text<\/code> in order to turn our message backwards and send the answer.<\/p>\nfrom bottle import (\r\n run, post, response, request as bottle_request\r\n)\r\ndef get_chat_id(data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Method to extract chat id from telegram request.\r\n \"\"\"\r\n chat_id = data['message']['chat']['id']\r\n return chat_id\r\ndef get_message(data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Method to extract message id from telegram request.\r\n \"\"\"\r\n message_text = data['message']['text']\r\n return message_text\r\ndef change_text_message(text):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n To turn our message backwards.\r\n \"\"\"\r\n return text[::-1]\r\n@post('\/')\r\ndef main():\r\n data = bottle_request.json\r\n answer_data = prepare_data_for_answer(data)\r\n return response # status 200 OK by default\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nNow, we\u2019ve already prepared the answer. Let\u2019s send it to Telegram bot.<\/p>\n
import requests\r\nfrom bottle import (\r\n run, post, response, request as bottle_request\r\n)\r\nBOT_URL = 'https:\/\/api.telegram.org\/bot<YOUR_TOKEN>\/' # <--- add your telegram token here; it should be like https:\/\/api.telegram.org\/bot12345678:SOMErAn2dom\/\r\ndef get_chat_id(data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Method to extract chat id from telegram request.\r\n \"\"\"\r\n chat_id = data['message']['chat']['id']\r\n return chat_id\r\ndef get_message(data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Method to extract message id from telegram request.\r\n \"\"\"\r\n message_text = data['message']['text']\r\n return message_text\r\ndef send_message(prepared_data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Prepared data should be json which includes at least `chat_id` and `text`\r\n \"\"\"\r\n message_url = BOT_URL + 'sendMessage'\r\n requests.post(message_url, json=prepared_data) # don't forget to make import requests lib\r\ndef change_text_message(text):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n To enable turning our message inside out\r\n \"\"\"\r\n return text[::-1]\r\ndef prepare_data_for_answer(data):\r\n answer = change_text_message(get_message(data))\r\n json_data = {\r\n \"chat_id\": get_chat_id(data),\r\n \"text\": answer,\r\n }\r\n return json_data\r\n@post('\/')\r\ndef main():\r\n data = bottle_request.json\r\n answer_data = prepare_data_for_answer(data)\r\n send_message(answer_data) # <--- function for sending answer\r\n return response # status 200 OK by default\r\nif __name__ == '__main__':\r\n run(host='localhost', port=8080, debug=True)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nAfter all preparations and coding, if everything works, let\u2019s try to chat with our bot.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/djangostars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/How-to-Create-and-Deploy-a-Telegram-Bot_7.png\")
\nNow, let\u2019s make our code more readable and implement OOP structure.<\/p>\n
import requests\r\nfrom bottle import Bottle, response, request as bottle_request\r\nclass BotHandlerMixin:\r\n BOT_URL = None\r\n def get_chat_id(self, data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Method to extract chat id from telegram request.\r\n \"\"\"\r\n chat_id = data['message']['chat']['id']\r\n return chat_id\r\n def get_message(self, data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Method to extract message id from telegram request.\r\n \"\"\"\r\n message_text = data['message']['text']\r\n return message_text\r\n def send_message(self, prepared_data):\r\n \"\"\"\r\n Prepared data should be json which includes at least `chat_id` and `text`\r\n \"\"\"\r\n message_url = self.BOT_URL + 'sendMessage'\r\n requests.post(message_url, json=prepared_data)\r\nclass TelegramBot(BotHandlerMixin, Bottle):\r\n BOT_URL = 'https:\/\/api.telegram.org\/bot000000000:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\/'\r\n def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):\r\n super(TelegramBot, self).__init__()\r\n self.route('\/', callback=self.post_handler, method=\"POST\")\r\n def change_text_message(self, text):\r\n return text[::-1]\r\n def prepare_data_for_answer(self, data):\r\n message = self.get_message(data)\r\n answer = self.change_text_message(message)\r\n chat_id = self.get_chat_id(data)\r\n json_data = {\r\n \"chat_id\": chat_id,\r\n \"text\": answer,\r\n }\r\n return json_data\r\n def post_handler(self):\r\n data = bottle_request.json\r\n answer_data = self.prepare_data_for_answer(data)\r\n self.send_message(answer_data)\r\n return response\r\nif __name__ == '__main__':\r\n app = TelegramBot()\r\n app.run(host='localhost', port=8080)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nThat’s pretty much it. Now you’ve made a working bot for Telegram, Python-based, and even able to spell “racecar” backwards. Congrats!<\/p>\n
Read also: Python Rule Engine: Logic Automation & Examples<\/a><\/p>\nTelegram bots are easy to create and pretty cheap, but they are utterly useful tools. For most businesses, they can revolutionize the ways of contact with a target audience and help free managers from routine and repeatable tasks.<\/p>\n
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