telegram_echo_markdown.py

import sys
import asyncio
import telepot
import telepot.aio


class MarkdownBot(telepot.aio.Bot):

    async def handle(self, msg):
        flavor = telepot.flavor(msg)
        if 'chat' == flavor:
            chat_id = msg['chat']['id']
            await bot.sendMessage(chat_id, msg['text'], parse_mode='markdown')


TOKEN = "BOT_API_KEY"  # get token from command-line

bot = MarkdownBot(TOKEN)
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()

loop.create_task(bot.message_loop())
print('Listening ...')

loop.run_forever()