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 ## Dokumentation
 - Postman-API -> docs/postman.json
 - Datenbank -> database/*
+
+## Local setup for telegram bot
+1. create .env and set API keys etc. (use .env.example for this)
+2. install required libs via ``pip install -r ./telegram_bot/requirements.txt``
+3. run bot.py via ``python ./telegram_bot/bot.py``