import os import logging from glob import glob import youtube_dl from telegram.ext import Updater, MessageHandler, Filters logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', level=logging.INFO) logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) updater = Updater(token='TOKEN') # put here the bot's token dispatcher = updater.dispatcher ydl_opts = { 'restrictfilenames': True, } def download(bot, update): for f in glob('*.mp4'): os.remove(f) # remove old video(s) try: with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl: ydl.download([update.message.text]) for f in glob('*.mp4'): # TODO this way for find the file(s) IMHO is not elegant bot.send_document(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, document=open(f, 'rb')) except Exception as e: bot.sendMessage(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text='Error') logger.info(e) download_handler = MessageHandler(Filters.text, download) dispatcher.add_handler(download_handler) updater.start_polling() updater.idle()