OneChat Python Library Documentation

Overview

The OneChat Python library provides an interface for sending messages, broadcasting messages to multiple users, sending location information, sending stickers, and sending files through the OneChat API.

Features

• Send Messages: Send messages to individual users or groups.
• Send Files: Send files to users for easy sharing.
• Send WebView: Send a webview to users for interactive content.
• Broadcast Messages: Send messages to multiple recipients at once.
• Send Locations: Share geographical locations with users.
• Send Stickers: Send sticker messages to users.
• Send Template: Send template messages to users.
• Send Quick Reply: Send quick reply messages to users.
• Send Image Carousel: Send an image carousel message to users.
• Fetch Friends and Groups: Retrieve the complete list of friends and groups for a bot.
• List All Friends: Get a list of all friends associated with the bot.
• List Friend IDs: Retrieve the One IDs of all friends for easy identification.
• List All Groups: Get a list of all groups associated with the bot.
• List Group IDs: Retrieve the IDs of all groups for further actions.

Installation

To install the OneChat Python library, run the following command

pip install one-chat-api

Usage

To use the OneChat library, follow these steps

Import the Library

from one_chat import (
    init,
    send_message,
    send_file,
    broadcast_message,
    send_location,
    send_sticker,
    send_template,
    send_quickreply,
    send_image_carousel,
    fetch_friends_and_groups,
    list_all_friends,
    list_friend_ids,
    list_all_groups,
    list_group_ids,
)

or you can import all functions at once

from one_chat import *

Initialize the Library

Before using the functions, you need to initialize the library with your authorization token, default recipient, and bot id

init(
    "YOUR_AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN",  # Replace with your token
    "DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_ID",      # Replace with user ID or group ID
    "YOUR_BOT_ID"                # Replace with your bot ID
)

Send Messages

You can send a message to a specific user or group

response = send_message(message="Hello One!")
print("Send Message response:", response)

Send Files

You can send a file to a specific user or group

response = send_file(file_path="results.csv")
print("Send File response:", response)

Send WebView

response = send_webview(url="https://google.com/")
print("Send Webview response:", response)

Broadcast Messages

To send a message to multiple recipients

response = broadcast_message(message="Hello Multi!", to=["USER_ID_1", "USER_ID_2"])
print("Send Message Multi response:", response)

Send Locations

To share a location

response = send_location(latitude=13.7563, longitude=100.5018, address="Bangkok, Thailand")
print("Send Location Response:", response)

Send Stickers

To send a sticker

response = send_sticker(sticker_id="YOUR_STICKER_ID")
print("Send Sticker Response:", response)

Send Template

To send a template message

response = send_template(
        template=[
            {
                "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
                "title": "Your Title Here",
                "detail": "Your Detail Here",
                "choice": [
                    {
                        "label": "Yes",
                        "type": "text",
                        "payload": "Yes"
                    },
                    # ....
                ],
            },
        ]
    )
print("Send Template Response:", response)

Send Quick Reply

To send a quick reply message

response = send_quickreply(
        message="Hello, this is a quick reply message!",
        quick_reply=[
            {
                "label": "Register",
                "type": "text",
                "message": "I need to register",
                "payload": "Register",
            }
        ],
    )
print("Send Quick Reply Response:", response)

Send Image Carousel

To send an image carousel message

response = send_image_carousel(
        elements=[
            {
                "type": "text",
                "image": "https://example.com/image1.jpg",
                "action": "hello",
                "payload": "Register",
                "sign": "false",
                "onechat_token": "false",
                "button": "click me",
            }
        ]
    )
print("Send Image Carousel Response:", response)

Example

Here’s a complete example of how to use the library

from one_chat import *

def main():
    # Initialize OneChat with your token, recipient, and bot ID
    init(
        "YOUR_AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN",
        "DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_ID",  # Send to (One ID) or (Group ID)
        "YOUR_BOT_ID"  # Bot ID
    )

    # Send a single message
    resp_msg = send_message(message="Hello One!")
    print("Send Message response:", resp_msg)

    # Send a file
    resp_file = send_file(file_path="results.csv")
    print("Send File response:", resp_file)

    # Send a webview
    resp_webview = send_webview(url="https://google.com/")
    print("Send Webview response:", resp_webview)

    # Broadcast a message to multiple users
    resp_msg_multi = broadcast_message(message="Hello Multi!", to=["USER_ID_1", "USER_ID_2"])
    print("Send Message Multi response:", resp_msg_multi)

    # Send a location
    resp_location = send_location(latitude=13.7563, longitude=100.5018, address="Bangkok, Thailand")
    print("Send Location Response:", resp_location)

    # Send a sticker
    resp_sticker = send_sticker(sticker_id="YOUR_STICKER_ID")
    print("Send Sticker Response:", resp_sticker)

    # Send Template
    resp_template = send_template(
        template=[
            {
                "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
                "title": "Your Title Here",
                "detail": "Your Detail Here",
                "choice": [
                    {
                        "label": "Yes",
                        "type": "text",
                        "payload": "Yes"
                    },
                    # ....
                ],
            },
        ]
    )
    print("Send Template Response:", resp_template)

    # Send Quick Reply
    resp_quick_reply = send_quickreply(
        message="Hello, this is a quick reply message!",
        quick_reply=[
            {
                "label": "Register",
                "type": "text",
                "message": "I need to register",
                "payload": "Register",
            }
        ],
    )
    print("Send Quick Reply Response:", resp_quick_reply)

    # Send Image Carousel
    resp_image_carousel = send_image_carousel(
        elements=[
            {
                "type": "text",
                "image": "https://example.com/image1.jpg",
                "action": "hello",
                "payload": "Register",
                "sign": "false",
                "onechat_token": "false",
                "button": "click me",
            }
        ]
    )
    print("Send Image Carousel Response:", resp_image_carousel)

    # Get a list of friends and groups
    friends_and_groups = fetch_friends_and_groups() # you can use fetch_friends_and_groups("BOT_ID") to get friends and groups of another bot
    print("Friends and Groups:", friends_and_groups)

    # Get a list of friends
    friends = list_all_friends() # you can use list_all_friends("BOT_ID") to get friends of another bot
    print("Friends:", friends)

    # Get the One ID of a friend
    one_id = list_friend_ids() # you can use list_friend_ids("BOT_ID") to get one id of a friend of another bot
    print("One ID of Friend:", one_id)

    # Get a list of groups
    groups = list_all_groups() # you can use list_all_groups("BOT_ID") to get groups of another bot
    print("Groups:", groups)

    # Get the group ID of a group
    group_id = list_group_ids() # you can use list_group_ids("BOT_ID") to get group id of a group of another bot
    print("Group ID of Group:", group_id)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md and SECURITY.md. Run checks locally with:

ruff check .
black --check .
mypy one_chat
pytest

Examples

See runnable examples in examples/:

• examples/quickstart.py — send a text message (uses env ONECHAT_TOKEN, ONECHAT_TO, ONECHAT_BOT_ID)
• examples/broadcast.py — broadcast to multiple users (uses env ONECHAT_TOKEN, ONECHAT_BOT_ID, ONECHAT_USERS)