AttributeError: module 'telegram' has no attribute 'Bot'

Question

I am using python and getting this error.

import telegram
telegram.Bot(token = '###############')

When I run this, appears: "AttributeError: module 'telegram' has no attribute 'Bot'" Any ideas how to solve this?

How did you install the package? Notice that there are a number of Telegram related packages available at PyPI, and many of them do not have the API that you're looking for. — Ricardo Cárdenes
– Ricardo Cárdenes, Commented Oct 10, 2018 at 22:37
Packages that give you the Bot class would be for example telegram-bot or python-telegram-bot, but we would need to know which one you intend to use — Ricardo Cárdenes
– Ricardo Cárdenes, Commented Oct 10, 2018 at 22:38
As I understand it now I should have done: "pip install telegram-bot"? Or better inspect which package I download and use. — Duncan Jansen
– Duncan Jansen, Commented Oct 10, 2018 at 22:48

Suuuehgi · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-13 10:12:22Z

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I assume you're referring to python-telegram-bot and that you solely use python-pip for package installation (and not your OS's package manager):

Ensure that you don't have colliding telegram packages installed:

~> pip3 list | grep -i telegram
python-telegram-bot 11.1.0

Force reinstall:

pip install --user --force-reinstall python-telegram-bot

Ensure that you don't accidentally have a telegram.py within your project.

answered Jan 13, 2019 at 10:12

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Ganesh S Over a year ago

yup! I had to reinstall. Accidently I had installed telegram pip and uninstalled which seems to have messed up the python-telegram-bot package.

Ricardo Cárdenes · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-10 22:53:16Z

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It seems like you've installed the telegram package (according to the comments). Uninstall that one, and then you need to go and choose one that gives you the Bot class instead. For example:

Looks to me like the first one is more developed (the second one hasn't been touched in a while), but they have different licenses. Explore the options!

answered Oct 10, 2018 at 22:53

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Saeed · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-11 18:50:17Z

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Note that your file name (.py) does not the same with your package name.

answered Sep 11, 2019 at 18:50

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Marvin Zumbado Over a year ago

Dont name your file telegram.py or it wont work LOL this happened to me. Thanks!

Loniks · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-08 15:58:37Z

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I have faced the same issue and founded comment in releated GitHub issue that if you run code in test.py file you will have this issue. Maybe it will solve the issue for you.

answered Mar 8, 2020 at 15:58

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Julia Meshcheryakova · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-08 21:24:54Z

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If you're using PyCharm, and you're new to programming, to add the module, you need to add it to your project here: enter image description here

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