Send a telegram message with python requests

telegram.py

import requests

api_url = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/{method}'.format

TELEGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get('TELEGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN', None)


def telegram_command(name, data):
    url = api_url(token=TELEGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN, method=name)
    return requests.post(url=url, json=data)


def telegram_sendMessage(text: str, chat_id: str, notify=True):
    return telegram_command('sendMessage', {
        'text': text,
        'chat_id': chat_id,
        'parse_mode': 'markdown',
        'disable_notification': not notify})