From 88aeaf222edfcd13e7de8d67c901652ab8e26893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Shultz <shultzm@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 18:05:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] also delete our own last message if it was a price message

---
 bot.py | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 0cb43c2..6f0a16e 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ class TelegramMonitorBot:
 
         # Cached token prices
         self.cached_prices = {}
+        self.last_message_out = None
 
 
     @MWT(timeout=60*60)
@@ -599,9 +600,27 @@ class TelegramMonitorBot:
                 update.effective_user.username,
             )
 
-            bot.send_message(chat_id, message, parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN)
+            # If the last message we sent was price, delete it to reduce spam
+            if (
+                self.last_message_out
+                and self.last_message_out.get('type') == 'price'
+                and self.last_message_out['message'].message_id
+            ):
+                bot.delete_message(
+                    chat_id,
+                    self.last_message_out['message'].message_id
+                )
 
-            # Delete the command message
+            self.last_message_out = {
+                'type': 'price',
+                'message': bot.send_message(
+                    chat_id,
+                    message,
+                    parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN
+                ),
+            }
+
+            # Delete the command message as well
             try:
                 bot.delete_message(chat_id, message_id)
             except Exception: