examples/ESP8266/LongPoll/LongPoll.ino

/*******************************************************************
*  An example of setting a long poll, this will mean the request
*  for new messages will wait the specified amount of time before
*  returning with no messages
*
*  This should reduce amount of data used by the bot
*
*  written by Brian Lough
*******************************************************************/
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClientSecure.h>
#include <UniversalTelegramBot.h>

// Wifi network station credentials
#define WIFI_SSID "YOUR_SSID"
#define WIFI_PASSWORD "YOUR_PASSWORD"
// Telegram BOT Token (Get from Botfather)
#define BOT_TOKEN "XXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

const unsigned long BOT_MTBS = 1000; // mean time between scan messages

unsigned long bot_lasttime;          // last time messages' scan has been done
X509List cert(TELEGRAM_CERTIFICATE_ROOT);
WiFiClientSecure secured_client;
UniversalTelegramBot bot(BOT_TOKEN, secured_client);

void handleNewMessages(int numNewMessages)
{
  for (int i = 0; i < numNewMessages; i++)
  {
    bot.sendMessage(bot.messages[i].chat_id, bot.messages[i].text, "");
  }
}

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println();

  // attempt to connect to Wifi network:
  configTime(0, 0, "pool.ntp.org");      // get UTC time via NTP
  secured_client.setTrustAnchors(&cert); // Add root certificate for api.telegram.org
  Serial.print("Connecting to Wifi SSID ");
  Serial.print(WIFI_SSID);
  WiFi.begin(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASSWORD);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
  {
    Serial.print(".");
    delay(500);
  }
  Serial.print("\nWiFi connected. IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  // Check NTP/Time, usually it is instantaneous and you can delete the code below.
  Serial.print("Retrieving time: ");
  time_t now = time(nullptr);
  while (now < 24 * 3600)
  {
    Serial.print(".");
    delay(100);
    now = time(nullptr);
  }
  Serial.println(now);

  bot.longPoll = 60;
}

void loop()
{
  if (millis() - bot_lasttime > BOT_MTBS)
  {
    int numNewMessages = bot.getUpdates(bot.last_message_received + 1);

    while (numNewMessages)
    {
      Serial.println("got response");
      handleNewMessages(numNewMessages);
      numNewMessages = bot.getUpdates(bot.last_message_received + 1);
    }

    Serial.println("I will happen much less often with a long poll");
    bot_lasttime = millis();
  }
}