Listen for messages and respond accordingly

listener.py

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+import requests, json, time, os
+
+# API Key from Telegram BotFather.
+apikey = ''
+# Key of your chat.
+chatid = ''
+# Keep a list of seen updates
+updateids = [] # 
+# List of functions we can run
+functions = ['status', 'uptime', 'ping']
+
+def listener():
+    sendTelegram("STARTING SCRIPT: Ignore duplicate messages\n\n")
+    while True:
+        response = requests.get('https://api.telegram.org/bot' + apikey + '/GetUpdates', verify=True)
+        responsejson = json.loads(response.content)
+        print('\nNew Messages:')
+        for x in responsejson['result']:
+            # Check if we have seen this message
+            if str(x['update_id']) in updateids: 
+                continue # Then skip
+            # Add a read message to internal DB
+            updateids.append(str(x['update_id']))
+            # Print new request to screen
+            print(x['update_id'], x['message']['text']) 
+            # assign message contents to message var
+            message = x['message']['text']
+            # Check if the function is programmed
+            for x in functions:
+                if x in message: runfunc(x)
+        time.sleep(3) # Don't spam telegram API
+
+def runfunc(torun):
+    if torun == 'status': status()
+    if torun == 'ping': ping()
+        
+
+def ping():
+    statusmessage = 'Pong'
+    sendTelegram(statusmessage)
+
+def status():
+    statusmessage = 'Script is running!'
+    sendTelegram(statusmessage)
+    
+
+def sendTelegram(message):
+    os.system("curl --silent -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot" + apikey + "/sendMessage -d chat_id=" + chatid +" -d text=\""+ message +"\"")        
+
+listener()

messageredirector.py

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+import os
+from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+# API Key from Telegram BotFather.
+apikey = ''
+# Key of your chat.
+chatid = ''
+
+# Will recieve a post with json information at hostname:5000/update
+# and it will forward that to the correct user in telegram.
+
+@app.route('/update', methods=['POST'])
+def hello():
+    data = request.json
+    print(data['message'])
+    os.system("curl --silent -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot" + apikey + "/sendMessage -d chat_id=" + chatid +" -d text=\""+ data['message'] +"\"")
+    return('Good')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run()
+