Easy-to-use Python implementation of the Telegram Bot API.
Make sure you have obtained a bot token from @BotFather.
import tgbot
bot = tgbot.Bot(token = "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN")def handle_start_command(chat, user, message):
if user == None:
chat.send_message("Hello channel!")
else:
chat.send_message("Hello {0}!".format(user.first_name))
bot.on_message.match("/start", handle_start_command)# Make sure to include this line, since tgbot makes use of processes.
if __name__ == "__main__":
bot.start()Using webhooks is easy! Tgbot will set up a HTTPS server for you. Make sure you have OpenSSL installed on your system.
bot = tgbot.Bot(token = "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN", use_webhook = True)Tgbot uses port 8443 by default, but this can be changed by passing webhook_port to Bot.
bot = tgbot.Bot(token = "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN", use_webhook = True, webhook_port = 443)Not all ports are supported (Reference: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#setwebhook).
OpenSSL binaries for Windows are available at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/openssl.htm. You can either add the directory in which openssl.exe resides to your PATH environment variable or pass openssl_command to Bot.
E.g.
bot = tgbot.Bot(token = "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN", use_webhook = True, openssl_command = "A:\\openssl\\bin\\openssl.exe")def show_photo(chat):
chat.send_photo(open("photo.jpg", "rb"), caption = "A photo")Don't close the file object! The message will be sent in another thread. Tgbot will close the file handle. To only upload a photo once (best practice), one could rewrite the show_photo function.
import threading
from time import time
mutex = threading.Lock()
file_id = None
def show_photo(chat):
def print_delta(sent_message):
print("That message took {0} seconds to send!".format(time() - t))
with mutex:
t = time()
global file_id
if file_id != None:
chat.send_photo(file_id, caption = "A photo").then(print_delta)
else:
message = chat.send_photo(open("photo.jpg", "rb"), caption = "A photo").then(print_delta).await()
# message.photo contains a list of PhotoSize objects
largest_photo = sorted(message.photo, key = lambda photo_size: -photo_size.width * photo_size.height)[0]
file_id = largest_photo.idThe function print_delta prints the improved deltas.