Telegram Bot API

Introduction

Bots are third-party applications that run inside Telegram. Users can interact with bots by sending them messages, commands and inline requests. You control your bots using HTTPS requests to Telegram's Bot API.

Methods

• getMe — Get the bot info

• getUpdates — Get updates

• sendMessage — Send a message

• sendPhoto — Send a photo

• sendAudio — Send an audio

• sendDocument — Send a document

• sendSticker — Send a sticker

• sendVideo — Send a video

• sendLocation — Send a location

• sendContact — Send a contact

• setWebhook — Set webhook

• getWebhookInfo — Get webhook info

• deleteWebhook — Delete webhook

Types

• User — User object
• update — Update object
• Message — Message object
• Chat — Chat object
• PhotoSize — PhotoSize object

Examples

import telegram
bot = telegram.Bot(token='TOKEN')
bot.getMe()