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# <p align="center">pyTelegramBotAPI

<p align="center">A simple, but extensible Python implementation for the <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api">Telegram Bot API</a>.

## <p align="center">Supported Bot API version: <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#june-25-2021">5.3</a>!

## Contents

  * [Getting started.](#getting-started)
  * [Writing your first bot](#writing-your-first-bot)
    * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
    * [A simple echo bot](#a-simple-echo-bot)
  * [General API Documentation](#general-api-documentation)
    * [Types](#types)
    * [Methods](#methods)
    * [General use of the API](#general-use-of-the-api)
      * [Message handlers](#message-handlers)
      * [Callback Query handlers](#callback-query-handler)
      * [Middleware handlers](#middleware-handler)
      * [TeleBot](#telebot)
      * [Reply markup](#reply-markup)
      * [Inline Mode](#inline-mode)
  * [Advanced use of the API](#advanced-use-of-the-api)
    * [Asynchronous delivery of messages](#asynchronous-delivery-of-messages)
    * [Sending large text messages](#sending-large-text-messages)
    * [Controlling the amount of Threads used by TeleBot](#controlling-the-amount-of-threads-used-by-telebot)
    * [The listener mechanism](#the-listener-mechanism)
    * [Using web hooks](#using-web-hooks)
    * [Logging](#logging)
    * [Proxy](#proxy)
  * [API conformance](#api-conformance)
  * [Change log](#change-log)
  * [F.A.Q.](#faq)
    * [Bot 2.0](#bot-20)
    * [How can I distinguish a User and a GroupChat in message.chat?](#how-can-i-distinguish-a-user-and-a-groupchat-in-messagechat)
    * [How can I handle reocurring ConnectionResetErrors?](#how-can-i-handle-reocurring-connectionreseterrors)
  * [The Telegram Chat Group](#the-telegram-chat-group)
  * [More examples](#more-examples)
  * [Bots using this API](#bots-using-this-api)

## Getting started.

This API is tested with Python Python 3.6-3.9 and Pypy 3.
There are two ways to install the library:

* Installation using pip (a Python package manager)*:

```
$ pip install pyTelegramBotAPI
```
* Installation from source (requires git):

```
$ git clone https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI.git
$ cd pyTelegramBotAPI
$ python setup.py install
```

It is generally recommended to use the first option.

**While the API is production-ready, it is still under development and it has regular updates, do not forget to update it regularly by calling `pip install pytelegrambotapi --upgrade`*

## Writing your first bot

### Prerequisites

It is presumed that you [have obtained an API token with @BotFather](https://core.telegram.org/bots#botfather). We will call this token `TOKEN`.
Furthermore, you have basic knowledge of the Python programming language and more importantly [the Telegram Bot API](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api).

### A simple echo bot

The TeleBot class (defined in \__init__.py) encapsulates all API calls in a single class. It provides functions such as `send_xyz` (`send_message`, `send_document` etc.) and several ways to listen for incoming messages.

Create a file called `echo_bot.py`.
Then, open the file and create an instance of the TeleBot class.
```python
import telebot

bot = telebot.TeleBot("TOKEN", parse_mode=None) # You can set parse_mode by default. HTML or MARKDOWN
```
*Note: Make sure to actually replace TOKEN with your own API token.*

After that declaration, we need to register some so-called message handlers. Message handlers define filters which a message must pass. If a message passes the filter, the decorated function is called and the incoming message is passed as an argument.

Let's define a message handler which handles incoming `/start` and `/help` commands.
```python
@bot.message_handler(commands=['start', 'help'])
def send_welcome(message):
	bot.reply_to(message, "Howdy, how are you doing?")
```
A function which is decorated by a message handler __can have an arbitrary name, however, it must have only one parameter (the message)__.

Let's add another handler:
```python
@bot.message_handler(func=lambda m: True)
def echo_all(message):
	bot.reply_to(message, message.text)
```
This one echoes all incoming text messages back to the sender. It uses a lambda function to test a message. If the lambda returns True, the message is handled by the decorated function. Since we want all messages to be handled by this function, we simply always return True.

*Note: all handlers are tested in the order in which they were declared*

We now have a basic bot which replies a static message to "/start" and "/help" commands and which echoes the rest of the sent messages. To start the bot, add the following to our source file:
```python
bot.polling()
```
Alright, that's it! Our source file now looks like this:
```python
import telebot

bot = telebot.TeleBot("TOKEN")

@bot.message_handler(commands=['start', 'help'])
def send_welcome(message):
	bot.reply_to(message, "Howdy, how are you doing?")

@bot.message_handler(func=lambda message: True)
def echo_all(message):
	bot.reply_to(message, message.text)

bot.polling()
```
To start the bot, simply open up a terminal and enter `python echo_bot.py` to run the bot! Test it by sending commands ('/start' and '/help') and arbitrary text messages.

