removal of tags

bot.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from telethon import TelegramClient, events
 from telethon.tl.types import InputChannel
 from telethon.errors import FloodWaitError
 
-import asyncio, json, time, sys, yaml, os, time
+import asyncio, json, time, sys, yaml, os, time, re
 from apscheduler.schedulers.asyncio import AsyncIOScheduler
 from datetime import (
     datetime,
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ job_defaults = {
     'max_instances': 1
 }
 
+# Regexp patterns to remove from group
+patterns = [
+    'https:\/\/t.me\/\w*',
+    '@[Ww]hite[Aa]ction'
+    ]
+
+combined_patterns = r'|'.join(map(r'(?:{})'.format, patterns))
+
 # Start Scheduler
 scheduler = AsyncIOScheduler(job_defaults=job_defaults)
 
@@ -65,29 +73,38 @@ async def _indexer(client, config):
 
                             path = await client.download_media(message.media, file='usermedia/', progress_callback=callback)
                             if path is not None:
+                                if message.text:
                                     logging.info(f'Sending file to {output_channel}.')
+                                    txt = re.sub(combined_patterns, '', message.text)
+
                                     await client.send_file(
                                         output_channel,
                                         path,
-                                    caption=message.text
+                                        caption=txt
+                                    )
+                                else:
+                                    await client.send_file(
+                                        output_channel,
+                                        path
                                     )
 
                                 # Remove file after upload
                                 os.remove(path)
-                            else:
-                                if message.text:
+                            elif message.text:
                                 logging.info(f'Sending message to {output_channel}..')
+                                txt = re.sub(combined_patterns, '', message.text)
 
                                 await client.send_message(
                                     output_channel,
-                                        message.text
+                                    txt
                                 )
                         elif message.text:
                             logging.info(f'Sending message to {output_channel}.')
+                            txt = re.sub(combined_patterns, '', message.text)
 
                             await client.send_message(
                                 output_channel,
-                                message.text
+                                txt
                             )
             except FloodWaitError as e:
                 logging.error(f'Flood wait for {e.seconds} for _indexer.')