from typing import Optional, Set import re # Match multi-word string between @** ** or match any one-word # sequences after @ find_mentions = r'(? bool: return mention in wildcards def extract_mention_text(s: str) -> Optional[str]: if s.startswith("**") and s.endswith("**"): text = s[2:-2] if text in wildcards: return None return text # We don't care about @all, @everyone or @stream return None def possible_mentions(content: str) -> Set[str]: matches = re.findall(find_mentions, content) # mention texts can either be names, or an extended name|id syntax. texts_with_none = (extract_mention_text(match) for match in matches) texts = {text for text in texts_with_none if text} return texts def extract_user_group(matched_text: str) -> str: return matched_text[1:-1] def possible_user_group_mentions(content: str) -> Set[str]: matches = re.findall(user_group_mentions, content) return {extract_user_group(match) for match in matches}