python-telegram-bot/examples/echobot.py
Francisco Demartino bd1f171f51 Remove .encode('utf-8') from echobot
This was making the bot throw TypeError on py3.

Closes #86
2015-10-23 16:48:26 -03:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Simple Bot to reply Telegram messages
# Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
import logging
import telegram
LAST_UPDATE_ID = None
def main():
global LAST_UPDATE_ID
logging.basicConfig(
format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
# Telegram Bot Authorization Token
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 if available.
try:
LAST_UPDATE_ID = bot.getUpdates()[-1].update_id
except IndexError:
LAST_UPDATE_ID = None
while True:
echo(bot)
def echo(bot):
global LAST_UPDATE_ID
# Request updates after the last updated_id
for update in bot.getUpdates(offset=LAST_UPDATE_ID, timeout=10):
# chat_id is required to reply any message
chat_id = update.message.chat_id
reply_text = update.message.text
if (reply_text):
# Reply the message
bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id,
text=reply_text)
# Updates global offset to get the new updates
LAST_UPDATE_ID = update.update_id + 1
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()