A sample code for handling bot commands with telepot.

telepot_sample_commands.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Mehmet Akif TAŞOVA <makiftasova@gmail.com>
# A sample code for handling bot commands with telepot
#


import time
import telepot

BOT_TOKEN = "BOT_TOKEN_HERE"

tg_bot = 0

tg_commands = {}

 # return cmd, params
def parse_cmd(cmd_string):
	text_split = cmd_string.split()
	return text_split[0], text_split[1:]

def add_command(cmd, func):
	global tg_commands
	tg_commands[cmd] = func

def remove_command(cmd):
	global tg_commands
	del tg_commands[cmd]

def on_message(message):
	global tg_bot 
	content_type, chat_type, chat_id = telepot.glance2(message)

	if content_type == "text":
		msg_text = message['text']
		chat_id = message['chat']['id']
		
		print("[MSG] {uid} : {msg}".format(uid=message['from']['id'], msg=msg_text))

		if msg_text[0] == '/':
			cmd, params = parse_cmd(msg_text)
			try:
				tg_commands[cmd](chat_id, params)
			except KeyError:
				tg_bot.sendMessage(chat_id, "Unknown command: {cmd}".format(cmd=cmd))
		else:
			tg_bot.sendMessage(chat_id, "Message is a plain text")
		
def cmd_echo(chat_id, params):
	tg_bot.sendMessage(chat_id, "[ECHO] {text}".format(text=" ".join(params)))

def main():
	global tg_bot
	tg_bot = telepot.Bot(BOT_TOKEN)
	add_command("/echo", cmd_echo)
	tg_bot.notifyOnMessage(on_message)
	print("Listening messages")

if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()
	while True:
		time.sleep(10)