Simple script to read and forward incoming messages in a private telegram channel#3701

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May 11, 2023

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diliprk
May 11, 2023

Hi,
I am trying to create a simple python script that I can deploy in some serverless env like AWS lambda where I continously listen to telegram messages incoming in a private telegram channel and forward the received messageinstantly to my personal channel or to another telegram user.

I came across this article which uses an older version ofpython-telegram-bot to listen to messages and forward it.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74910268/how-can-i-make-a-telegram-bot-listen-to-messages-from-a-different-chat-with-pyth

But this no longer works in the newer version of the library. I am new topython-telegram-bot library and the wiki page is a bit overwhelming. Can anyone please suggest some simple code to get started for this requirement?

Best Regards,
Dilip

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lemontree210
May 11, 2023
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Hey, thanks for reaching out.

I would recommend looking at "Your First Bot" to get the understanding of how the new version works. Then you can use the simpleEchobot example, but instead of just echoing the message back to the user, useMessage.forward() to forward it.

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diliprk May 11, 2023
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Thanks@lemontree210 I am assuming to do all this, the bot I created fromBotFather needs to be added as an administrator to the private channel right?
But what If I am just a subscriber to a closed private channel and I can only read incoming messages and don't have admin access to add my bot as an admin to this closed private channel or copy messages from this private channel? What is the solution in that case to read this incoming message in private closed channel and then forward it to my own channel?

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lemontree210 May 11, 2023
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Thanks@lemontree210 I am assuming to do all this, the bot I created fromBotFather needs to be added as an administrator to the private channel right? But what If I am just a subscriber to a closed private channel and I can only read incoming messages and don't have admin access to add my bot as an admin to this closed private channel or copy messages from this private channel?

Hmm, I don't think the bot must be an administrator for this action (there's nothing about it inBot API)

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diliprk
May 11, 2023
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You can't add your bot to a private channel where you only have read onlyaccess.I only see paid options to do thishttps://docs.junction.space/forwarding/but no tutorial or documentation anywhere.Same situation here:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67343166/how-to-allow-telegram-bot-to-read-messages-in-a-private-channel-that-im-in-not

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On Thu, 11 May, 2023, 10:55 pm Dmitry Kolomatskiy, ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks@lemontree210 <https://github.com/lemontree210> I am assuming to do all this, the bot I created from BotFather needs to be added as an administrator to the private channel right? But what If I am just a subscriber to a closed private channel and I can only read incoming messages and don't have admin access to add my bot as an admin to this closed private channel or copy messages from this private channel? Hmm, I don't think the bot must be an administrator for this action (there's nothing about it in Bot API <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#forwardmessage>) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3701 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AE3DPA5RRNOF3UKZYMQMACTXFUOHDANCNFSM6AAAAAAX6LRIBQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: <python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/repo-discussions/3701/comments/5876065 @github.com>

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