Method polling

telebot/async_telebot.py:272–333

Runs bot in long-polling mode in a main loop. This allows the bot to retrieve Updates automagically and notify listeners and message handlers accordingly. Warning: Do not call this function more than once! Always gets updates. .. note:: Instal

(self, non_stop: bool=True, skip_pending=False, interval: int=0, timeout: int=20,
            request_timeout: Optional[int]=None, allowed_updates: Optional[List[str]]=None,
            none_stop: Optional[bool]=None, restart_on_change: Optional[bool]=False, path_to_watch: Optional[str]=None)

        self.event_observer.start()

    async def polling(self, non_stop: bool=True, skip_pending=False, interval: int=0, timeout: int=20,
            request_timeout: Optional[int]=None, allowed_updates: Optional[List[str]]=None,
            none_stop: Optional[bool]=None, restart_on_change: Optional[bool]=False, path_to_watch: Optional[str]=None):
        """
        Runs bot in long-polling mode in a main loop.
        This allows the bot to retrieve Updates automagically and notify listeners and message handlers accordingly.

        Warning: Do not call this function more than once!

        Always gets updates.

        .. note::

            Install watchdog and psutil before using restart_on_change option.

        :param non_stop: Do not stop polling when an ApiException occurs.
        :type non_stop: :obj:`bool`

        :param skip_pending: skip old updates
        :type skip_pending: :obj:`bool`

        :param interval: Delay between two update retrivals
        :type interval: :obj:`int`

        :param timeout: Request connection timeout
        :type timeout: :obj:`int`

        :param request_timeout: Timeout in seconds for get_updates(Defaults to None)
        :type request_timeout: :obj:`int`

        :param allowed_updates: A list of the update types you want your bot to receive.
            For example, specify [“message”, “edited_channel_post”, “callback_query”] to only receive updates of these types.
            See util.update_types for a complete list of available update types.
            Specify an empty list to receive all update types except chat_member (default).
            If not specified, the previous setting will be used.

            Please note that this parameter doesn't affect updates created before the call to the get_updates,
            so unwanted updates may be received for a short period of time.
        :type allowed_updates: :obj:`list` of :obj:`str`

        :param none_stop: Deprecated, use non_stop. Old typo, kept for backward compatibility.
        :type none_stop: :obj:`bool`

        :param restart_on_change: Restart a file on file(s) change. Defaults to False.
        :type restart_on_change: :obj:`bool`

        :param path_to_watch: Path to watch for changes. Defaults to current directory
        :type path_to_watch: :obj:`str`

        :return:
        """
        if none_stop is not None:
            logger.warning('The parameter "none_stop" is deprecated. Use "non_stop" instead.')
            non_stop = none_stop

        if skip_pending:
            await self.skip_updates()