i'm developing a python telegram bot and i have a script that is always running (for receiving new command from telegram) and i want the bot to send messages when the user perform a action in a website.
example: the user start the bot, the bot send a link to perform an action in the website (like login to the user's account and connect the telegram id with the user id) and then send a confirmation message on telegram that all's good.
my problem is how i can tell the python script that the action in the browser is done? for now i'm constantly query a database but my solution is pretty dumb because if the user don't perform any action the query can go forever.
any suggestion how to do it correctly?
thx <3
I see two viable solutions here:
Send the message directly from the website. While only one process is allowed to fetch updates at a time, you can make other requests from as many servers as you like. Depending on how your website works, you can make a plain HTTP request to the Bot API or use an API wrapper like python-telegram-bot or a wrapper in a different language to make the request. e.g. if you're running a php-based website, you could use a php API wrapper.
If for some reason 1. is not an option for you, you can try to inform your running process about the user login. the PTB FAQ have an entry that should help you get started. If your website & bot are running on the same server, it might be possible to make the update_queue directly available to the website process. If not, you can try to set up a webhook for your bot and post an update to the webhook that you then enqueue into the update_queue
Approach 1. has the downside that you don't have all the bot logic in one place, but it should be by far easier to implement than 2.
Disclaimer: I'm currently the maintainer of python-telegram-bot
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I am building a telegram bot that will automatically add messages to preexisting menus in a bot ( created by Manybot, not with python ) once they are uploaded to a specific channel.
I spent a week or so trying to find a way to update preexisting menus but it can't manage to find a solution.
even when I try to run an infinite loop to monitor any messages to the bot ( using any telegram-python library out there ) i get this error :
Conflict: can't use getUpdates method while webhook is active; use deleteWebhook to delete the webhook first
and i am forced to delete the webhook , which will in turn disable every command i added to the menus and need to create another bot
I would really appreciate any help .
The problem is not related to existing webhooks, it's the fact that each bot token can poll / webhook only once.
In other words, you can't have two scripts running with the same bot token, regardless if it's long polling or a webhook.
This is a limitation of the Telegram Bot API.
You can only run your own script when the manybot version of your bot is paused, stopped, turned off, etc. The getUpdates method will reject new connections with the same bot token.
You can either use a second bot token to use other commands if your setup allows it, or use the MTProto API with frameworks such as Pyrogram or Telethon.
My goal is to make a Telegram Bot using Python that does the following:
The user types a command
The bot explains what the user should type next.
The user types certain information
I use that info to fetch a value in a python dictionary.
The bot replies with that info
I have already created the bot and set the command. The problem is that I don't know how to keep the bot "listening" . I have looked up in the docs but I have only found getUpdates, which gets the user's responses but only when you hit run.
res=requests.get(url=f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{bot_token}/getUpdates")
I would like to set a webhook, and I know there is a method for this but I'm not shure about how this works.
When you are a PHP programmer, setting the webhook through a URL and using setWebhook would do the trick and telegram will send the result to this link whenever a user sends an update to the bot. But, Python programmers have to use a different approach, I think. The main, and while, the easiest approach to make the bot listen permanently to the request is to python-telegram-bot module.
There are a few links that can help to build your first pythonic bot that can respond to users' updates.:
Python-Telegram-Bot Repository, which is the repository of the module.
A few examples of bots created using this module, can give you insight into the process of creating your first bot.
A conversation bot
I'm using a python script that monitors a website and sends me messages on Facebook if there is any specific updates.
I have tried a module which called 'fbchat', so simple and so easy, but the problem is that I'm using real Facebook accounts and somehow Facebook detected that it's a bot and banned that profile, even if I have made random pauses in my code.
I know that I can do make those notifications through emails, but for me Facebook messages are better... Any ideas about how can I make it possible (maybe through bots!!)?
Thank you!
First take a look at which parameters(headers and payloads) the POST method takes(using network tools in google chrome for example), and try again with as many parameters as possible, while also using a session so cookies are enabled as well.
Different websites use different methods of detecting bots, and you'll just have to test and see what works.
P.S: take a look at this answer for more info.
Multiple Accounts are not allowed on Facebook, and there is no (allowed) way to send messages between users. You can only send messages from Pages to Users, and only if the User started the conversation. You can find more information about that in the docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/
I'm currently developing a bot for telegram using the Python API and I'm trying to use deep linking to have command parameters running when the user presses the Start button.
For example, my link is http://t.me/mybot?start=parameter
How can I process the parameter that was entered ?
Lots of thanks! :)
You need to set up a webhook for incoming messages to receive such updates. Telegram notifies you automatically when somebody clicks a link like http://t.me/mybot?start=parameter. This is webhook documentation:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#setwebhook
Check Telegram deep linking documentation (https://core.telegram.org/bots#deep-linking) for an example.
Use, context.update.startPayload to get the pay load data.
I'm developing a website using the Django framework, and I need to retrieve Jabber (okay, Google Talk) statuses for a user. Most of the Jabber python libraries seem like an incredible amount of overkill (and overhead) for a simple task. Is there any simple way to do this?
I know very little about XMPP/Jabber, though of course I'm willing to learn. Do you need to be an authenticated and "friended" user to retrieve another user's status?
Do you need to be an authenticated and
"friended" user to retrieve another
user's status?
Yes.
To get the status of a given user, you should write a jabber bot and the user should add your bot as a friend. Then you would be able to get the status of that user. FriendFeed and other services do that.
Google Buzz is from Google, so they already have access to your chat status...
I recommend checking out Google AppEngine's XMPP API (Django runs on AppEngine, too). AFAIK you have to be authorized to check a user's status.