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Table of contents

• Introduction_

• Telegram API support_

• Installing_

• Getting started_

  #. Learning by example_

  #. Logging_

  #. Documentation_

• Getting help_

• Contributing_

• License_

============
Introduction

This library provides a pure Python interface for the
Telegram Bot API <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api>.
It's compatible with Python versions 3.5+ and PyPy <http://pypy.org/>.

In addition to the pure API implementation, this library features a number of high-level classes to
make the development of bots easy and straightforward. These classes are contained in the
telegram.ext submodule.

====================
Telegram API support

All types and methods of the Telegram Bot API 4.1 are supported.

==========
Installing

You can install or upgrade python-telegram-bot with:

.. code:: shell

$ pip install python-telegram-bot --upgrade

Or you can install from source with:

.. code:: shell

$ git clone https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot --recursive
$ cd python-telegram-bot
$ python setup.py install

In case you have a previously cloned local repository already, you should initialize the added urllib3 submodule before installing with:

.. code:: shell

$ git submodule update --init --recursive

===============
Getting started

Our Wiki contains a lot of resources to get you started with python-telegram-bot:

• Introduction to the API <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Introduction-to-the-API>_
• Tutorial: Your first Bot <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Extensions-%E2%80%93-Your-first-Bot>_

Other references:

• Telegram API documentation <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api>_
• python-telegram-bot documentation <https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/>_

Learning by example

We believe that the best way to learn this package is by example. Here
are some examples for you to review. Even if it is not your approach for learning, please take a
look at echobot2, it is the de facto base for most of the bots out there. Best of all,
the code for these examples are released to the public domain, so you can start by grabbing the
code and building on top of it.

Visit this page <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/README.md>_ to discover the official examples or look at the examples on the wiki <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Examples>_ to see other bots the community has built.

Logging

This library uses the logging module. To set up logging to standard output, put:

.. code:: python

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
                    format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')

at the beginning of your script.

You can also use logs in your application by calling logging.getLogger() and setting the log level you want:

.. code:: python

logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

If you want DEBUG logs instead:

.. code:: python

logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

=============
Documentation

python-telegram-bot's documentation lives at readthedocs.io <https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/>_.

============
Getting help

You can get help in several ways:

1. We have a vibrant community of developers helping each other in our Telegram group <https://telegram.me/pythontelegrambotgroup>_. Join us!

2. Report bugs, request new features or ask questions by creating an issue <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/new/choose>_.

3. Our Wiki pages <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/>_ offer a growing amount of resources.

4. You can even ask for help on Stack Overflow using the python-telegram-bot tag <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python-telegram-bot>_.

============
Contributing

Contributions of all sizes are welcome. Please review our contribution guidelines <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst>_ to get started. You can also help by reporting bugs <https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/issues/new>_.

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License

You may copy, distribute and modify the software provided that modifications are described and licensed for free under LGPL-3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>_. Derivatives works (including modifications or anything statically linked to the library) can only be redistributed under LGPL-3, but applications that use the library don't have to be.