From 9f275371762f69713ca66007ee61671d1506f732 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: leandrotoledo <leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:47:13 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Error handling when no updates available

---
 examples/echobot.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/echobot.py b/examples/echobot.py
index edc2a2e8a..dc07df4a3 100644
--- a/examples/echobot.py
+++ b/examples/echobot.py
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import time
 bot = telegram.Bot('TOKEN')
 
 # This will be our global variable to keep the latest update_id when requesting
-# for updates. It starts with the latest update_id available.
-LAST_UPDATE_ID = bot.getUpdates()[-1].update_id
+# for updates. It starts with the latest update_id if available.
+try:
+    LAST_UPDATE_ID = bot.getUpdates()[-1].update_id
+except IndexError:
+    LAST_UPDATE_ID = None
 
 
 def echo():