CopyStickerBot

Telegram bot for creating and managing sticker packs.
Built with aiogram 3.x.

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🚀 Installation (Windows)

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/username/CopyStickerBot.git
cd CopyStickerBot

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.pip

4. Create a .env file in the project root:

BOT_TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token

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🔥 Run in development mode with hot-reload

To automatically restart the bot whenever any .py or .env file changes:

watchmedo auto-restart --pattern="*.py;*.env" --recursive -- .venv\Scripts\python.exe src\bot.py

• --pattern="*.py;*.env" – watches both Python files and the environment file
• --recursive – watches all subdirectories (e.g. src/handlers/)
• .venv\Scripts\python.exe – ensures the bot runs with the virtual environment Python

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🛑 Run without hot-reload

python src\bot.py

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⚠️ Notes

• If you see TelegramConflictError: terminated by other getUpdates request, it means multiple instances of the bot are running with the same token. Make sure only one process is active.
• On Windows, always use .venv\Scripts\python.exe inside watchmedo to avoid using the system Python without dependencies.
• To stop the bot, press Ctrl+C in the terminal.

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