Gobot

Multi-purpose bot for the Telegram Messenger based on gotgbot and inspired by Python-Telegram-Bot.

The source code is here so YOU can do what you want with it - don't ask questions about it nor ask for help on how to use it!

Features

• Written in Go
• Uses MySQL database
• Supports plugins
• Whitelist included
• Supports webhooks and long-polling

Usage

1. Download binaries from Actions tab or build it yourself (go build)
2. Copy .env.exampleto .env and fill it in (you can also use environment variables)
3. Run it!

Using a webhook

To use a webhook, set the webhook-related variables. If you don't, long-polling will be used.

Example with Hookdeck:

1. Copy your https://events.hookdeck.com/e/... URL to WEBHOOK_PUBLIC_URL variable
2. Set a webhook port (e.g. 41320) to PORT
3. Set WEBHOOK_URL_PATH to a custom path
   • This is where the internal webhook server will listen on. Gotgbot does not support an empty path.
   • Remember to set the WEBHOOK_PUBLIC_URL to https://.../WEBHOOK_URL_PATH. This variable is the URL that is sent to Telegram to notify them to which URL to send their data. WEBHOOK_URL_PATH is not sent to Telegram, nor appended to the WEBHOOK_PUBLIC_URL internally! It's just used for the internal http server.
   • For Hookdeck, set "Destionation Type" to "CLI" and insert your path
4. Use the Hookdeck CLI: hookdeck listen 41320 [SOURCE]. You can also use cloudflared, etc. It MUST be HTTPS!

More options

Set the following variables to any value (like "1") to enable them:

• PRINT_MSGS: Print all messages the bot receives to the terminal
• PRETTY_PRINT_LOG: Pretty print log
• DEBUG: Enable debug logs (verbose, contains secrets!)
• IGNORE_SQL_MIGRATION: Ignore the SQL migration feature when you want to migrate yourself (for example with PlanetScale since it doesn't support foreign key references).