Create a Google Cloud Function running this command in the same line:

# Deploy a **NEW** project to cloud functions
gcloud functions deploy telegram_bot --set-env-vars "TELEGRAM_TOKEN=<TELEGRAM_TOKEN>" --runtime python38 --trigger-http --project=<project_name>

you can also specify the region by appending the following string to the previous command

--region=<region_name>

list of the available regions

Some details:

• Here webhook is the name of the function in the main.py file
• You need to specify your Telegram token with the --set-env-vars option
• --runtime python38 describe the environment used by our function, Python 3.8 in this case
• --trigger-http is the type of trigger associated to this function, you can find here the complete list of triggers The above command will return something like this:

Step three, you need to set up your Webhook URL using this API call:

# Set a webhook for sending messages updates from update_queue
foo@bar:~$ curl "https://api.telegram.org/bot<TELEGRAM_TOKEN>/setWebhook?url=<URL>"

Utilities & useful commands:

# Add your Project ID to ENV variable
foo@bar:~$ export PROJECT_ID=<PROJECT_ID>

# Get info on webhook (such as pending updates and errors):
foo@bar:~$ https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_TOKEN/getWebhookInfo

# Re-Deploy new code to the function
gcloud functions deploy telegram_bot --runtime python38 --trigger-http --project=$PROJECT_ID

# Running pytest unitests
coverage run -m pytest