try: import urequests as requests #For MicroPython except : import requests import json with open("config.json", 'r') as f: config = json.load(f) offset = "0" while True: #long poll for response querry = 'limit=1&offset={}&timeout=10'.format(offset) try: resp = requests.get(url='https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/{}?{}'.format(config["token"], "getUpdates", querry)) json = resp.json() resp.close() if json.get("result"): #get latest message offset = json.get("result")[0].get("update_id") + 1 text = json["result"][0]["message"]["text"] print(text) #echo message querry = 'chat_id={}&text={}'.format(config["recipient"], text) requests.get(url='https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/{}?{}'.format(config["token"], "sendMessage", querry)) except Exception as e: print(e) resp.close()