Introduction
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**PTBtest** is test suite for developing ``python-telegram-bot`` driven Telegram bots. It lets you develop faster, since unit tests can be run without any dependency on contacting Telegram's servers.

Its features include:

- Mockbot: A fake bot that does not contact Telegram servers;
- Works with the updater from telegram.ext;
- Generator classes to easily create Users, Chats and Updates.

Installation
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PTBtest supports Python versions 3.9 and above. It's recommended to use a virtual environment to isolate your project's dependencies from other projects and the system. That said, you can install PTBtest with:

.. code:: shell

   $ pip install ptbtest --upgrade

Dependencies
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We strive for the least amount of dependencies, so, for now, PTBtest depends only on ``python-telegram-bot`` itself.