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Can't parse entities: character '-' is reserved and must be escaped with the preceding '\'
See original GitHub issueHello, I tried to run the bot for the first time and got these errors
2021-04-27 14:36:17,369 - btb_manager_telegram_logger - INFO - Retrieving Telegram token and chat_id from apprise.yml file.
2021-04-27 14:36:17,370 - btb_manager_telegram_logger - INFO - Successfully retrieved Telegram configuration. The bot will only respond to user in the chat with chat_id XXXXXXX
2021-04-27 14:36:18,372 - btb_manager_telegram_logger - INFO - Checking for updates.
2021-04-27 14:36:20,754 - apscheduler.scheduler - INFO - Scheduler started
2021-04-27 14:36:28,630 - btb_manager_telegram_logger - INFO - Started conversation.
2021-04-27 14:36:28,818 - telegram.ext.dispatcher - ERROR - No error handlers are registered, logging exception.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/ext/dispatcher.py", line 442, in process_update
handler.handle_update(update, self, check, context)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/ext/conversationhandler.py", line 549, in handle_update
new_state = handler.handle_update(update, dispatcher, check_result, context)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/ext/handler.py", line 160, in handle_update
return self.callback(update, context)
File "/Users/XXXXXX/BTB-manager-telegram/btb_manager_telegram/handlers.py", line 251, in start
update.message.reply_text(
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/message.py", line 689, in reply_text
return self.bot.send_message(
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/bot.py", line 127, in decorator
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/bot.py", line 475, in send_message
return self._message( # type: ignore[return-value]
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/bot.py", line 296, in _message
result = self._post(endpoint, data, timeout=timeout, api_kwargs=api_kwargs)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/bot.py", line 259, in _post
return self.request.post(
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/utils/request.py", line 349, in post
result = self._request_wrapper(
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/telegram/utils/request.py", line 272, in _request_wrapper
raise BadRequest(message)
telegram.error.BadRequest: Can't parse entities: character '-' is reserved and must be escaped with the preceding '\'
Have you ever seen this error ? Cheers
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@SH-Stark perfect, thanks for helping us pinpoint the issue.
I will push a fix shortly.
Problem fixed, my First Name had a “-”, removing it seems to solve the issue.