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We have made you a wrapper you can't refuse
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We have a vibrant community of developers helping each other in our `Telegram group <https://telegram.me/pythontelegrambotgroup> `_ . Join us!
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*Stay tuned for library updates and new releases on our* `Telegram Channel <https://telegram.me/pythontelegrambotchannel> `_ .
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Introduction
============
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This library provides a pure Python, asynchronous interface for the
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`Telegram Bot API <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api> `_ .
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It's compatible with Python versions **3.7+** .
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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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A pure API implementation *without* `` telegram.ext `` is available as the standalone package `` python-telegram-bot-raw `` . `See here for details. <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/README_RAW.rst> `_
Note
----
Installing both `` python-telegram-bot `` and `` python-telegram-bot-raw `` in conjunction will result in undesired side-effects, so only install *one* of both.
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Telegram API support
====================
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All types and methods of the Telegram Bot API **6.2** are supported.
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Installing
==========
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You can install or upgrade `` python-telegram-bot `` via
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.. code :: shell
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$ pip install python-telegram-bot --upgrade
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To install a pre-release, use the `` --pre `` `flag <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_install/#cmdoption-pre> `_ in addition.
You can also install `` python-telegram-bot `` from source, though this is usually not necessary.
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$ git clone https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot
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$ cd python-telegram-bot
$ python setup.py install
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Dependencies & Their Versions
-----------------------------
`` python-telegram-bot `` tries to use as few 3rd party dependencies as possible.
However, for some features using a 3rd party library is more sane than implementing the functionality again.
The dependencies are:
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* `httpx ~= 0.23.0 <https://www.python-httpx.org> `_ for `` telegram.request.HTTPXRequest `` , the default networking backend
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* `tornado~=6.2 <https://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/> `_ for `` telegram.ext.Updater.start_webhook ``
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* `cachetools~=5.2.0 <https://cachetools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/> `_ for `` telegram.ext.CallbackDataCache ``
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* `APScheduler~=3.9.1 <https://apscheduler.readthedocs.io/en/3.x/> `_ for `` telegram.ext.JobQueue ``
`` python-telegram-bot `` is most useful when used along with additional libraries.
To minimize dependency conflicts, we try to be liberal in terms of version requirements on the dependencies.
On the other hand, we have to ensure stability of `` python-telegram-bot `` , which is why we do apply version bounds.
If you encounter dependency conflicts due to these bounds, feel free to reach out.
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Optional Dependencies
---------------------
PTB can be installed with optional dependencies:
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* `` pip install python-telegram-bot[passport] `` installs the `cryptography>=3.0 <https://cryptography.io/en/stable> `_ library. Use this, if you want to use Telegram Passport related functionality.
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* `` pip install python-telegram-bot[socks] `` installs `` httpx[socks] `` . Use this, if you want to work behind a Socks5 server.
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* `` pip install python-telegram-bot[rate-limiter] `` installs `` aiolimiter~=1.0.0 `` . Use this, if you want to use `` telegram.ext.AIORateLimiter `` .
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Quick Start
===========
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Our Wiki contains an `Introduction to the API <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Introduction-to-the-API> `_ explaining how the pure Bot API can be accessed via `` python-telegram-bot `` .
Moreover, the `Tutorial: Your first Bot <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Extensions-%E2%80%93-Your-first-Bot> `_ gives an introduction on how chatbots can be easily programmed with the help of the `` telegram.ext `` module.
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Resources
=========
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- The `package documentation <https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/> `_ is the technical reference for `` python-telegram-bot `` .
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It contains descriptions of all available classes, modules, methods and arguments as well as the `changelog <https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/changelog.html> `_ .
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- The `wiki <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/> `_ is home to number of more elaborate introductions of the different features of `` python-telegram-bot `` and other useful resources that go beyond the technical documentation.
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- Our `examples section <https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/examples.html> `_ contains several examples that showcase the different features of both the Bot API and `` python-telegram-bot `` .
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Even if it is not your approach for learning, please take a look at `` echobot.py `` . It is the de facto base for most of the bots out there.
The code for these examples is released to the public domain, so you can start by grabbing the code and building on top of it.
- The `official Telegram Bot API documentation <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api> `_ is of course always worth a read.
