Telegram: Send message to bot from different script

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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?

monomonedula · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-06 19:49:29Z

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

answered Nov 6, 2019 at 19:49

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Avrumy Over a year ago

Bots can see other bots' messages in channels.

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