## General API Documentation

### Types

All types are defined in types.py. They are all completely in line with the [Telegram API's definition of the types](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#available-types), except for the Message's `from` field, which is renamed to `from_user` (because `from` is a Python reserved token). Thus, attributes such as `message_id` can be accessed directly with `message.message_id`. Note that `message.chat` can be either an instance of `User` or `GroupChat` (see [How can I distinguish a User and a GroupChat in message.chat?](#how-can-i-distinguish-a-user-and-a-groupchat-in-messagechat)).

The Message object also has a `content_type`attribute, which defines the type of the Message. `content_type` can be one of the following strings:
`text`, `audio`, `document`, `photo`, `sticker`, `video`, `video_note`, `voice`, `location`, `contact`, `new_chat_members`, `left_chat_member`, `new_chat_title`, `new_chat_photo`, `delete_chat_photo`, `group_chat_created`, `supergroup_chat_created`, `channel_chat_created`, `migrate_to_chat_id`, `migrate_from_chat_id`, `pinned_message`.

You can use some types in one function. Example:

```content_types=["text", "sticker", "pinned_message", "photo", "audio"]```

### Methods

All [API methods](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#available-methods) are located in the TeleBot class. They are renamed to follow common Python naming conventions. E.g. `getMe` is renamed to `get_me` and `sendMessage` to `send_message`.

### General use of the API

Outlined below are some general use cases of the API.

#### Message handlers
A message handler is a function that is decorated with the `message_handler` decorator of a TeleBot instance. Message handlers consist of one or multiple filters.
Each filter must return True for a certain message in order for a message handler to become eligible to handle that message. A message handler is declared in the following way (provided `bot` is an instance of TeleBot):
```python
@bot.message_handler(filters)
def function_name(message):
	bot.reply_to(message, "This is a message handler")
```
`function_name` is not bound to any restrictions. Any function name is permitted with message handlers. The function must accept at most one argument, which will be the message that the function must handle.
`filters` is a list of keyword arguments.
A filter is declared in the following manner: `name=argument`. One handler may have multiple filters.
TeleBot supports the following filters:

|name|argument(s)|Condition|
|:---:|---| ---|
|content_types|list of strings (default `['text']`)|`True` if message.content_type is in the list of strings.|
|regexp|a regular expression as a string|`True` if `re.search(regexp_arg)` returns `True` and `message.content_type == 'text'` (See [Python Regular Expressions](https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html))|
|commands|list of strings|`True` if `message.content_type == 'text'` and `message.text` starts with a command that is in the list of strings.|
|chat_types|list of chat types|`True` if `message.chat.type` in your filter
|func|a function (lambda or function reference)|`True` if the lambda or function reference returns `True`

Here are some examples of using the filters and message handlers:

```python
import telebot
bot = telebot.TeleBot("TOKEN")

# Handles all text messages that contains the commands '/start' or '/help'.
@bot.message_handler(commands=['start', 'help'])
def handle_start_help(message):
	pass

# Handles all sent documents and audio files
@bot.message_handler(content_types=['document', 'audio'])
def handle_docs_audio(message):
	pass

# Handles all text messages that match the regular expression
@bot.message_handler(regexp="SOME_REGEXP")
def handle_message(message):
	pass

# Handles all messages for which the lambda returns True
@bot.message_handler(func=lambda message: message.document.mime_type == 'text/plain', content_types=['document'])
def handle_text_doc(message):
	pass

# Which could also be defined as:
def test_message(message):
	return message.document.mime_type == 'text/plain'

@bot.message_handler(func=test_message, content_types=['document'])
def handle_text_doc(message):
	pass

# Handlers can be stacked to create a function which will be called if either message_handler is eligible
# This handler will be called if the message starts with '/hello' OR is some emoji
@bot.message_handler(commands=['hello'])
@bot.message_handler(func=lambda msg: msg.text.encode("utf-8") == SOME_FANCY_EMOJI)
def send_something(message):
    pass
```
**Important: all handlers are tested in the order in which they were declared**

#### Edited Message handlers
Handle edited messages
`@bot.edited_message_handler(filters) # <- passes a Message type object to your function`

#### channel_post_handler
Handle channel post messages
`@bot.channel_post_handler(filters) # <- passes a Message type object to your function`

#### edited_channel_post_handler
Handle edited channel post messages
`@bot.edited_channel_post_handler(filters) # <- passes a Message type object to your function`

#### Callback Query Handler
Handle callback queries
```python
@bot.callback_query_handler(func=lambda call: True)
def  test_callback(call): # <- passes a CallbackQuery type object to your function
    logger.info(call)
```

#### Inline Handler
Handle inline queries
`@bot.inline_handler() # <- passes a InlineQuery type object to your function` 

#### Chosen Inline Handler
Handle chosen inline results
`@bot.chosen_inline_handler() # <- passes a ChosenInlineResult type object to your function`

#### Shipping Query Handler
Handle shipping queries
`@bot.shipping_query_handeler() # <- passes a ShippingQuery type object to your function`

#### Pre Checkout Query Handler
Handle pre checkoupt queries
`@bot.pre_checkout_query_handler() # <- passes a PreCheckoutQuery type object to your function`

#### Poll Handler
Handle poll updates
`@bot.poll_handler() # <- passes a Poll type object to your function`

#### Poll Answer Handler
Handle poll answers
`@bot.poll_answer_handler() # <- passes a PollAnswer type object to your function`

#### My Chat Member Handler
Handle updates of a the bot's member status in a chat
`@bot.my_chat_member_handler() # <- passes a ChatMemberUpdated type object to your function`

#### Chat Member Handler
Handle updates of a chat member's status in a chat
`@bot.chat_member_handler() # <- passes a ChatMemberUpdated type object to your function`
*Note: "chat_member" updates are not requested by default. If you want to allow all update types, set `allowed_updates` in `bot.polling()` / `bot.infinity_polling()` to `util.update_types`*


#### Middleware Handler

A middleware handler is a function that allows you to modify requests or the bot context as they pass through the 
Telegram to the bot. You can imagine middleware as a chain of logic connection handled before any other handlers are
executed. Middleware processing is disabled by default, enable it by setting `apihelper.ENABLE_MIDDLEWARE = True`. 

