Telegram notification on fail

telegram_notification.py

import traceback
import time


def with_telegram(orig_fn):
    start = time.time()
    try:
        import telegram_send

        def push_msg_fn(msg):
            now = time.time()
            diff_m = (now - start) / 60
            if diff_m > 1:
                try:
                    telegram_send.send(messages=[str(msg)])
                except Exception as e:
                    print(traceback.format_exc())
                    print(e)
                    print('push notification failed')
    except Exception:
        push_msg_fn = lambda msg: None

    def new_fn(*args, **kwargs):
        try:
            return orig_fn(*args, **kwargs)
        except Exception as e:
            push_msg_fn(e)
            raise

    return new_fn


@with_telegram
def main():
    print('waiting for a minute')
    import time
    time.sleep(60 + 5)
    a = b + c  # should fail horribly
    return 0


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

1. message https://telegram.me/BotFather
2. send /newbot to BotFather and follow instructions
3. run pip install telegram-send
4. run telegram-send configure (enter details given by BotFather)

( https://medium.com/@robertbracco1/how-to-write-a-telegram-bot-to-send-messages-with-python-bcdf45d0a580 )