Polling users, sending info

bot.py

@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ class Bot(telebot.TeleBot):
             typing.Tuple[str, typing.Union[telebot.types.ReplyKeyboardMarkup, telebot.types.InlineKeyboardMarkup]]:
         text: str = self.templates.render_template(template_name, user.locale, user=user, **kwargs)
         text, keyboard = self.templates.separate_text_and_keyboards(text)
-        keyboard = utils.create_keyboard(keyboard) if keyboard is not None \
-            else self.main_keyboard.get(user.locale, self.main_keyboard.get('ru'))
+        keyboard = utils.create_keyboard(keyboard)
         return text, keyboard
 
     def edit_message_with_template(self, query: telebot.types.CallbackQuery, template: str, **kwargs):
@@ -224,6 +223,22 @@ class Bot(telebot.TeleBot):
             community.task_last_timestamps['scheduling'] = datetime.date.today()
         self.save_community(community)
 
+    def actions_loop(self):
+        while True:
+            try:
+                for community in self.iter_communities():
+                    try:
+                        self.run_necessary_actions_for_community(community)
+                    except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+                        raise e
+                    except Exception:
+                        print(f'An exception occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}')
+            except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+                raise e
+            except Exception:
+                print(f'An exception occurred while iterating through communities: {traceback.format_exc()}')
+            time.sleep(60)
+
     def register_next_step_handler(self, message, callback, *args, **kwargs):
         if isinstance(message, telebot.types.CallbackQuery):
             message = message.message

main.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from bot import Bot
 from views import views
+from threading import Thread
 import traceback
 
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ config = {
 bot = Bot(config)
 views(bot)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    Thread(target=bot.actions_loop).start()
     while True:
         try:
             bot.polling(none_stop=True)

utils.py

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ def create_inline_button(text: str, callback_data: str) -> telebot.types.InlineK
     return telebot.types.InlineKeyboardButton(text, callback_data=callback_data)
 
 
-def create_keyboard(rows: typing.List[typing.List[str]]):
+def create_keyboard(rows: typing.Optional[typing.List[typing.List[str]]]):
+    if rows is None:
+        return None
     is_inline = not isinstance(rows[0][0], str)
     markup = telebot.types.InlineKeyboardMarkup() if is_inline else telebot.types.ReplyKeyboardMarkup(
         resize_keyboard=True)