How to write a Telegram bot that uses real-world API
Telegram Bot with Python for Todoist
A complete tutorial and source code for Telegram bot in Python for Todoist App
6 min readFeb 1, 2020
In this post, I will explain how to create a Telegram bot in Python. Todoist is a great tool to manage to-do lists. Although this post can be just a general tutorial about creating a Telegram bot, I will go through connecting to Todoist API and bringing its power into Telegram, so you can learn more about working with real-world API and interacting with users in Telegram bots.
This post assumes you know basic Python. What you will learn includes:
- Creating a Telegram Bot with Telegram Bot Father
- Working with API in Python
- Writing Telegram bot script in Python
- Interacting with users in Telegram bot(showing buttons, replying to message, etc.)
Creating a Telegram Bot
First of all, we need to get a Telegram handle for our bot. Also, we need an access token to connect and interact with Telegram.
