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Pretending that telegram bot is typing? – Telegram API

How can I make a bot to pretend that it is typing a message?

The following text appears in the chat when the bot pretend to type:

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I use the python aiogram framework but a suggestion for the native Telegram API would be also helpful.

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  1. 0

    I seriously suggest using the python-telegram-bot library which has an extensive Wiki. The solution for what you want is described in code snippets.

    You can manually send the action:

    bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=chat_id, action=telegram.ChatAction.TYPING)

    Or create a decorator which can then be used on any function you wish to show that action on whilst processing:

    from functools import wraps
from telegram import (ChatAction)

def send_typing_action(func):
    """Sends typing action while processing func command."""

    @wraps(func)
    def command_func(update, context, *args, **kwargs):
        context.bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=update.effective_message.chat_id, action=ChatAction.TYPING)
        return func(update, context,  *args, **kwargs)

    return command_func

@send_typing_action
def my_handler(update, context):
    pass # Will send 'typing' action while processing the request.
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    For aiogram module you can use types.Message built in method answer_chat_action.

    from aiogram import types

async def answer(message: types.Message):
    await message.answer_chat_action("typing")
    await message.answer("Hi!")

    Here is another action types such as upload_photo, record_video_note and so on. And here is aiogram documentation.

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