diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
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+"""
+script for telegram bot and its functions
+"""
+__author__ = "Florian Kellermann, Linus Eickhoff, Florian Kaiser"
+__date__ = "02.05.2022"
+__version__ = "0.0.1" 
+__license__ = "None"
+
+# main bot at http://t.me/guess_the_price_bot
+# debug bot at http://t.me/amazondebug_bot
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import telebot
+from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
+import os
+import sys
+
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path='.env') # load environment variables
+
+bot_version = "0.0.1" # version of bot
+
+bot = telebot.TeleBot(os.getenv('BOT_API_KEY'))
+
+@bot.message_handler(commands=['start', 'Start']) 
+def send_start(message):
+    
+    """ Sending welcome message to new user
+    :type message: message object bot
+    :param message: message that was reacted to, in this case always containing '/start'
+
+    :raises: none
+
+    :rtype: none
+    """
+    bot.reply_to(message, "Welcome to this amazon bot")
+
+def main_loop():
+    
+    """ Start bot
+    :raises: none
+
+    :rtype: none
+    """
+    bot.infinity_polling()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        main_loop()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print('\nExiting by user request.\n')
+        sys.exit(0)
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+## documentation for GuessThePrice