add a helper method to escape MarkdownV2 Telegram messages

penguinpowernz · Dec 26, 2021 · 7c76010 · 7c76010
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diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ import (
 func isTicker(s string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(s, "$")
 }
+
+func tgEscape(s string) string {
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ".", `\.`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "(", `\(`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ")", `\)`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "-", `\-`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "$", `\$`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ":", `\:`)
+	return s
+}
+
 func normalizeDate(ts string) time.Time {
 	t, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02", ts)