How can I get Live Location in telegram bot via python?

Question

I'm using the python-telegram-bot library. I want to track a user's Live Location, but I don't know how to do it. I try to use Job Queue:

def notification(bot, job):
  updates = bot.get_updates()
  print([u.message.location for u in updates])
# Add job to queue

job = job_queue.run_repeating(notification, 10, 1, context=chat_id)
chat_data['job'] = job

But updates are void. I want to track location every 1 minutes.

Lukas E. · Answer 1 · 2019-12-19T18:06:16.700

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Just to ellaborate on Seans answer: It can be done quite easily using the python-telegram-bot library. Whenever the location did update it can be found in update.edited_message. This only works if the user is manually sharing live location with the bot of course.

def location(bot, update):
    message = None
    if update.edited_message:
        message = update.edited_message
    else:
        message = update.message
    current_pos = (message.location.latitude, message.location.longitude)

location_handler = MessageHandler(Filters.location, location)
dispatcher.add_handler(location_handler)

edited Dec 19 '19 at 18:06

answered Sep 27 '18 at 08:37

Lukas E.

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Just an update for 2019, the mentioned `edited_updates=True` is now unnecessary; it will now yield a `TelegramDeprecationWarning`. The [Transition Guide](https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/wiki/Transition-guide-to-Version-12.0#messagehandler) will essentially say, it now accepts all updates by default. – dTanMan Oct 27 '19 at 18:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '18 at 09:30

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Your updates should look like this.

It will only contain first location in .message.location, the latest location is .edit_message.location, and others will be gone, so you need to record yourself.

answered Jan 13 '18 at 09:30

Sean Wei

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Unfortunately, it doesn't work, because `.edited_message` available only when user manually edit message. When user send Live Location, it doesn't update automatically. – Pavlo Zub Jan 14 '18 at 21:34
@PavloZub does that mean there's no way at all to get automatic location updates of user sharing location using api? – Andrey Stepanov Nov 14 '20 at 10:12

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 09 '22 at 17:35

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Use this simple function:

def location(update: Update, context: CallbackContext):
    current_pos = (update.message.location.latitude,update.message.location.longitude)
    print(current_pos)

dp.add_handler(MessageHandler(Filters.location, location))

answered Mar 09 '22 at 17:35

KawaiKx

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How can I get Live Location in telegram bot via python?

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