From dd0f7ab1d502b52597ed53b92cbed8966c9e3c59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eternnoir <eternnoir@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:56:32 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Send chat action support.

---
 telebot/__init__.py  | 12 ++++++++++++
 telebot/apihelper.py |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index 975afb8..4ebb48c 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -202,3 +202,15 @@ class TeleBot:
         :return:
         """
         return apihelper.send_location(self.token, chat_id, latitude, longitude, reply_to_message_id, reply_markup)
+
+    def send_chat_action(self, chat_id, action):
+        """
+        Use this method when you need to tell the user that something is happening on the bot's side.
+        The status is set for 5 seconds or less (when a message arrives from your bot, Telegram clients clear
+        its typing status).
+        :param chat_id:
+        :param action: string . typing,upload_photo,record_video,upload_video,record_audio,upload_audio,upload_document,
+                                find_location.
+        :return:
+        """
+        return apihelper.send_chat_action(self.token, chat_id, action)
diff --git a/telebot/apihelper.py b/telebot/apihelper.py
index 1aea1c1..8c2e5f7 100644
--- a/telebot/apihelper.py
+++ b/telebot/apihelper.py
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ def send_location(token, chat_id, latitude, longitude, reply_to_message_id=None,
     req = requests.get(request_url, params=payload)
     return check_result(method_url, req)
 
+def send_chat_action(token,chat_id,action):
+    api_url = telebot.API_URL
+    method_url = r'sendChatAction'
+    request_url = api_url + 'bot' + token + '/' + method_url
+    payload = {'chat_id': chat_id, 'action': action}
+    req = requests.get(request_url, params=payload)
+    return check_result(method_url, req)
 
 def send_data(token, chat_id, data, data_type, reply_to_message_id=None, reply_markup=None):
     api_url = telebot.API_URL

From a8af3eb269aec475a09ff5e1af36e12a2a18f8e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eternnoir <eternnoir@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:58:15 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add send_chat_action to readme.

---
 README.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93a2e73..b879cca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ tb.send_video(chat_id, video)
 # sendLocation
 tb.send_location(chat_id, lat, lon)
 
+# sendChatAction
+# action_string can be :  typing,upload_photo,record_video,upload_video,record_audio,upload_audio,upload_document,
+#                         find_location.
+tb.send_chat_action(chat_id, action_string)
+
 ```
 
 ## Message notifier