Telegram bot

script to push message with your bot, and reply message for your bot, by interacting with the bot

Tips

• any message sent to the bot will be forward to the admin chat ID you inserted in 'config.cfg'

  • the admin chat ID can be both your own user chat ID(your user ID is also your chat ID) or a group chat ID

  • to reply to the user, you simply reply to the forwared message

  • your message will be sent to the user directly

  • to send a message to a chat, you first have to know the chat ID of the user or the group chat ID

    then you'll have to reply to a message with the chat ID like this

    

    by that, you can send text message, sticker or media to a group chat or user

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  default chat

  • to set a default chat ID

    default chat can be both private chat and group

    • /id <default chat id>
    • now send any message or media, bot will send it to the chat
    • note that replied message and command below will not be sent
    • the original method will still be useable
  • to control echo

    echo will forward message from default chat to admin chat

    • /echo <0/1/2>
      • 0 - off
      • 1 - on
      • 2 - mentioned only
  • to set markdown

    a one time method to turn on/off markdown

    • /md <0/1>
      • 0 - off
      • 1 - on
  • to check default chat status
    • /status
  • to disable default chat

    a one time method to disable default chat if default chat is set in config.cfg

    • /reset
  • to set typing

    a one time method to turn on/off typing

    • /typing <0/1>
      • 0 - off
      • 1 - on
  • to reply message

    reply message in default chat

    • /r<reply_to_message_id>

      • if default chat is set and mentioned, bot will send a command to reply

      • the message ID will usually be given by bot, if bot's message is replied

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Telegram bot api message pusher

simple script for you to push message with your bot by interacting with the terminal window

Tips

• while the script asking you for the text and the sticker ID, you can type :q to restart script

• you can choose to send typing action to chat by changing 'config.cfg' under [settings] > [send_typing], the default is set to True

• you can also choose to use markdown from 'config.cfg' under [settings] > [use_markdown], the default is set to False

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Telegram support bot

script for setting up a support bot

Tips

• if a user send a message to the bot, it'll forward it to the chat ID you inserted in 'config.cfg'

• the chat ID can be both your own user ID(your user ID is your chat ID) or a group chat ID

• to reply to the user, you simply reply to the forwared message

• your message will be sent to the user directly

Installing

Linux

• Install python and pip

  Install python with your package manager

  Debian as an example:

  sudo apt install python3 python3-pip

• Install GCC or Clang

  Install GCC or Clang with your package manager

  Debian as an example:

  sudo apt install gcc

  or

  sudo apt install clang

  If you can't install them or not looking forward to, skip the next 2 steps
  

• Build the program with make

  Must have a compiler installed

  Build the program with make

  The program will be built in '.local/share/telegram_bot'

  make

  To compile the binary into the project directory, run this command instead

  make current

  Command usage

  telegram_bot <-f/-p/-s/--config>

  • -f - Telegram bot

  • -p - Message pusher

  • -s - Support bot

  • --config - Edit config

  and select the script to run

• Launch with python

  To launch directly with python, you will have two step

  • Install requirements

    You can skip this step if you already build the program with make

    install them with the command below

    pip3 install -r requirements.txt -U

    If you're on CentOS, RHEL or Arch Linux, install with this command instead

    pip install -r requirements.txt -U

    Note that you'll have to be in the project directory

  • Launch the program with python

    Choose one of the three scripts

    • telegram_bot.py

    • message_pusher.py

    • support_bot.py

    Launch with the command below

    python3 <script>

    or

    python <script>

    Take telegram_bot.py as example

    python3 telegram_bot.py

    or

    python telegram_bot.py

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Windows

• Open cmd or power shell in the project folder

• Install python

  Go to the offical website of Python to download Python and install with the installer

• Install requirements

  Install them with the command below

  pip install -r requirements.txt -U

• Launch with batch file

  open one for the batch files

  update.bat

  update project and python requirements

  update + <script name>.bat

  update project and open script

  Batch files sould not be moved, please create shortcut if you're looking forward to set an icon on the desktop.
  

• Launch the program with command line

  Choose one of the three scripts

  • telegram_bot.py

  • message_pusher.py

  • support_bot.py

  Launch with the command below

  python <script>

  Take telegram_bot.py for example

  python telegram_bot.py

• Build the project with make

  If you have GNU Make and GCC installed in your windows PC, use the command below

  make

  The program will be installed in your program files and a deskop shortcut will appear

  If you want to compile the binary in the project directory, run this command instead

  make current

  If you want to remove the program, use the command below

  make clean

• Launch the program

  You will have to build the program with make for this method

  Launch the program with the desktop shortcut and select the script to run