Telegram Python bot snippets for getUpdates and InlineKeyboard

telegram-python-bot.py

import requests
import json

def getUpdates():
    api = "https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/getUpdates"
    # add headers
    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
    # add body params
    data = {'allowed_updates': ['update_id']}
    # stringify body params
    data = json.dumps(data)
    # send request
    response = requests.post(api, headers=headers, data=data)
    # print response
    print(response.text)

def sendMessageWithInlineButtons():
    api = "https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage"
    # add headers
    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
    data = {
        'chat_id': '<recipent_id>', 'text': 'Hello World', 
        'reply_markup': {
            'keyboard': [
                [{'text': 'Button 1'}, 
                {'text': 'Button 2'}]],
            'resize_keyboard': True,
            'one_time_keyboard': True
            }}
    # stringify body params
    data = json.dumps(data)
    # send request
    response = requests.post(api, headers=headers, data=data)
    # print response
    print(response.text)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    getUpdates()