Update chatformat

main.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import os
+import re
+import markdown
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from flowise import Flowise, PredictionData
 from telegram import Update
@@ -26,8 +28,16 @@ async def handle_message(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) ->
     response_text = ""
     for item in response:
         response_text += item["text"]
-    # Escape special characters for markdown v2
+    
-    await update.message.reply_text(response_text)
+    # Simple markdown to HTML conversion
+    html = markdown.markdown(response_text)
+    # Basic cleanup for Telegram
+    html = html.replace('<strong>', '<b>').replace('</strong>', '</b>')
+    html = html.replace('<em>', '<i>').replace('</em>', '</i>')
+    html = re.sub(r'<p>(.*?)</p>', r'\1\n\n', html, flags=re.DOTALL)
+    
+    # Send the formatted message using HTML parse mode
+    await update.message.reply_text(html.strip(), parse_mode='HTML')
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
@@ -52,6 +62,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if not TELEGRAM_API_KEY:
         raise ValueError("TELEGRAM_API_KEY not found in environment variables")
     application = Application.builder().token(TELEGRAM_API_KEY).build()
+    application.add_handler(CommandHandler("start", start))
     application.add_handler(MessageHandler(filters.TEXT, handle_message))
 
     # Run the bot

pyproject.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ requires-python = ">=3.13"
 dependencies = [
     "python-telegram-bot (>=21.10,<22.0)",
     "flowise (>=1.0.4,<2.0.0)",
-    "python-dotenv (>=1.0.1,<2.0.0)"
+    "python-dotenv (>=1.0.1,<2.0.0)",
+    "markdown (>=3.4.0,<4.0.0)"
 ]