From bb9a12ef1324b1db2485ee5c334c751932a31603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Balakrishnan Balasubramanian <git.user@balki.me>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:38:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Edit message when delete fails

---
 main.go | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index abe906f..33b621a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -222,7 +222,26 @@ func deleteMessage(chatID int, messageID int) {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return
 	}
-	logBody(resp.Body)
+	body := logBody(resp.Body)
+	ok := struct {
+		Ok bool `json:"ok"`
+	}{}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &ok); err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+	//Old messages can't be deleted, so edit text instead
+	if !ok.Ok {
+		updateURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.telegram.org/bot%s/editMessageText?chat_id=%d&message_id=%d&text=%s", apiToken, chatID, messageID, "<list updated>")
+		resp, err := http.Get(updateURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println(err)
+			return
+		}
+		logBody(resp.Body)
+	}
+
 }
 
 func logBody(respBody io.ReadCloser) []byte {