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fluxrope
fluxrope

Reputation: 37

Python-telegram-bot syntax error for the line "_id_attrs: Tuple[Any, ...] = ()"

I have installed the python-telegram-bot package through pip and pip3 on ubuntu and tried to load it with:

from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler

I then get:

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/telegram/base.py", line 42

_id_attrs: Tuple[Any, ...] = ()
         ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I get a similar error for the python 2.7 version. The "base.py" file has a line with "_id_attrs:", I've been using python for a while and never have seen a variable name followed by a colon. What is meant to make this line readable to python.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2094

Answers (1)

Tibebes. M
Tibebes. M

Reputation: 7548

You will have to update your python version to at least 3.6. The syntax (from the error) is introduced in python 3.6 (check PEP-526).

Also, It's clearly stated in the library's Documentation that you must use v3.6+.

This library provides a pure Python interface for the Telegram Bot API. It's compatible with Python versions 3.6+. PTB might also work on PyPy, though there have been a lot of issues before. Hence, PyPy is not officially supported.

Upvotes: 5

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