py-telegram-notifier

A simple utilization of the Telegram Bot API for sending messages to a Telegram chat by means of a context manager, function calls, or a CLI.

Installation

pip install py-telegram-notifier

Requirements

In order for the module to function, you must supply it with a bot token, and a chat id. Full instructions on creating a bot can be found here.

Usage as context manager

Firstly, set up the config for your Notifier. This only has to be done once, assuming you are sending messages from the same bot to the same chat every time.

from telegram_notifier import set_config_options

chat_id = 0000000000 # Your chat id
token = "0000000000" # Your bot token

set_config_options(chat_id=chat_id, token=token)

Then, you may use a Notifier as a context manager that will notify you of the type of exit that was encountered, including whether it finished with or without an error.

from telegram_notifier import Notifier

with Notifier("This is a task."):
    # Code that takes a long time.
    pass

Usage as CLI

Save bot information in settings by using:

telegram_notifier --chat_id XXXX --token YYYY

• XXXX the unique identifier for a target chat (chat id).
• YYYY the bot token.

Send a message to a chat once the settings are saved:

telegram_notifier --message ZZZZ

• ZZZZ the message to send.

Disclaimer

The author of this software is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Telegram or any of its affiliates and is independently owned and created.