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Bijan
Bijan

Reputation: 8670

Telegram: Send message to bot from different script

I have a telegram bot that handles user input to perform actions on links that are sent.

In my Telegram Bot I have:

def handle_message(bot, update):
    url = update.message.text
    # do parsing and add url to database

dispatcher.add_handler(MessageHandler(filters=Filters.text, callback=handle_message))

However I want to also be able to send a URL to the bot from a POST request. i.e. use the telegram bot's API to send a message to itself so it can parse the link.

How can I send a POST request to my telegram bot and have it run handle_message() on the input?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 598

Answers (1)

monomonedula
monomonedula

Reputation: 644

It is technically impossible for bots to communicate with each other (and therefore with themselves).

Upvotes: 1

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