#!/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(): """Run the bot.""" 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.get_updates()[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): """Echo the message the user sent.""" global update_id # Request updates after the last update_id for update in bot.get_updates(offset=update_id, timeout=10): 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()