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HTTP Bot API vs MTProto
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Telethon is more than just another viable alternative when developing bots
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for Telegram. If you haven't decided which wrapper library for bots to use
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yet, using Telethon from the beginning may save you some headaches later.
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.. contents::
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What is Bot API?
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The `Telegram Bot API`_, also known as HTTP Bot API and from now on referred
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to as simply "Bot API" is Telegram's official way for developers to control
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their own Telegram bots. Quoting their main page:
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The Bot API is an HTTP-based interface created for developers keen on
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building bots for Telegram.
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To learn how to create and set up a bot, please consult our
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`Introduction to Bots`_ and `Bot FAQ`_.
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Bot API is simply an HTTP endpoint which translates your requests to it into
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MTProto calls through tdlib_, their bot backend.
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What is MTProto?
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MTProto_ is Telegram's own protocol to communicate with their API when you
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connect to their servers.
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Telethon is an alternative MTProto-based backend written entirely in Python
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and much easier to setup and use.
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Both official applications and third-party clients (like your own
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applications) logged in as either user or bots **can use MTProto** to
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communicate directly with Telegram's API (which is not the HTTP bot API).
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When we talk about MTProto, we often mean "MTProto-based clients".
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Advantages of MTProto over Bot API
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==================================
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MTProto clients (like Telethon) connect directly to Telegram's servers,
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which means there is no HTTP connection, no "polling" or "web hooks". This
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means **less overhead**, since the protocol used between you and the server
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is much more compact than HTTP requests with responses in wasteful JSON.
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Since there is a direct connection to Telegram's servers, even if their
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Bot API endpoint is down, you can still have connection to Telegram directly.
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Using a MTProto client, you are also not limited to the public API that
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they expose, and instead, **you have full control** of what your bot can do.
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Telethon offers you all the power with often **much easier usage** than any
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of the available Python Bot API wrappers.
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If your application ever needs user features because bots cannot do certain
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things, you will be able to easily login as a user and even keep your bot
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without having to learn a new library.
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If less overhead and full control didn't convince you to use Telethon yet,
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check out the wiki page `MTProto vs HTTP Bot API`_ with a more exhaustive
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and up-to-date list of differences.
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Migrating from Bot API to Telethon
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==================================
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It doesn't matter if you wrote your bot with requests_ and you were
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making API requests manually, or if you used a wrapper library like
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python-telegram-bot_ or pyTelegramBotAPI_. It's never too late to
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migrate to Telethon!
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If you were using an asynchronous library like aiohttp_ or a wrapper like
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aiogram_ or dumbot_, it will be even easier, because Telethon is also an
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asynchronous library.
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Next, we will see some examples from the most popular libraries.
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Migrating from python-telegram-bot
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Let's take their `echobot2.py`_ example and shorten it a bit:
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.. code-block:: python
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from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, Filters
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def start(update, context):
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"""Send a message when the command /start is issued."""
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update.message.reply_text('Hi!')
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def echo(update, context):
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"""Echo the user message."""
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update.message.reply_text(update.message.text)
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def main():
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"""Start the bot."""
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updater = Updater("TOKEN")
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dp = updater.dispatcher
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dp.add_handler(CommandHandler("start", start))
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dp.add_handler(MessageHandler(Filters.text, echo))
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updater.start_polling()
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updater.idle()
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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main()
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After using Telethon:
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.. code-block:: python
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from telethon import TelegramClient, events
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bot = TelegramClient('bot', 11111, 'a1b2c3d4').start(bot_token='TOKEN')
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@bot.on(events.NewMessage(pattern='/start'))
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async def start(event):
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"""Send a message when the command /start is issued."""
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await event.respond('Hi!')
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raise events.StopPropagation
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@bot.on(events.NewMessage)
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async def echo(event):
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"""Echo the user message."""
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await event.respond(event.text)
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def main():
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"""Start the bot."""
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bot.run_until_disconnected()
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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main()
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Key differences:
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* The recommended way to do it imports less things.
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* All handlers trigger by default, so we need ``events.StopPropagation``.
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* Adding handlers, responding and running is a lot less verbose.
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* Telethon needs ``async def`` and ``await``.
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* The ``bot`` isn't hidden away by ``Updater`` or ``Dispatcher``.
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Migrating from pyTelegramBotAPI
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Let's show another echobot from their README:
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.. code-block:: python
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import telebot
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bot = telebot.TeleBot("TOKEN")
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@bot.message_handler(commands=['start'])
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def send_welcome(message):
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bot.reply_to(message, "Howdy, how are you doing?")
