From 18e606f368ee56709d61db39c4dbf47a4a3e5dc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Astra <astra@zio.sh>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:56:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add approval message

---
 config.go | 9 +++++----
 main.go   | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 85f46ae..1c65d1f 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ func (c *Config) CreateConfig() error {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	defaultConfig := Config{
-		BotToken:     "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE",
-		AdminChatId:  0,
-		TargetChatId: 0,
-		EntryMessage: "You have requested to join the group, please write a brief message explaining why you want to join.",
+		BotToken:        "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE",
+		AdminChatId:     0,
+		TargetChatId:    0,
+		EntryMessage:    "You have requested to join the group, please write a brief message explaining why you want to join.",
+		ApprovalMessage: "",
 	}
 
 	encoder := yaml.NewEncoder(f)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4e0f06e..ef8255a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -147,9 +147,11 @@ func (bot *Bot) handleCallbackQuery(query *api.CallbackQuery) {
 			edit.ParseMode = api.ModeMarkdown
 			bot.API.Send(edit)
 
-			m := api.NewMessage(user.From.ID, bot.Config.ApprovalMessage)
-			m.ParseMode = api.ModeMarkdown
-			bot.API.Send(m)
+			if bot.Config.ApprovalMessage != "" {
+				m := api.NewMessage(user.From.ID, bot.Config.ApprovalMessage)
+				m.ParseMode = api.ModeMarkdown
+				bot.API.Send(m)
+			}
 
 		case "reject":
 			r := api.DeclineChatJoinRequest{