diff --git a/Types-of-Handlers.md b/Types-of-Handlers.md index 30404ce..ba556d6 100644 --- a/Types-of-Handlers.md +++ b/Types-of-Handlers.md @@ -1 +1,8 @@ -TODO \ No newline at end of file +A `Handler` is an instance derived from the base class [telegram.ext.Handler](https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/telegram.ext.handler.html#telegram.ext.Handler) which is responsible for the routing of different kinds of updates (text, audio, inlinequery, button presses, ...) to their _corresponding callback function_ in your code. +For example, if you want your bot to respond to the command `/start`, you can use a [CommandHandler](https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/telegram.ext.commandhandler.html) that maps the input to a callback: +``` +def my_start_callback(bot, update): + update.message.reply_text("Welcome to my awesome bot!") + +... +dispatcher.add_handler(CommandHandler("start", my_callback))``` \ No newline at end of file