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Message

Bases: Model

Represent a Telegram Message.

The raw message from the Telegram API is stored as json.

Reference: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#message

Source code in django_telegram_app/models.py 
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class Message(models.Model):
    """Represent a Telegram Message.

    The raw message from the Telegram API is stored as json.

    Reference:
    https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#message
    """

    raw_message = models.JSONField(verbose_name=_("raw message"))
    error = models.TextField(verbose_name=_("error"), null=True, blank=True)

    @property
    def message_truncated(self):
        """Return the message truncated to 100 characters."""
        message_str = str(self.raw_message)
        if len(message_str) > 100:
            return message_str[:97] + "..."
        return message_str

    @property
    def update_id(self) -> int:
        """Return the chat id from the raw message."""
        return self.raw_message.get("update_id", "unknown")

    def __str__(self):
        """Return the string representation of the message."""
        if self.error:
            return f"{self.update_id} - {self.error}"
        return str(self.update_id)

    class Meta:
        """Set meta options."""

        verbose_name = _("message")
        verbose_name_plural = _("messages")

message_truncated property

Return the message truncated to 100 characters.

update_id property

Return the chat id from the raw message.

Meta

Set meta options.

Source code in django_telegram_app/models.py 
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class Meta:
    """Set meta options."""

    verbose_name = _("message")
    verbose_name_plural = _("messages")

__str__()

Return the string representation of the message.

Source code in django_telegram_app/models.py 
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def __str__(self):
    """Return the string representation of the message."""
    if self.error:
        return f"{self.update_id} - {self.error}"
    return str(self.update_id)