```python
apihelper.ENABLE_MIDDLEWARE = True

@bot.middleware_handler(update_types=['message'])
def modify_message(bot_instance, message):
    # modifying the message before it reaches any other handler 
    message.another_text = message.text + ':changed'

@bot.message_handler(commands=['start'])
def start(message):
    # the message is already modified when it reaches message handler
    assert message.another_text == message.text + ':changed'
```
There are other examples using middleware handler in the [examples/middleware](examples/middleware) directory.

#### TeleBot
```python
import telebot

TOKEN = '<token_string>'
tb = telebot.TeleBot(TOKEN)	#create a new Telegram Bot object

# Upon calling this function, TeleBot starts polling the Telegram servers for new messages.
# - none_stop: True/False (default False) - Don't stop polling when receiving an error from the Telegram servers
# - interval: True/False (default False) - The interval between polling requests
#           Note: Editing this parameter harms the bot's response time
# - timeout: integer (default 20) - Timeout in seconds for long polling.
# - allowed_updates: List of Strings (default None) - List of update types to request 
tb.polling(none_stop=False, interval=0, timeout=20)

# getMe
user = tb.get_me()

# setWebhook
tb.set_webhook(url="http://example.com", certificate=open('mycert.pem'))
# unset webhook
tb.remove_webhook()

# getUpdates
updates = tb.get_updates()
updates = tb.get_updates(1234,100,20) #get_Updates(offset, limit, timeout):

# sendMessage
tb.send_message(chat_id, text)

# editMessageText
tb.edit_message_text(new_text, chat_id, message_id)

# forwardMessage
tb.forward_message(to_chat_id, from_chat_id, message_id)

# All send_xyz functions which can take a file as an argument, can also take a file_id instead of a file.
# sendPhoto
photo = open('/tmp/photo.png', 'rb')
tb.send_photo(chat_id, photo)
tb.send_photo(chat_id, "FILEID")

# sendAudio
audio = open('/tmp/audio.mp3', 'rb')
tb.send_audio(chat_id, audio)
tb.send_audio(chat_id, "FILEID")

## sendAudio with duration, performer and title.
tb.send_audio(CHAT_ID, file_data, 1, 'eternnoir', 'pyTelegram')

# sendVoice
voice = open('/tmp/voice.ogg', 'rb')
tb.send_voice(chat_id, voice)
tb.send_voice(chat_id, "FILEID")

# sendDocument
doc = open('/tmp/file.txt', 'rb')
tb.send_document(chat_id, doc)
tb.send_document(chat_id, "FILEID")

# sendSticker
sti = open('/tmp/sti.webp', 'rb')
tb.send_sticker(chat_id, sti)
tb.send_sticker(chat_id, "FILEID")

# sendVideo
video = open('/tmp/video.mp4', 'rb')
tb.send_video(chat_id, video)
tb.send_video(chat_id, "FILEID")

# sendVideoNote
videonote = open('/tmp/videonote.mp4', 'rb')
tb.send_video_note(chat_id, videonote)
tb.send_video_note(chat_id, "FILEID")

# sendLocation
tb.send_location(chat_id, lat, lon)

# sendChatAction
# action_string can be one of the following strings: 'typing', 'upload_photo', 'record_video', 'upload_video',
# 'record_audio', 'upload_audio', 'upload_document' or 'find_location'.
tb.send_chat_action(chat_id, action_string)

# getFile
# Downloading a file is straightforward
# Returns a File object
import requests
file_info = tb.get_file(file_id)

file = requests.get('https://api.telegram.org/file/bot{0}/{1}'.format(API_TOKEN, file_info.file_path))


```
#### Reply markup
All `send_xyz` functions of TeleBot take an optional `reply_markup` argument. This argument must be an instance of `ReplyKeyboardMarkup`, `ReplyKeyboardRemove` or `ForceReply`, which are defined in types.py.

