Raspberry Pi Camera Telegram Bot. Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAU0pKrk24o

PiCameraTelegramBot.py

import telepot
import picamera
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setwarnings(False)

def handle(msg):
  global sendPhoto
  global chat_id
  
  chat_id = msg['chat']['id']
  command = msg['text']
  
  print('Message received from ' + str(chat_id))
  
  if command == '/photo':
    sendPhoto = True
  
  elif command == '/start':
    bot.sendMessage(chat_id, 'Welcome to Cytron Photo Bot')
  
  else:
    bot.sendMessage(chat_id, 'Invalid command.')
  
def capture():
  print('Capturing photo...')
  camera = picamera.PiCamera()
  camera.capture('./photo.jpg')
  camera.close()
  print('Sending photo to ' + str(chat_id))
  bot.sendPhoto(chat_id, photo = open('./photo.jpg', 'rb'))

bot = telepot.Bot('YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN')
bot.message_loop(handle)

print('Bot ready!')

sendPhoto = False

try:
  while True:
    if sendPhoto == True:
      sendPhoto = False
      capture()

except KeyboardInterrupt:
  GPIO.cleanup()