I’m working on creating a bot for Telegram using Python, but I’m encountering an import error. The message indicates that it can’t import ‘Update’ from the telegram library. I’ve attempted to reinstall the telegram package, yet the problem persists.
from telegram import Bot, Update
from telegram.ext import Application, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, filters
import os
import logging
def start_command(update, context):
update.message.reply_text('Hi there! Your bot is operational')
app = Application.builder().token('YOUR_TOKEN').build()
Has anyone else had a similar issue? What might be the reason behind this import error and how can I fix it?
check ur python version - i had the same issue and was using 3.7, but newer python-telegram-bot versions need 3.8+. also make sure ur not mixing the old async/sync versions since that breaks imports.
I encountered a similar issue while working with the Python Telegram Bot. The problem arose due to the confusion between two packages: telegram and python-telegram-bot. The Update class has been moved to python-telegram-bot, which might cause import errors if both packages are installed. To resolve it, I recommend uninstalling both with pip uninstall telegram and pip uninstall python-telegram-bot, then reinstalling only python-telegram-bot using pip install python-telegram-bot. This should help clear up the import error.