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Getting help
============
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If the resources mentioned above don't answer your questions or simply overwhelm you, there are several ways of getting help.
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1. We have a vibrant community of developers helping each other in our `Telegram group <https://telegram.me/pythontelegrambotgroup> `_ . Join us! Asking a question here is often the quickest way to get a pointer in the right direction.
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2. Ask questions by opening `a discussion <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/discussions/new> `_ .
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3. You can even ask for help on Stack Overflow using the `python-telegram-bot tag <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python-telegram-bot> `_ .
Documentation Improvements (#2008)
* Minor doc updates, following official API docs
* Fix spelling in Defaults docstrings
* Clarify Changelog of v12.7 about aware dates
* Fix typo in CHANGES.rst (#2024)
* Fix PicklePersistence.flush() with only bot_data (#2017)
* Update pylint in pre-commit to fix CI (#2018)
* Add Filters.via_bot (#2009)
* feat: via_bot filter
also fixing a small mistake in the empty parameter of the user filter and improve docs slightly
* fix: forgot to set via_bot to None
* fix: redoing subclassing to copy paste solution
* Cosmetic changes
Co-authored-by: Hinrich Mahler <hinrich.mahler@freenet.de>
* Update CHANGES.rst
Fixed Typo
Co-authored-by: Bibo-Joshi <hinrich.mahler@freenet.de>
Co-authored-by: Poolitzer <25934244+Poolitzer@users.noreply.github.com>
* Update downloads badge, add info on IRC Channel to Getting Help section
* Remove RegexHandler from ConversationHandlers Docs (#1973)
Replaced RegexHandler with MessageHandler, since the former is deprecated
* Fix Filters.via_bot docstrings
* Add notes on Markdown v1 being legacy mode
* Fixed typo in the Regex doc.. (#2036)
* Typo: Spelling
* Minor cleanup from #2043
* Document CommandHandler ignoring channel posts
* Doc fixes for a few telegram.ext classes
* Doc fixes for most `telegram` classes.
* pep-8
forgot the hard wrap is at 99 chars, not 100!
fixed a few spelling mistakes too.
* Address review and made rendering of booleans consistent
True, False, None are now rendered with ``bool`` wherever they weren't in telegram and telegram.ext classes.
* Few doc fixes for inline* classes
As usual, docs were cross-checked with official tg api docs.
* Doc fixes for telegram/files classes
As usual, docs were cross-checked with official tg api docs.
* Doc fixes for telegram.Game
Mostly just added hyperlinks. And fixed message length doc.
As usual, docs were cross-checked with official tg api docs.
* Very minor doc fix for passportfile.py and passportelementerrors.py
Didn't bother changing too much since this seems to be a custom implementation.
* Doc fixes for telegram.payments
As usual, cross-checked with official bot api docs.
* Address review 2
Few tiny other fixes too.
* Changed from ``True/False/None`` to :obj:`True/False/None` project-wide.
Few tiny other doc fixes too.
Co-authored-by: Robert Geislinger <mitachundkrach@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Poolitzer <25934244+Poolitzer@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: GauthamramRavichandran <30320759+GauthamramRavichandran@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Mahesh19 <maheshvagicherla99438@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: hoppingturtles <ilovebhagwan@gmail.com>
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Concurrency
===========
Since v20.0, `` python-telegram-bot `` is built on top of Pythons `` asyncio `` module.
Because `` asyncio `` is in general single-threaded, `` python-telegram-bot `` does currently not aim to be thread-safe.
Noteworthy parts of `` python-telegram-bots `` API that are likely to cause issues (e.g. race conditions) when used in a multi-threaded setting include:
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* `` telegram.ext.Application/Updater.update_queue ``
* `` telegram.ext.ConversationHandler.check/handle_update ``
* `` telegram.ext.CallbackDataCache ``
* `` telegram.ext.BasePersistence ``
* all classes in the `` telegram.ext.filters `` module that allow to add/remove allowed users/chats at runtime
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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 or feature requests <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/new> `_ .
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Donating
========
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Occasionally we are asked if we accept donations to support the development.
While we appreciate the thought, maintaining PTB is our hobby, and we have almost no running costs for it. We therefore have nothing set up to accept donations.
If you still want to donate, we kindly ask you to donate to another open source project/initiative of your choice instead.
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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.
