byStarTW says to YSITD
from telegram.ext import Updater updater = Updater(token='281982543:AAEKqlx9YCaxh0xJvKTwE5UCCP7m8ExY910') def start(bot, update): bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text="welcome:)") def ping(bot, update): bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text="PONG") def author(bot, update): bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text="author: BYSTARTW") from telegram.ext import CommandHandler dispatcher = updater.dispatcher start_handler = CommandHandler('start', start) dispatcher.add_handler(start_handler) ping_handler = CommandHandler('ping', ping) dispatcher.add_handler(start_handler) dispatcher.add_handler(CommandHandler('author', author)) updater.start_polling()