improve message sending

smal/src/demobot/demobot.py

@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ class DemoBot(SMALBot):
         if msg["content"]["body"].startswith("!echo"):
             logger.error(f"reply to this: {msg}")
 
-            self.sendmessage(msg["roomid"], "huhu")
+            txt = msg["content"]["body"][5:].strip()
+
+            if txt.strip() == "":
+                txt = "Are you kidding me?"
+
+            # self.sendmessage(msg["roomid"], txt)
+            self.sendmessagereply(msg["roomid"], msg["id"], msg["sender"], txt)
 
             return
 

smal/src/smal/bot.py

@@ -30,5 +30,22 @@ class SMALBot(SMALApp):
         data["roomid"] = roomid
         data["content"] = {}
         data["content"]["body"] = text
+        data["content"]["msgtype"] = "m.text"
+
+        self._sendmessage(data)
+
+    def sendmessagereply(self, roomid, msgid, mxid, text):
+        data = {}
+        data["roomid"] = roomid
+        data["content"] = {}
+        data["content"]["body"] = text
+        data["content"]["msgtype"] = "m.text"
+        data["content"]["m.mentions"] = {}
+        data["content"]["m.mentions"]["user_ids"] = [
+            mxid,
+        ]
+        data["content"]["m.relates_to"] = {}
+        data["content"]["m.relates_to"]["m.in_reply_to"] = {}
+        data["content"]["m.relates_to"]["m.in_reply_to"]["event_id"] = msgid
 
         self._sendmessage(data)

smal/src/smal/pygomx.py

@@ -74,11 +74,8 @@ class _MXClient:
     def _sendmessage(self, data_dict):
         data = json.dumps(data_dict).encode(encoding="utf-8")
         r = lib.apiv0_sendmessage(self.client_id, data)
-        result = ffi.string(r)
-        lib.FreeCString(r)
-        # if result.startswith(b"ERR:"):
-        #    raise APIError(result)
-        print("_sendmessage: ", result)
+        result = checkApiError(r)
+        return result
 
     def process_event(self, evt):
         if hasattr(self, "on_event") and callable(self.on_event):