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=================
Table of contents
=================
- `Introduction`_
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- `Telegram API support`_
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- `Installing`_
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- `Getting started`_
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#. `Learning by example`_
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#. `Logging`_
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#. `Documentation`_
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- `Getting help`_
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- `Contributing`_
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- `License`_
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============
Introduction
============
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This library provides a pure Python interface for the
`Telegram Bot API <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api> `_ .
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It's compatible with Python versions 2.7, 3.3+ and `PyPy <http://pypy.org/> `_ .
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It also works with `Google App Engine <https://cloud.google.com/appengine> `_ .
In addition to the pure API implementation, this library features a number of high-level classes to
make the development of bots easy and straightforward. These classes are contained in the
`` telegram.ext `` submodule.
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====================
Telegram API support
====================
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As of **21. May 2017** , all types and methods of the Telegram Bot API 2.3.1 are supported. Additionally, the `` deleteMessage `` API function and the field `` User.language_code `` are supported.
Also, version 6.1 beta 0 is available, offering full but experimental Bot API 3.0 coverage:
.. code :: shell
$ pip install python-telegram-bot==6.1b0
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==========
Installing
==========
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You can install or upgrade python-telegram-bot with:
.. code :: shell
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$ pip install python-telegram-bot --upgrade
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Or you can install from source with:
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$ git clone https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot --recursive
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$ cd python-telegram-bot
$ python setup.py install
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In case you have a previously cloned local repository already, you should initialize the added urllib3 submodule before installing with:
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$ git submodule update --init --recursive
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===============
Getting started
===============
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Our Wiki contains a lot of resources to get you started with `` python-telegram-bot `` :
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- `Introduction to the API <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Introduction-to-the-API> `_
- Tutorial: `Your first Bot <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Extensions-%E2%80%93-Your-first-Bot> `_
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Other references:
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- `Telegram API documentation <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api> `_
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- `python-telegram-bot documentation <https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/> `_
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-------------------
Learning by example
-------------------
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We believe that the best way to learn and understand this simple package is by example. So here
are some examples for you to review. Even if it's not your approach for learning, please take a
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look at `` echobot2 `` , it is de facto the base for most of the bots out there. Best of all,
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the code for these examples are released to the public domain, so you can start by grabbing the
code and building on top of it.
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Visit `this page <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/README.md> `_ to discover the official examples or look at the examples on the `wiki <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Examples> `_ to see other bots the community has built.
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-------
Logging
-------
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This library uses the `` logging `` module. To set up logging to standard output, put:
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import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
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at the beginning of your script.
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You can also use logs in your application by calling `` logging.getLogger() `` and setting the log level you want:
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.. code :: python
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logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
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If you want DEBUG logs instead:
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logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
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=============
Documentation
=============
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`` python-telegram-bot `` 's documentation lives at `readthedocs.io <https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/> `_ .
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============
Getting help
============
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You can get help in several ways:
1. We have a vibrant community of developers helping each other in our `Telegram group <https://telegram.me/pythontelegrambotgroup> `_ . Join us!
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2. Our `Wiki pages <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/> `_ offer a growing amount of resources.
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3. You can ask for help on Stack Overflow using the `python-telegram-bot tag <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python-telegram-bot> `_ .
4. As last resort, the developers are ready to help you with `serious issues <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/new> `_ .
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============
Contributing
============
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Contributions of all sizes are welcome. Please review our `contribution guidelines <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst> `_ to get started. You can also help by `reporting bugs <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/new> `_ .
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=======
License
=======
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You may copy, distribute and modify the software provided that modifications are described and licensed for free under `LGPL-3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html> `_ . Derivatives works (including modifications or anything statically linked to the library) can only be redistributed under LGPL-3, but applications that use the library don't have to be.