callback_query date is always the same

[InevitablePG]

pyTelegramBotAPI==4.7.1
Termux 0.118
Python 3.11.0

I have a problem with callback_query date. I am trying to create an antiflood_middleware to avoid too many clicks in a short period of time from a user in an InlineKeyboardButton however the callback_query date is always the same no matter how many times I Click the InlineKeyboardButton even after the limitation time is over.

Or perhaps there is something I am doing wrong.

from telebot.asyncio_handler_backends import BaseMiddleware, CancelUpdate
from telebot.async_telebot import AsyncTeleBot
from telebot.util import quick_markup
import asyncio

TOKEN = ''
bot = AsyncTeleBot(TOKEN) 

class SimpleMiddleware(BaseMiddleware):
    def __init__(self, limit) -> None:
        self.last_time = {}
        self.limit = limit
        self.update_types = ['callback_query']
        # Always specify update types, otherwise middlewares won't work


    async def pre_process(self, call, data):
        if not call.from_user.id in self.last_time:
            # User is not in a dict, so lets add and cancel this function
            self.last_time[call.from_user.id] = call.message.date
            return
        if call.message.date - self.last_time[call.from_user.id] < self.limit:
            # User is flooding
            await bot.send_message(call.from_user.id, 'You are making request too often')
            return CancelUpdate()
        self.last_time[call.from_user.id] = call.message.date

        
    async def post_process(self, call, data, exception):
        pass

bot.setup_middleware(SimpleMiddleware(5))

def markup():
    markup = quick_markup({'A': {'callback_data':'A'},
                            'B': {'callback_data':'B'}
    }, row_width=2)
    return markup

@bot.message_handler(commands=['start'])
async def send_welcome(message):
    await bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "Choose A or B", reply_markup=markup())


@bot.callback_query_handler(func=lambda call: True)
async def callback_query(call):
    if call.data == 'A':
        await bot.send_message(call.from_user.id, "Answer is A")
    elif call.data == 'B':
        await bot.send_message(call.from_user.id, "Answer is B")
        
asyncio.run(bot.polling(skip_pending=True))

[Badiboy]

callback_query is not datE. It's datA. It is used to identify clicked button and always contains what you put there when created the button.

[InevitablePG]

I get it now, by any chance is there a way I could approach this situation. To prevent too many clicks from a user?

[Badiboy]

All you can do - store information in your code. Telegram is just an interface with user.