myfirstbot-v3

Yet one Telegram bot boilerplate

Technology Stack:

• Programming Language: TypeScript
• Web Application Framework: Node.js, Express
• Cloud Deployment: Heroku
• Testing: Mocha, Sinon, NYC

Getting started

Follow these steps:

• create .env file.

Create .env file

• set up DEBUG env variable, default value is true
• set up TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN env variable, app will not work otherwise
• set up HEROKU_URL only in production

Run locally

Install dependencies and run start script:

npm i
npm run

Deploy to heroku

Use heroku CLI to create web app:

# Create a new Heroku app with the specified name
heroku create myfirstbot-v3

# Add a Heroku remote to your local Git repository if not set
# This will allow you to deploy your app to Heroku
git remote add heroku https://git.heroku.com/myfirstbot-v3.git

# Set DEBUG env
heroku config:set DEBUG=false --app=myfirstbot-v3

# Set TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN env
heroku config:set TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=0000011111:ABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB3333333330 --app=myfirstbot-v3

# Set HEROKU_URL env
heroku config:set HEROKU_URL=https://myfirstbot-v3.herokuapp.com/ --app=myfirstbot-v3

# Deploy your app to Heroku
git push heroku master

# Restart app
heroku restart --app=myfirstbot-v3

Test prod

Perform commands:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}' https://myfirstbot-v3.herokuapp.com/0000011111:ABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB3333333330