added escape markdown in PythonNews

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bot/exts/info/python_news.py b/bot/exts/info/python_news.py
index a7837c93a..651a33d02 100644
--- a/bot/exts/info/python_news.py
+++ b/bot/exts/info/python_news.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import typing as t
 from datetime import date, datetime
+import re
 
 import discord
 import feedparser
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ class PythonNews(Cog):
             if mail["name"].split("@")[0] in constants.PythonNews.mail_lists:
                 self.webhook_names[mail["name"].split("@")[0]] = mail["display_name"]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def escape_markdown(content: str) -> str:
+        """Escape the markdown underlines"""
+        # taken from discord.utils.escape_markdown
+        return re.sub(r'[_\\~|]', lambda match: '\\' + match[0], content, 0, re.MULTILINE)
+
     async def post_pep_news(self) -> None:
         """Fetch new PEPs and when they don't have announcement in #python-news, create it."""
         # Wait until everything is ready and http_session available
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ class PythonNews(Cog):
             # Build an embed and send a webhook
             embed = discord.Embed(
                 title=new["title"],
-                description=new["summary"],
+                description=self.escape_markdown(new["summary"]),
                 timestamp=new_datetime,
                 url=new["link"],
                 colour=constants.Colours.soft_green
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@ class PythonNews(Cog):
                 ):
                     continue
 
-                content = email_information["content"]
+                content = self.escape_markdown(email_information["content"])
                 link = THREAD_URL.format(id=thread["href"].split("/")[-2], list=maillist)
 
                 # Build an embed and send a message to the webhook