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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 telebot import types
+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")
+    
+@bot.inline_handler(lambda query: query.query == 'text') # inline prints for debugging
+def query_text(inline_query):
+    
+    """ Output in the console about current user actions and status of bot
+    :type inline_query: 
+    :param inline_query:
+
+    :raises: none
+
+    :rtype: none
+    """
+    try:
+        r = types.InlineQueryResultArticle('1', 'Result1', types.InputTextMessageContent('hi'))
+        r2 = types.InlineQueryResultArticle('2', 'Result2', types.InputTextMessageContent('hi'))
+        bot.answer_inline_query(inline_query.id, [r, r2])
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+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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