How to make a simple inline menu.

[kh31r0n]

Hello!!!

I'm currently working on a chatbot for a kindergarten. The menu should allow entering the child's grade, for example: Nursery, Kindergarten, Pre-kindergarten. Right now, I'm using an InlineKeyboardMarkup to request this information, but I need a separate function for each response. How can I improve my code so that it only requires one function? Instead of one for each response option?

Regards.

            IGRADE: [
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_toddlers, pattern='^' + str(TODDLERS) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_prekinder, pattern='^' + str(PREKINDER) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_kinder, pattern='^' + str(KINDER) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_transition, pattern='^' + str(TRANSITION) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_first, pattern='^' + str(FIRST) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_second, pattern='^' + str(SECOND) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_third, pattern='^' + str(THIRD) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key_fourth, pattern='^' + str(FOURTH) + '$'),
                CallbackQueryHandler(get_civil_key_single, pattern='^' + str(FIFTH) + '$'),
            ],
            
            
def get_grade_key_toddlers(update: Update, context: CallbackContext) -> int:
    """Ask the user for info about the selected predefined choice."""
    context.user_data['grade'] = "Toddlers"
    reply_markup = InlineKeyboardMarkup(keyboard_register)
    reply_text = f'The Kid is in grade:: {context.user_data["grade"]}'
    update.callback_query.edit_message_text(text=reply_text, reply_markup=reply_markup)
    return CHOOSING

def get_grade_key_prekinder(update: Update, context: CallbackContext) -> int:
    """Ask the user for info about the selected predefined choice."""
    context.user_data['grade'] = "PreKinder"
    reply_markup = InlineKeyboardMarkup(keyboard_register)
    reply_text = f'The Kid is in grade:: {context.user_data["grade"]}'
    update.callback_query.edit_message_text(text=reply_text, reply_markup=reply_markup)
    return CHOOSING

def get_grade_key_kinder(update: Update, context: CallbackContext) -> int:
    """Ask the user for info about the selected predefined choice."""
    context.user_data['grade'] = "Kinder"
    reply_markup = InlineKeyboardMarkup(keyboard_register)
    reply_text = f'The Kid is in grade: {context.user_data["grade"]}'
    update.callback_query.edit_message_text(text=reply_text, reply_markup=reply_markup)
    return CHOOSING

[Bibo-Joshi]

Hi. Please be sure to ask a good question.

[Bibo-Joshi]

you can access the callback data via update.callback_query.data and then use if-elif-else patterns to handle the different cases

[kh31r0n]

I understood Thanks!!!

[kh31r0n]

About the CallbackQueryHandler How may I define a Wildcard in the pattern?

[Bibo-Joshi]

Please check out the python documentation on regex, as this is beyodn the scope of PTB.

[kh31r0n]

I found this altarnative.

grades = [TODDLERS, PREKINDER, KINDER, TRANSITION, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH] IGRADE: [ CallbackQueryHandler(get_grade_key, pattern='^' + str(grade) + '$') for grade in grades ],