replaced formatting with f strings

bot/stockBot.py

@@ -65,36 +65,22 @@ def news(bot, update):
                     price = tickerData[ticker + "Price"]
                     change = tickerData[ticker + "Change"]
 
-                    message = (
-                        "The current stock price of "
-                        + name
-                        + " is $**"
-                        + str(price)
-                        + "**"
-                    )
+                    message = f"The current stock price of {name} is $**{price}**"
                     if change > 0:
-                        message = (
-                            message
-                            + ", the stock is currently **up "
-                            + str(change)
-                            + "%**"
-                        )
+                        message = f"{message}, the stock is currently **up {change}%**"
                     elif change < 0:
                         message = (
-                            message
-                            + ", the stock is currently **down"
-                            + str(change)
-                            + "%**"
+                            f"{message}, the stock is currently **down {change}%**"
                         )
                     else:
                         message = (
-                            message + ", the stock hasn't shown any movement today."
+                            f"{message}, the stock hasn't shown any movement today."
                         )
 
                     news = tickerInfo.stockNews(ticker)
                     for i in range(3):
-                        message = "{}\n\n[{}]({})".format(
-                            message, news["title"][i], news["link"][i]
+                        message = (
+                            f"{message}\n\n[{news['title'][i]}]({news['link'][i]})"
                         )
 
                     update.message.reply_text(
@@ -113,9 +99,10 @@ def stockInfo(bot, update):
     try:
         # regex to find tickers in messages, looks for up to 4 word characters following a dollar sign and captures the 4 word characters
         tickers = re.findall("[$](\w{1,4})", message)
-        bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=chat_id, action=telegram.ChatAction.TYPING)
 
         tickerData = tickerInfo.tickerQuote(tickers)
+        bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=chat_id, action=telegram.ChatAction.TYPING)
+
         for ticker in tickers:
             ticker = ticker.upper()
             # Makes sure ticker exists
@@ -123,22 +110,13 @@ def stockInfo(bot, update):
                 name = tickerData[ticker + "Name"]
                 price = tickerData[ticker + "Price"]
                 change = tickerData[ticker + "Change"]
-                message = (
-                    "The current stock price of " + name + " is $**" + str(price) + "**"
-                )
+                message = f"The current stock price of {name} is $**{price}**"
                 if change > 0:
-                    message = (
-                        message + ", the stock is currently **up " + str(change) + "%**"
-                    )
+                    message = f"{message}, the stock is currently **up {change}%**"
                 elif change < 0:
-                    message = (
-                        message
-                        + ", the stock is currently **down "
-                        + str(change)
-                        + "%**"
-                    )
+                    message = f"{message}, the stock is currently **down {change}%**"
                 else:
-                    message = message + ", the stock hasn't shown any movement today."
+                    message = f"{message}, the stock hasn't shown any movement today."
                 update.message.reply_text(
                     text=message, parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN
                 )
@@ -151,7 +129,6 @@ def stockInfo(bot, update):
 def dividend(bot, update):
     message = update.message.text
     chat_id = update.message.chat_id
-    print("div")
     try:
         # regex to find tickers in messages, looks for up to 4 word characters following a dollar sign and captures the 4 word characters
         tickers = re.findall("[$](\w{1,4})", message)

bot/tickerInfo.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def stockNews(ticker):
     """Makes a bunch of strings that are links to news websites for an input ticker"""
     print("Gather News on " + ticker)
 
-    newsLink = "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{}/news/last/5".format(ticker)
+    newsLink = f"https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{ticker}/news/last/5"
 
     with urllib.request.urlopen(newsLink) as url:
         data = json.loads(url.read().decode())
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ def stockNews(ticker):
 
 def stockLogo(ticker):
     """returns a png of an input ticker"""
-    logoURL = "https://g.foolcdn.com/art/companylogos/mark/" + ticker + ".png"
+    logoURL = f"https://g.foolcdn.com/art/companylogos/mark/{ticker}.png"
     return logoURL
 
 
 def stockInfo(ticker):
-    infoURL = "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{}/stats".format(ticker)
+    infoURL = f"https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{ticker}/stats"
 
     with urllib.request.urlopen(infoURL) as url:
         data = json.loads(url.read().decode())
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ def stockDividend(ticker):
     h, m = divmod(h, 3600)
     m, s = divmod(m, 60)
 
-    countdownMessage = "\n\nThe dividend is in: {:.0f} Days {:.0f} Hours {:.0f} Minutes {:.0f} Seconds.".format(
-        d, h, m, s
-    )
+    countdownMessage = f"\n\nThe dividend is in: {d:.0f} Days {h:.0f} Hours {m:.0f} Minutes {s:.0f} Seconds."
 
     message = line1 + countdownMessage
     return message