for support\"\"\"\n    conversation.start(\"support\")\n    chat.send(\"Hey, what's your problem?\", attach=conversation)\n\n@bot.conversation(\"support\")\ndef bug_report_conversation(conversation, chat, message):\n    # First step is asking the user which problem he has\n    if \"problem\" not in conversation.data:\n        conversation.data[\"problem\"] = message.text\n        chat.send(\"OK! To which email address do you wish being contacted?\",\n                  attach=conversation)\n    else:\n        problem = conversation.data[\"problem\"]\n        email = message.text\n        mydb.add_ticket(problem, email)\n\n        chat.send(\"Thank you for contacting our support!\")\n        conversation.end()\n```\n\nLet's break this down:\n- The `/support` command starts the `support` conversation: from this moment and until you close the conversation (or it times out) every message which is detected as part of the conversation will be routed to the relative function\n- The conversation is attached (the equivalent of the current `extra` argument) to the message you send to the user, and this acts as a Telegram ForceReply\n- Every message the user sends now is routed to the conversation function, so you can interact with your user more easily\n- Conversations have a dedicated shared memory, unique for every conversation, so you can store any information the user sent to you (it will be deleted after you end the conversation)\n- After you did what you want with the user, you can `.end()` the conversation.\n\nI think conversations will aid you creating even more awesome bots, but if you have any idea please share it here!\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/emilyalbini","@type":"Person","name":"emilyalbini"},"datePublished":"2016-04-08T17:28:06Z","url":"https://github.com/python-botogram/botogram/issues/53"}