create simple push notification to user

app.py

 import os
+import requests 
 import telegram
+import urllib.parse
 
 from flask import Flask, request
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ app.config.from_object(os.environ.get('APP_SETTINGS'))
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 
+# ================================================================ Bot Handler ================================================================ #
 @app.route('/{}'.format(TOKEN), methods=['POST'])
 def respond():
     from navigation.navigation import botNavigation
@@ -37,10 +40,24 @@ def set_webhook(noNgrok):
     else:
         return "webhook setup failed"
 
+# ============================================================================================================================================= #
+
 @app.route('/')
 def hello():
     return "Hello World!"
 
+@app.route('/sendNotification', methods=['POST'])
+def sendNotif():
+    from models.UserModel import UserModel
+    req_data = request.get_json()
+    user = UserModel.query.filter(UserModel.phoneNumber==req_data['phoneNumber']).first()
+    if (user is None):
+        return {'status': 404, 'message': 'User not found'}
+    param = urllib.parse.urlencode({'chat_id': user.userId, 'text': req_data['message']})
+    url = "https://api.telegram.org/bot" + TOKEN + "/sendMessage?" + param
+    r = requests.get(url = url) 
+    return r.json()
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(threaded=True)
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navigation/navigation.py

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ from telebot.mastermind import *
 def botNavigation(bot, update):
     chat_id = update.message.chat.id
     msg_id = update.message.message_id
-    contact =  update.message.contact if update.message.contact != None else None
 
-    # Telegram understands UTF-8, so encode text for unicode compatibility
     text = update.message.text.encode('utf-8').decode() if update.message.text != None else None
+    contact =  update.message.contact if update.message.contact != None else None
+
     if (text == "ahoyy"):
         basic_response(bot, chat_id)
     elif (text == "/about"):