robogram is an (unofficial) Minimal Telegram Bot API Wrapper to send messages on Telegram - to user, channel, or group.
The only dependency is requests -- with over 50K stars on GitHub.
robogram is available on PyPI, and can be installed with pip:
$ pip install robogramYou'll also need to obtain an Bot Token as outlined in the docs.
Use a TeleBot to send a message to a personal chat, channel, or group on Telegram:
from robogram import TeleBot
# Authentication token, that you get by:
# (1) opening a chat with `@BotFather`
# (2) using command `/newbot` to create a new bot
BOT_TOKEN = 'TOKEN'
# Chat ID, that you get by:
# (1) Add the new bot to personal chat, channel, or group
# (2) Send a message to bot
CHAT_ID = -123456789
bot = TeleBot(BOT_TOKEN)
r = bot.send_message(CHAT_ID, 'Hello World!')
print(r)Looking for an easier way to get the Chat ID for a personal chat, channel, or group?
Follow steps above, and add the Bot to chat. Then use TeleBot.get_chat_ids_from_updates,
a convenience wrapper around /getUpdates:
import json
# Get a mapping of Chat ID to Chat Type/Title,
# based on `/getUpdates` response.
#
# Example Response:
# {
# 12345: '[PRIVATE] User321',
# -97531: '[CHANNEL] My Channel',
# }
chat_id_to_title = bot.get_chat_ids_from_updates()
print(json.dumps(chat_id_to_title, indent=2))To get info on the TeleBot associated with the token:
me = bot.get_me()
print(json.dumps(me, indent=2))This package was created with Cookiecutter and the rnag/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.