```python
from telebot import types

# Using the ReplyKeyboardMarkup class
# It's constructor can take the following optional arguments:
# - resize_keyboard: True/False (default False)
# - one_time_keyboard: True/False (default False)
# - selective: True/False (default False)
# - row_width: integer (default 3)
# row_width is used in combination with the add() function.
# It defines how many buttons are fit on each row before continuing on the next row.
markup = types.ReplyKeyboardMarkup(row_width=2)
itembtn1 = types.KeyboardButton('a')
itembtn2 = types.KeyboardButton('v')
itembtn3 = types.KeyboardButton('d')
markup.add(itembtn1, itembtn2, itembtn3)
tb.send_message(chat_id, "Choose one letter:", reply_markup=markup)

# or add KeyboardButton one row at a time:
markup = types.ReplyKeyboardMarkup()
itembtna = types.KeyboardButton('a')
itembtnv = types.KeyboardButton('v')
itembtnc = types.KeyboardButton('c')
itembtnd = types.KeyboardButton('d')
itembtne = types.KeyboardButton('e')
markup.row(itembtna, itembtnv)
markup.row(itembtnc, itembtnd, itembtne)
tb.send_message(chat_id, "Choose one letter:", reply_markup=markup)
```
The last example yields this result:

![ReplyKeyboardMarkup](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2933/32418726704_9ef76093cf_o_d.jpg "ReplyKeyboardMarkup")

```python
# ReplyKeyboardRemove: hides a previously sent ReplyKeyboardMarkup
# Takes an optional selective argument (True/False, default False)
markup = types.ReplyKeyboardRemove(selective=False)
tb.send_message(chat_id, message, reply_markup=markup)
```

```python
# ForceReply: forces a user to reply to a message
# Takes an optional selective argument (True/False, default False)
markup = types.ForceReply(selective=False)
tb.send_message(chat_id, "Send me another word:", reply_markup=markup)
```
ForceReply:

![ForceReply](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/32418726814_d1baec0fc2_o_d.jpg "ForceReply")

### Inline Mode

More information about [Inline mode](https://core.telegram.org/bots/inline).

#### inline_handler

Now, you can use inline_handler to get inline queries in telebot.

```python

@bot.inline_handler(lambda query: query.query == 'text')
def query_text(inline_query):
    # Query message is text
```


#### chosen_inline_handler

Use chosen_inline_handler to get chosen_inline_result in telebot. Don't forgot add the /setinlinefeedback
command for @Botfather.

More information : [collecting-feedback](https://core.telegram.org/bots/inline#collecting-feedback)

```python
@bot.chosen_inline_handler(func=lambda chosen_inline_result: True)
def test_chosen(chosen_inline_result):
    # Process all chosen_inline_result.
```

#### answer_inline_query

```python
@bot.inline_handler(lambda query: query.query == 'text')
def query_text(inline_query):
    try:
        r = types.InlineQueryResultArticle('1', 'Result', types.InputTextMessageContent('Result message.'))
        r2 = types.InlineQueryResultArticle('2', 'Result2', types.InputTextMessageContent('Result message2.'))
        bot.answer_inline_query(inline_query.id, [r, r2])
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)

```
### Working with entities:
This object represents one special entity in a text message. For example, hashtags, usernames, URLs, etc.
Attributes:
* `type`
* `url`
* `offset`
* `length`
* `user`


**Here's an Example:**`message.entities[num].<attribute>`<br>
Here `num` is the entity number or order of entity in a reply, for if incase there are multiple entities in the reply/message.<br>
`message.entities` returns a list of entities object. <br>
`message.entities[0].type` would give the type of the first entity<br>
Refer [Bot Api](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#messageentity) for extra details

## Advanced use of the API

### Using local Bot API Sever
Since version 5.0 of the Bot API, you have the possibility to run your own [Local Bot API Server](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#using-a-local-bot-api-server).
pyTelegramBotAPI also supports this feature.
```python
from telebot import apihelper

apihelper.API_URL = "http://localhost:4200/bot{0}/{1}"
```
**Important: Like described [here](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#logout), you have to log out your bot from the Telegram server before switching to your local API server. in pyTelegramBotAPI use `bot.log_out()`**

*Note: 4200 is an example port*

### Asynchronous delivery of messages
There exists an implementation of TeleBot which executes all `send_xyz` and the `get_me` functions asynchronously. This can speed up your bot __significantly__, but it has unwanted side effects if used without caution.
To enable this behaviour, create an instance of AsyncTeleBot instead of TeleBot.
```python
tb = telebot.AsyncTeleBot("TOKEN")
```
Now, every function that calls the Telegram API is executed in a separate Thread. The functions are modified to return an AsyncTask instance (defined in util.py). Using AsyncTeleBot allows you to do the following:
```python
import telebot

tb = telebot.AsyncTeleBot("TOKEN")
task = tb.get_me() # Execute an API call
# Do some other operations...
a = 0
for a in range(100):
	a += 10

result = task.wait() # Get the result of the execution
```
*Note: if you execute send_xyz functions after eachother without calling wait(), the order in which messages are delivered might be wrong.*

### Sending large text messages
Sometimes you must send messages that exceed 5000 characters. The Telegram API can not handle that many characters in one request, so we need to split the message in multiples. Here is how to do that using the API:
```python
from telebot import util
large_text = open("large_text.txt", "rb").read()

