Create your Telegram bot in python with botimize bot-analytics service

Here is our 10 min guide to create an echo-bot on telegram with botimizebot analytic service.

Set up the dependency

Create a requirements.txt and copy this into it.

appdirs==1.4.3
botimize==1.1
certifi==2017.4.17
future==0.16.0
gunicorn==19.7.1
numpy==1.12.1
packaging==16.8
pyparsing==2.2.0
python-telegram-bot==5.3.0
requests==2.13.0
six==1.10.0
urllib3==1.20

Install the package by running

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a telegram bot and get its token with the aid of botfather

Find botfather by ... Talk to him like this way and record your telegram token.

Create a botimize account and a key for the project

Go to botimize and create an account.

Create a new project by clicking new project.

See your Your_Botimize_Api_Key by clicking Project Setting

Create a python bot

Create a python script (e.g. echoBot.py) and copy this into it.

Notice your have to replace Your_Telegram_Token and Your_Botimize_Api_Key.

importjsonfromtelegram.extimportUpdater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, FiltersfrombotimizeimportBotimize# Declare updater & dispatcher telegram_bot_token='Your_Telegram_Token'updater=Updater(token=telegram_bot_token)
dispatcher=updater.dispatcher# Declare Botimizebotimize_apiKey='Your_Botimize_Api_Key'botimize=Botimize(botimize_apiKey, 'telegram')
# Customize functiondefstart(bot, update):
bot.sendMessage(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text="I'm a bot, please talk to me!")
defresp(bot, update):
echo_response=update.message.textbot.sendMessage(chat_id=update.message.chat.id, text=echo_response)
# botimize incomingbotimize.log_incoming(update.to_dict())
# botimize outgoingoutgoingLog= {
'token': telegram_bot_token,
'chat_id': update.message.chat.id,
'text': echo_response
}
botimize.log_outgoing(outgoingLog)
# Structuralize bot (custom functions -> dispatcher)start_handler=CommandHandler('start', start)
echo_handler=MessageHandler(Filters.text, resp)
dispatcher.add_handler(start_handler)
dispatcher.add_handler(echo_handler)
# Update to telegram platfromupdater.start_polling()
updater.idle()

Talk to your bot

Run on the terminal

python echoBot.py

Now you can talk to your bot! I name the bot as okokdodo you can find your bot with the bot name.