import logging from json import load from telegram.ext import CommandHandler from telegram.ext import Updater updater = Updater(token=load(open("config.json"))["bot_token"], use_context=True) logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s", level=logging.INFO) def start(update, context): context.bot.send_message(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id, text="I'm a bot, please talk to me!") start_handler = CommandHandler("start", start) updater.dispatcher.add_handler(start_handler) updater.start_polling()