# Split the text each 3000 characters.
# split_string returns a list with the splitted text.
splitted_text = util.split_string(large_text, 3000)

for text in splitted_text:
	tb.send_message(chat_id, text)
```

Or you can use the new `smart_split` function to get more meaningful substrings:
```python
from telebot import util
large_text = open("large_text.txt", "rb").read()
# Splits one string into multiple strings, with a maximum amount of `chars_per_string` (max. 4096)
# Splits by last '\n', '. ' or ' ' in exactly this priority.
# smart_split returns a list with the splitted text.
splitted_text = util.smart_split(large_text, chars_per_string=3000)
for text in splitted_text:
	tb.send_message(chat_id, text)
```
### Controlling the amount of Threads used by TeleBot
The TeleBot constructor takes the following optional arguments:

 - threaded: True/False (default True). A flag to indicate whether
   TeleBot should execute message handlers on it's polling Thread.

### The listener mechanism
As an alternative to the message handlers, one can also register a function as a listener to TeleBot.

NOTICE: handlers won't disappear! Your message will be processed both by handlers and listeners. Also, it's impossible to predict which will work at first because of threading. If you use threaded=False, custom listeners will work earlier, after them handlers will be called. 
Example:
```python
def handle_messages(messages):
	for message in messages:
		# Do something with the message
		bot.reply_to(message, 'Hi')

bot.set_update_listener(handle_messages)
bot.polling()
```

### Using web hooks
When using webhooks telegram sends one Update per call, for processing it you should call process_new_messages([update.message]) when you recieve it.

There are some examples using webhooks in the [examples/webhook_examples](examples/webhook_examples) directory.

### Logging

You can use the Telebot module logger to log debug info about Telebot. Use `telebot.logger` to get the logger of the TeleBot module.
It is possible to add custom logging Handlers to the logger. Refer to the [Python logging module page](https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.html) for more info.

```python
import logging

logger = telebot.logger
telebot.logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) # Outputs debug messages to console.
```

### Proxy

You can use proxy for request. `apihelper.proxy` object will use by call `requests` proxies argument.

```python
from telebot import apihelper

apihelper.proxy = {'http':'http://127.0.0.1:3128'}
```

If you want to use socket5 proxy you need install dependency `pip install requests[socks]` and make sure, that you have the latest version of `gunicorn`, `PySocks`, `pyTelegramBotAPI`, `requests` and `urllib3`.

```python
apihelper.proxy = {'https':'socks5://userproxy:password@proxy_address:port'}
```


## API conformance

* ➕ [Bot API 5.3](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#june-25-2021) - ChatMemberXXX classes are full copies of ChatMember
* ✔ [Bot API 5.2](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#april-26-2021)
* ✔ [Bot API 5.1](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#march-9-2021)
* ✔ [Bot API 5.0](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#november-4-2020)
* ✔ [Bot API 4.9](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#june-4-2020)
* ✔ [Bot API 4.8](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-24-2020)
* ✔ [Bot API 4.7](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#march-30-2020)
* ✔ [Bot API 4.6](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#january-23-2020)
* ➕ [Bot API 4.5](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#december-31-2019) - No nested MessageEntities and Markdown2 support
* ✔ [Bot API 4.4](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#july-29-2019)
* ✔ [Bot API 4.3](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#may-31-2019)
* ✔ [Bot API 4.2](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-14-2019)
* ➕ [Bot API 4.1](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#august-27-2018) - No Passport support
* ➕ [Bot API 4.0](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#july-26-2018)   - No Passport support
* ✔ [Bot API 3.6](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#february-13-2018)
* ✔ [Bot API 3.5](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#november-17-2017)
* ✔ [Bot API 3.4](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#october-11-2017)
* ✔ [Bot API 3.3](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#august-23-2017)
* ✔ [Bot API 3.2](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#july-21-2017)
* ✔ [Bot API 3.1](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#june-30-2017)
* ✔ [Bot API 3.0](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#may-18-2017)
* ✔ [Bot API 2.3.1](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#december-4-2016)
* ✔ [Bot API 2.3](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#november-21-2016)
* ✔ [Bot API 2.2](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#october-3-2016)
* ✔ [Bot API 2.1](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#may-22-2016)
* ✔ [Bot API 2.0](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#april-9-2016) 


## F.A.Q.

### How can I distinguish a User and a GroupChat in message.chat?
Telegram Bot API support new type Chat for message.chat.

- Check the ```type``` attribute in ```Chat``` object:
-
```python
if message.chat.type == "private":
	# private chat message

