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"slug": "How-to-Make-Python-Telegram-Bot-for-Conversational-AI-370d8e2c82bf",
"title": "How to Make Python Telegram Bot for Conversational AI",
"subtitle": "This report outlines the steps involved in creating a conversational AI Telegram bot using Python.",
"excerpt": "This report outlines the steps involved in creating a conversational AI Telegram bot using Python.",
"date": "2024-06-10",
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"Design Rag System",
"Python",
"Machine Learning"
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"html": "This report outlines the steps involved in creating a conversational AI Telegram bot using Python."
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"html": "1. Creating a Telegram Bot:"
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"Visit the BotFather account on Telegram ([link to BotFather ON Telegram t.me]).",
"Use the /newbot command to create a new bot. Follow the prompts to set a name and username.",
"BotFather will provide a unique token, which is essential for authentication."
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"html": "2. Setting Up the Python Environment:"
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"Install the python-telegram-bot library using pip install python-telegram-bot --upgrade."
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"html": "3. Writing the Python Code:"
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"Import necessary libraries like logging, Update, and CommandHandler from the telegram and telegram.ext modules.",
"Configure logging for informative messages.",
"Define an asynchronous function start that sends a greeting message when the user types /start.",
"Within the __main__ block:",
"Create an application instance using ApplicationBuilder and provide your bot's token.",
"Define a command handler for /start using CommandHandler and link it to the start function.",
"Add the handler to the application.",
"Start the bot using application.run_polling()."
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"html": "4. Integrating the AI Model (placeholder):"
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"Define an asynchronous function ai_model to handle user input and interact with an AI model (placeholder function in the provided code).",
"This function sends a waiting message and retrieves the user’s message.",
"The placeholder ai_curl function (not shown) would typically send a POST request to an AI service with the user's message and receive its response.",
"The bot then sends the AI’s response back to the user."
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"level": 2,
"text": "Make bot account with https://t.me/BotFather"
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"lang": "text",
"code": "/newbot"
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{
"type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"text": "Python telegram"
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"type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"text": "Install"
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"lang": "bash",
"code": "pip install python-telegram-bot --upgrade"
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"html": "So, let’s get started!. Paste the following into your file:"
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"code": "import logging\nfrom telegram\nimport Update\nfrom telegram.ext\nimport ApplicationBuilder, ContextTypes, CommandHandlerlogging.basicConfig(\n format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',\n level=logging.INFO)async\ndef start(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE):\n await context.bot.send_message(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id,\n text=\"I'm a bot, please talk to me!\")if __name__ == '__main__':\n application = ApplicationBuilder().token('TOKEN').build() start_handler =\n CommandHandler('start', start)\n application.add_handler(start_handler) application.run_polling()"
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"html": "Replace ‘Token’ with the token you get on the telegram bot."
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"level": 2,
"text": "Add AI part for ask AI model"
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"lang": "python",
"code": "async def ai_model(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE): print(\"please wait\") await\ncontext.bot.send_message(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id, text=\"⚠️ please wait ⚠️\") message =\nupdate.message.text ai_response, similar_answer = ai_curl(message) await\ncontext.bot.send_message(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id, text=ai_response)"
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"type": "heading",
"level": 2,
"text": "send a Post request to get a response from AI"
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"code": "def ai_curl(message : str ) :\n my_obj = {'text': message}\n x = requests.post(os.environ.get(\"AI_URL\"), json = my_obj)\n if x.status_code != 200: print(\"Error: \", x.status_code) return \"Error: \" +\n str(x.status_code)\n json_message = json.loads(x.text)\n return json_message['message']"
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