TeleBot: "'AsyncTeleBot' object has no attribute 'register_next_step_handler'"

[garytann]

Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

1. What version of pyTelegramBotAPI are you using?

• 4.11.0

2. What OS are you using?

• Mac m1

3. What version of python are you using?

• python=3.8

Hi guys I have an issue with converting my telebot to an async telebot, I have a callback_query_handler that creates a menu for user to select an option

# Handler for creating user menu 
@bot.callback_query_handler(func=None, config=create_menu_factory.filter())
async def create_menu_callback(call: types.CallbackQuery):

    callback_data: dict = create_menu_factory.parse(callback_data=call.data)
    product_id = int(callback_data['create_menu_id'])
    menu = MENU[product_id] # i.e, {'id': '0', 'name': 'Create New user'}
    if (menu['id'] == '0'):
        msg = await bot.reply_to(call.message,f"Enter a name for the user")
        await bot.register_next_step_handler(msg, process_name_step)

and a function process_name_step() :

• Spin up a menu keyboard
• According to what the user selects, enter the information accordingly
• Tried using states in this function, but not really familiar how it works

@bot.message_handler(state=MyStates.number)
async def process_contact_number_step(message):
    try:
        chat_id = message.chat.id
        # contact_number = message.text
        
        await bot.send_message(message.chat.id, 'Please select the following:', reply_markup=create_user_menu_keyboard())
        await bot.set_state(message.from_user.id, MyStates.number, message.chat.id)
        async with bot.retrieve_data(message.from_user.id, message.chat.id) as data:
            data['contact_number'] = message.text
        if chat_id in contact_num_dict:
            contact_num_dict[chat_id].append(data['contact_number'])
        else:
            contact_num_dict[chat_id] = data['contact_number']
        print(contact_num_dict) 
        
    except Exception as e:
        await bot.reply_to(message, 'broken')

Basically what I need is to create a menu > when user chooses an options it will lead to another menu > prompt user to enter the information > store the information

[theslothbear]

"register_next_step_handler" not implemented in AsyncTeleBot. You can use states or create a simple database where the current state of the dialog with the user will be stored.

[garytann]

hi @theslothbear thanks for the reply. could you explain briefly how does the states work in this context?

[coder2020official]

https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI/blob/master/examples/custom_states.py

[hiddify-com]

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