if message.chat.type == "group":
	# group chat message

if message.chat.type == "supergroup":
	# supergroup chat message

if message.chat.type == "channel":
	# channel message

```

### How can I handle reocurring ConnectionResetErrors?

Bot instances that were idle for a long time might be rejected by the server when sending a message due to a timeout of the last used session. Add `apihelper.SESSION_TIME_TO_LIVE = 5 * 60` to your initialisation to force recreation after 5 minutes without any activity. 

## The Telegram Chat Group

Get help. Discuss. Chat.

* Join the [pyTelegramBotAPI Telegram Chat Group](https://telegram.me/joinchat/Bn4ixj84FIZVkwhk2jag6A)

## More examples

* [Echo Bot](https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI/blob/master/examples/echo_bot.py)
* [Deep Linking](https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI/blob/master/examples/deep_linking.py)
* [next_step_handler Example](https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI/blob/master/examples/step_example.py)

## Bots using this API
* [SiteAlert bot](https://telegram.me/SiteAlert_bot) ([source](https://github.com/ilteoood/SiteAlert-Python)) by *ilteoood* - Monitors websites and sends a notification on changes
* [TelegramLoggingBot](https://github.com/aRandomStranger/TelegramLoggingBot) by *aRandomStranger*
* [Send to Kindle Bot](https://telegram.me/Send2KindleBot) by *GabrielRF* - Send to Kindle files or links to files.
* [Telegram LMGTFY_bot](https://github.com/GabrielRF/telegram-lmgtfy_bot) ([source](https://github.com/GabrielRF/telegram-lmgtfy_bot)) by *GabrielRF* - Let me Google that for you.
* [Telegram UrlProBot](https://github.com/GabrielRF/telegram-urlprobot) ([source](https://github.com/GabrielRF/telegram-urlprobot)) by *GabrielRF* - URL shortener and URL expander.
* [Telegram Proxy Bot](https://github.com/mrgigabyte/proxybot) by *mrgigabyte* - `Credits for the original version of this bot goes to` **Groosha** `, simply added certain features which I thought were needed`.
* [RadRetroRobot](https://github.com/Tronikart/RadRetroRobot) by *Tronikart* - Multifunctional Telegram Bot RadRetroRobot.
* [League of Legends bot](https://telegram.me/League_of_Legends_bot) ([source](https://github.com/i32ropie/lol)) by *i32ropie*
* [NeoBot](https://github.com/neoranger/NeoBot) by [@NeoRanger](https://github.com/neoranger)
* [TagAlertBot](https://github.com/pitasi/TagAlertBot) by *pitasi*
* [ColorCodeBot](https://t.me/colorcodebot) ([source](https://github.com/andydecleyre/colorcodebot)) - Share code snippets as beautifully syntax-highlighted HTML and/or images.
* [ComedoresUGRbot](http://telegram.me/ComedoresUGRbot) ([source](https://github.com/alejandrocq/ComedoresUGRbot)) by [*alejandrocq*](https://github.com/alejandrocq) - Telegram bot to check the menu of Universidad de Granada dining hall.
* [picpingbot](https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=%40picpingbot) - Fun anonymous photo exchange by Boogie Muffin.
* [TheZigZagProject](https://github.com/WebShark025/TheZigZagProject) - The 'All In One' bot for Telegram! by WebShark025
* [proxybot](https://github.com/p-hash/proxybot) - Simple Proxy Bot for Telegram. by p-hash
* [DonantesMalagaBot](https://github.com/vfranch/DonantesMalagaBot)- DonantesMalagaBot facilitates information to Malaga blood donors about the places where they can donate today or in the incoming days. It also records the date of the last donation so that it helps the donors to know when they can donate again. - by vfranch
* [DuttyBot](https://github.com/DmytryiStriletskyi/DuttyBot) by *Dmytryi Striletskyi* - Timetable for one university in Kiev.
* [dailypepebot](https://telegram.me/dailypepebot) by [*Jaime*](https://github.com/jiwidi/Dailypepe) - Get's you random pepe images and gives you their id, then you can call this image with the number.
* [DailyQwertee](https://t.me/DailyQwertee) by [*Jaime*](https://github.com/jiwidi/DailyQwertee) - Bot that manages a channel that sends qwertee daily tshirts every day at 00:00
* [wat-bridge](https://github.com/rmed/wat-bridge) by [*rmed*](https://github.com/rmed) - Send and receive messages to/from WhatsApp through Telegram
* [flibusta_bot](https://github.com/Kurbezz/flibusta_bot) by [*Kurbezz*](https://github.com/Kurbezz)
* [EmaProject](https://github.com/halkliff/emaproject) by [*halkliff*](https://github.com/halkliff) - Ema - Eastern Media Assistant was made thinking on the ease-to-use feature. Coding here is simple, as much as is fast and powerful.
