#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # # Simple Bot to reply to Telegram messages. This is built on the API wrapper, see # echobot2.py to see the same example built on the telegram.ext bot framework. # This program is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license. import logging import telegram from telegram.error import NetworkError, Unauthorized from time import sleep update_id = None def main(): global update_id # Telegram Bot Authorization Token bot = telegram.Bot('TOKEN') # get the first pending update_id, this is so we can skip over it in case # we get an "Unauthorized" exception. try: update_id = bot.getUpdates()[0].update_id except IndexError: update_id = None logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s') while True: try: echo(bot) except NetworkError: sleep(1) except Unauthorized: # The user has removed or blocked the bot. update_id += 1 def echo(bot): global update_id # Request updates after the last update_id for update in bot.getUpdates(offset=update_id, timeout=10): # chat_id is required to reply to any message chat_id = update.message.chat_id update_id = update.update_id + 1 if update.message: # your bot can receive updates without messages # Reply to the message update.message.reply_text(update.message.text) if __name__ == '__main__': main()