The examples in this folder are small bots meant to show you how a bot that is written with `python-telegram-bot` looks like. Some bots focus on one specific aspect of the Telegram Bot API while others focus on one of the mechanics of this library. Except for the `echobot.py` example, they all use the high-level framework this library provides with the `telegram.ext` submodule.
All examples are licensed under the [CC0 License](https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/LICENSE.txt) and are therefore fully dedicated to the public domain. You can use them as the base for your own bots without worrying about copyrights.
This is probably the base for most of the bots made with `python-telegram-bot`. It simply replies to each text message with a message that contains the same text.
This bot uses the [`JobQueue`](https://pythonhosted.org/python-telegram-bot/telegram.ext.jobqueue.html) class to send timed messages. The user sets a timer by using `/set` command with a specific time, for example `/set 30`. The bot then sets up a job to send a message to that user after 30 seconds. The user can also cancel the timer by sending `/unset`. To learn more about the `JobQueue`, read [this wiki article](https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Extensions-%E2%80%93-JobQueue).
A common task for a bot is to ask information from the user. In v5.0 of this library, we introduced the [`ConversationHandler`](https://pythonhosted.org/python-telegram-bot/telegram.ext.conversationhandler.html) for that exact purpose. This example uses it to retrieve user-information in a conversation-like style.
A basic example of an [inline bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots/inline). Don't forget to enable inline mode with [@BotFather](https://telegram.me/BotFather).
## Pure API
The [`echobot.py`](https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/echobot.py) example uses only the pure, "bare-metal" API wrapper.