* [filmratingbot](http://t.me/filmratingbot)([source](https://github.com/jcolladosp/film-rating-bot)) by [*jcolladosp*](https://github.com/jcolladosp) - Telegram bot using the Python API that gets films rating from IMDb and metacritic
* [you2mp3bot](http://t.me/you2mp3bot)([link](https://storebot.me/bot/you2mp3bot)) - This bot can convert a Youtube video to Mp3. All you need is send the URL video.
* [Send2Kindlebot](http://t.me/Send2KindleBot) ([source](https://github.com/GabrielRF/Send2KindleBot)) by *GabrielRF* - Send to Kindle service.
* [RastreioBot](http://t.me/RastreioBot) ([source](https://github.com/GabrielRF/RastreioBot)) by *GabrielRF* - Bot used to track packages on the Brazilian Mail Service.
* [filex_bot](http://t.me/filex_bot)([link](https://github.com/victor141516/FileXbot-telegram))
* [Spbu4UBot](http://t.me/Spbu4UBot)([link](https://github.com/EeOneDown/spbu4u)) by *EeOneDown* - Bot with timetables for SPbU students.
* [SmartySBot](http://t.me/ZDU_bot)([link](https://github.com/0xVK/SmartySBot)) by *0xVK* - Telegram timetable bot, for Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University students.
* [yandex_music_bot](http://t.me/yandex_music_bot)- Downloads tracks/albums/public playlists from Yandex.Music streaming service for free.
* [LearnIt](https://t.me/LearnItbot)([link](https://github.com/tiagonapoli/LearnIt)) - A Telegram Bot created to help people to memorize other languages’ vocabulary.
* [MusicQuiz_bot](https://t.me/MusicQuiz_bot) by [Etoneja](https://github.com/Etoneja) - Listen to audio samples and try to name the performer of the song.
* [Bot-Telegram-Shodan ](https://github.com/rubenleon/Bot-Telegram-Shodan) by [rubenleon](https://github.com/rubenleon)
* [MandangoBot](https://t.me/MandangoBot) by @Alvaricias - Bot for managing Marvel Strike Force alliances (only in spanish, atm).
* [ManjaroBot](https://t.me/ManjaroBot) by [@NeoRanger](https://github.com/neoranger) - Bot for Manjaro Linux Spanish group with a lot of info for Manjaro Newbies.
* [VigoBusTelegramBot](https://t.me/vigobusbot) ([GitHub](https://github.com/Pythoneiro/VigoBus-TelegramBot)) - Bot that provides buses coming to a certain stop and their remaining time for the city of Vigo (Galicia - Spain)
* [kaishnik-bot](https://t.me/kaishnik_bot) ([source](https://github.com/airatk/kaishnik-bot)) by *airatk* - bot which shows all the necessary information to KNTRU-KAI students.
* [Creation Date](https://t.me/creationdatebot) by @karipov - interpolates account creation dates based on telegram given ID’s
* [m0xbot](https://t.me/m0xbot) by [kor0p](https://github.com/kor0p) - tic-tac-toe.  
* [kboardbot](https://t.me/kboardbot) by [kor0p](https://github.com/kor0p) - inline switches keyboard layout (English, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Russian).  
* [Robbie](https://t.me/romdeliverybot) ([source](https://github.com/FacuM/romdeliverybot_support)) by @FacuM - Support Telegram bot for developers and maintainers.
* [AsadovBot](https://t.me/asadov_bot) ([source](https://github.com/desexcile/BotApi)) by @DesExcile - Сatalog of poems by Eduard Asadov.
* [thesaurus_com_bot](https://t.me/thesaurus_com_bot) ([source](https://github.com/LeoSvalov/words-i-learn-bot)) by @LeoSvalov - words and synonyms from [dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com) and [thesaurus.com](https://www.thesaurus.com) in the telegram.
* [InfoBot](https://t.me/info2019_bot) ([source](https://github.com/irevenko/info-bot)) by @irevenko - An all-round bot that displays some statistics (weather, time, crypto etc...)
* [FoodBot](https://t.me/ChensonUz_bot) ([source](https://github.com/Fliego/old_restaurant_telegram_chatbot)) by @Fliego - a simple bot for food ordering
* [Sporty](https://t.me/SportydBot) ([source](https://github.com/0xnu/sporty)) by @0xnu - Telegram bot for displaying the latest news, sports schedules and injury updates.
* [Neural style transfer](https://t.me/ebanyivolshebnikBot) ([source](https://github.com/timbyxty/StyleTransfer-tgbot)) by @timbyxty - bot for transferring style from one picture to another based on neural network.
* [JoinGroup Silencer Bot](https://t.me/joingroup_silencer_bot) ([source](https://github.com/zeph1997/Telegram-Group-Silencer-Bot)) by [@zeph1997](https://github.com/zeph1997) - A Telegram Bot to remove "join group" and "removed from group" notifications.
