#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # # Simple Bot to reply to Telegram messages # 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 def main(): # 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: update_id = echo(bot, update_id) except NetworkError: sleep(1) except Unauthorized: # The user has removed or blocked the bot. update_id += 1 def echo(bot, 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 message = update.message.text if message: # Reply to the message bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id, text=message) return update_id if __name__ == '__main__': main()