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@bot.message_handler(func=lambda m: True)
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def echo_all(message):
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bot.reply_to(message, message.text)
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bot.polling()
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Now we rewrite it to use Telethon:
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.. code-block:: python
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from telethon import TelegramClient, events
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bot = TelegramClient('bot', 11111, 'a1b2c3d4').start(bot_token='TOKEN')
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@bot.on(events.NewMessage(pattern='/start'))
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async def send_welcome(event):
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await event.reply('Howdy, how are you doing?')
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@bot.on(events.NewMessage)
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async def echo_all(event):
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await event.reply(event.text)
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bot.run_until_disconnected()
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Key differences:
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* Instead of doing ``bot.reply_to(message)``, we can do ``event.reply``.
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Note that the ``event`` behaves just like their ``message``.
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* Telethon also supports ``func=lambda m: True``, but it's not necessary.
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Migrating from aiogram
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From their GitHub:
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.. code-block:: python
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from aiogram import Bot, Dispatcher, executor, types
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API_TOKEN = 'BOT TOKEN HERE'
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# Initialize bot and dispatcher
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bot = Bot(token=API_TOKEN)
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dp = Dispatcher(bot)
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@dp.message_handler(commands=['start'])
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async def send_welcome(message: types.Message):
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"""
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This handler will be called when client send `/start` command.
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"""
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await message.reply("Hi!\nI'm EchoBot!\nPowered by aiogram.")
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@dp.message_handler(regexp='(^cat[s]?$|puss)')
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async def cats(message: types.Message):
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with open('data/cats.jpg', 'rb') as photo:
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await bot.send_photo(message.chat.id, photo, caption='Cats is here 😺',
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reply_to_message_id=message.message_id)
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@dp.message_handler()
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async def echo(message: types.Message):
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await bot.send_message(message.chat.id, message.text)
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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executor.start_polling(dp, skip_updates=True)
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After rewrite:
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.. code-block:: python
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from telethon import TelegramClient, events
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# Initialize bot and... just the bot!
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bot = TelegramClient('bot', 11111, 'a1b2c3d4').start(bot_token='TOKEN')
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@bot.on(events.NewMessage(pattern='/start'))
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async def send_welcome(event):
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await event.reply('Howdy, how are you doing?')
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@bot.on(events.NewMessage(pattern='(^cat[s]?$|puss)'))
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async def cats(event):
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await event.reply('Cats is here 😺', file='data/cats.jpg')
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@bot.on(events.NewMessage)
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async def echo_all(event):
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await event.reply(event.text)
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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bot.run_until_disconnected()
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Key differences:
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* Telethon offers convenience methods to avoid retyping
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``bot.send_photo(message.chat.id, ...)`` all the time,
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and instead let you type ``event.reply``.
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* Sending files is **a lot** easier. The methods for sending
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photos, documents, audios, etc. are all the same!
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Migrating from dumbot
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---------------------
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Showcasing their subclassing example:
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.. code-block:: python
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from dumbot import Bot
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class Subbot(Bot):
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async def init(self):
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self.me = await self.getMe()
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async def on_update(self, update):
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await self.sendMessage(
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chat_id=update.message.chat.id,
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text='i am {}'.format(self.me.username)
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)
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Subbot(token).run()
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After rewriting:
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.. code-block:: python
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from telethon import TelegramClient, events
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class Subbot(TelegramClient):
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def __init__(self, *a, **kw):
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await super().__init__(*a, **kw)
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self.add_event_handler(self.on_update, events.NewMessage)
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async def connect():
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await super().connect()
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self.me = await self.get_me()
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async def on_update(event):
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await event.reply('i am {}'.format(self.me.username))
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bot = Subbot('bot', 11111, 'a1b2c3d4').start(bot_token='TOKEN')
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bot.run_until_disconnected()
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Key differences:
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* Telethon method names are ``snake_case``.
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* dumbot does not offer friendly methods like ``update.reply``.
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* Telethon does not have an implicit ``on_update`` handler, so
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we need to manually register one.
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.. _Telegram Bot API: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
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.. _Introduction to Bots: https://core.telegram.org/bots
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.. _Bot FAQ: https://core.telegram.org/bots/faq
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.. _tdlib: https://core.telegram.org/tdlib
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.. _MTProto: https://core.telegram.org/mtproto
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.. _MTProto vs HTTP Bot API: https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon/wiki/MTProto-vs-HTTP-Bot-API
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.. _requests: https://pypi.org/project/requests/
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.. _python-telegram-bot: https://python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io
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.. _pyTelegramBotAPI: https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI
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.. _aiohttp: https://docs.aiohttp.org/en/stable
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.. _aiogram: https://aiogram.readthedocs.io
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.. _dumbot: https://github.com/Lonami/dumbot
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.. _echobot2.py: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/master/examples/echobot2.py
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