* [AdviceBook](https://t.me/adviceokbot) by [@barbax7](https://github.com/barbax7) - A Telegram Bot that allows you to receive random reading tips when you don't know which book to read.
* [Blue_CC_Bot](https://t.me/Blue_CC_Bot) by [@Akash](https://github.com/BLUE-DEVIL1134) - A Telegram Bot Which Checks Your Given Credit Cards And Says Which Is A Real,Card And Which Is Fake.
* [RandomInfoBot](https://t.me/RandomInfoBot) by [@Akash](https://github.com/BLUE-DEVIL1134) - A Telegram Bot Which Generates Random Information Of Humans Scraped From Over 13 Websites.
* [TasksListsBot](https://t.me/TasksListsBot) ([source](https://github.com/Pablo-Davila/TasksListsBot)) by [@Pablo-Davila](https://github.com/Pablo-Davila) - A (tasks) lists manager bot for Telegram.
* [MyElizaPsychologistBot](https://t.me/TasksListsBot) ([source](https://github.com/Pablo-Davila/MyElizaPsychologistBot)) by [@Pablo-Davila](https://github.com/Pablo-Davila) - An implementation of the famous Eliza psychologist chatbot.
* [Evdembot](https://t.me/Evdembot) by Adem Kavak. A bot that informs you about everything you want.
* [Frcstbot](https://t.me/frcstbot) ([source](https://github.com/Mrsqd/frcstbot_public)) by [Mrsqd](https://github.com/Mrsqd). A Telegram bot that will always be happy to show you the weather forecast.
* [Bot Hour](https://t.me/roadtocode_bot) a little bot that say the time in different countries by [@diegop384](https://github.com/diegop384) [repo](https://github.com/diegop384/telegrambothour)
* [moodforfood_bot](https://t.me/moodforfood_bot) This bot will provide you with a list of food place(s) near your current Telegram location, which you are prompted to share. The API for all this info is from https://foursquare.com/. by [@sophiamarani](https://github.com/sophiamarani)
* [Donation with Amazon](https://t.me/donamazonbot) by [@barbax7](https://github.com/barbax7) This bot donates amazon advertising commissions to the non-profit organization chosen by the user.
* [COVID-19 Galicia Bot](https://t.me/covid19_galicia_bot) by [@dgarcoe](https://github.com/dgarcoe) This bot provides daily data related to the COVID19 crisis in Galicia (Spain) obtained from official government sources.
* [MineGramBot](https://github.com/ModischFabrications/MineGramBot) by [ModischFabrications](https://github.com/ModischFabrications). This bot can start, stop and monitor a minecraft server.
* [Tabletop DiceBot](https://github.com/dexpiper/tabletopdicebot) by [dexpiper](https://github.com/dexpiper). This bot can roll multiple dices for RPG-like games, add positive and negative modifiers and show short descriptions to the rolls.
* [BarnameKon](https://t.me/BarnameKonBot) by [Anvaari](https://github.com/anvaari). This Bot make "Add to google calendar" link for your events. It give information about event and return link. It work for Jalali calendar and in Tehran Time. [Source code](https://github.com/anvaari/BarnameKon)
* [Price Tracker](https://t.me/trackokbot) by [@barbax7](https://github.com/barbax7). This bot tracks amazon.it product's prices the user is interested to and notify him when one price go down.
* [Torrent Hunt](https://t.me/torrenthuntbot) by [@Hemantapkh](https://github.com/hemantapkh/torrenthunt). Torrent Hunt bot is a multilingual bot with inline mode support to search and explore torrents from 1337x.to.
* Translator bot by [Areeg Fahad (source)](https://github.com/AREEG94FAHAD/translate_text_bot). This bot can be use to translate texts. 
* Digital Cryptocurrency bot by [Areeg Fahad (source)](https://github.com/AREEG94FAHAD/currencies_bot). With this bot, you can now monitor the prices of more than 12 digital Cryptocurrency. 
* [Anti-Tracking Bot](https://t.me/AntiTrackingBot) by [Leon Heess (source)](https://github.com/leonheess/AntiTrackingBot). Send any link, and the bot tries its best to remove all tracking from the link you sent.
* [Developer Bot](https://t.me/IndDeveloper_bot) by [Vishal Singh](https://github.com/vishal2376) [(source code)](https://github.com/vishal2376/telegram-bot) This telegram bot can do tasks like GitHub search & clone,provide c++ learning resources ,Stackoverflow search, Codeforces(profile visualizer,random problems)
* [oneIPO bot](https://github.com/aaditya2200/IPO-proj) by [Aadithya](https://github.com/aaditya2200) & [Amol Soans](https://github.com/AmolDerickSoans) This Telegram bot provides live updates , data and documents on current and upcoming IPOs(Initial Public Offerings) 
	
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