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Add SOCKS5 proxy support for Telegram API requests via .env #5

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion .env.example
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API_TOKEN=asd
GROUP_ID=asd
CHANNEL_ID=asd
CHANNEL_ID=asd
# Optional SOCKS5 proxy for Telegram API requests, e.g. socks5://user:pass@host:port

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Given the PR’s goal (working around networks that may block Telegram), consider documenting socks5h:// here instead of socks5://. In requests/PySocks, socks5h proxies DNS resolution through the proxy, which is often required when local DNS to Telegram is blocked.

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# Optional SOCKS5 proxy for Telegram API requests, e.g. socks5://user:pass@host:port
# Optional SOCKS5 proxy for Telegram API requests, e.g. socks5h://user:pass@host:port

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SOCKS5_PROXY_URL=
7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion bot.py
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import telebot
from telebot import types
from telebot import types, apihelper
import json
from datetime import datetime
import os
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API_TOKEN = os.getenv('API_TOKEN')
GROUP_ID = int(os.getenv('GROUP_ID'))
CHANNEL_ID = int(os.getenv('CHANNEL_ID'))

socks5_proxy_url = os.getenv('SOCKS5_PROXY_URL')
if socks5_proxy_url:
apihelper.proxy = {'https': socks5_proxy_url}

bot = telebot.TeleBot(API_TOKEN)

my_id = bot.get_me().id
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion requirements.txt
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pyTelegramBotAPI
flask
flask_sqlalchemy
python-dotenv
python-dotenv
requests[socks]