added support for bot to send mentions

signalbot/api.py

@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ async def receive(self):
             raise ReceiveMessagesError(e)
 
     async def send(
-        self, receiver: str, message: str, base64_attachments: list = None
+        self, 
+        receiver: str, 
+        message: str, 
+        base64_attachments: list = None, 
+        mentions: list = None  # Added this line
     ) -> aiohttp.ClientResponse:
         uri = self._send_rest_uri()
         if base64_attachments is None:
@@ -36,6 +40,9 @@ async def send(
             "number": self.phone_number,
             "recipients": [receiver],
         }
+        if mentions:  # Add mentions to the payload if they exist
+            payload["mentions"] = mentions
+
         try:
             async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
                 resp = await session.post(uri, json=payload)

signalbot/bot.py

@@ -159,10 +159,11 @@ async def send(
         text: str,
         base64_attachments: list = None,
         listen: bool = False,
+        mentions: list = None  # Added this line
     ) -> int:
         resolved_receiver = self._resolve_receiver(receiver)
         resp = await self._signal.send(
-            resolved_receiver, text, base64_attachments=base64_attachments
+            resolved_receiver, text, base64_attachments=base64_attachments, mentions=mentions  # Added mentions here
         )
         resp_payload = await resp.json()
         timestamp = resp_payload["timestamp"]
@@ -171,26 +172,29 @@ async def send(
         if listen:
             if self._is_phone_number(receiver):
                 sent_message = Message(
-                    source=receiver,  # otherwise we can't respond in the right chat
+                    source=receiver,
                     timestamp=timestamp,
                     type=MessageType.SYNC_MESSAGE,
                     text=text,
                     base64_attachments=base64_attachments,
                     group=None,
+                    mentions=mentions  # Added mentions here
                 )
             else:
                 sent_message = Message(
-                    source=self._phone_number,  # no need to pretend
+                    source=self._phone_number,
                     timestamp=timestamp,
                     type=MessageType.SYNC_MESSAGE,
                     text=text,
                     base64_attachments=base64_attachments,
                     group=receiver,
+                    mentions=mentions  # Added mentions here
                 )
             await self._ask_commands_to_handle(sent_message)
 
         return timestamp
 
+
     async def react(self, message: Message, emoji: str):
         # TODO: check that emoji is really an emoji
         recipient = self._resolve_receiver(message.recipient())

signalbot/context.py

@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ def __init__(self, bot, message: Message):
         self.message = message
 
     async def send(
-        self, text: str, base64_attachments: list = None, listen: bool = False
+        self, text: str, base64_attachments: list = None, listen: bool = False, mentions: list = None
     ):
         await self.bot.send(
             self.message.recipient(),
             text,
             base64_attachments=base64_attachments,
             listen=listen,
+            mentions=mentions  # Pass mentions to bot's send
         )
 
     async def react(self, emoji: str):
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@ async def start_typing(self):
         await self.bot.start_typing(self.message.recipient())
 
     async def stop_typing(self):
-        await self.bot.stop_typing(self.message.recipient())
+        await self.bot.stop_typing(self.message.recipient())