Telegram Bots

This repository contains the source code of the telegram bots developed and used by the COPS Dev Group.

Setting Up

Clone the repository

• git clone https://github.com/COPS-IITBHU/telegram-bots.git
• cd telegram-bots

Create a new telegram bot

• Follow instructions on this page to create a new bot and obtain a token.

Local development

Install dependencies

• npm install -ci

Set env varaibles in nodemon.json

• Add your bot token to the nodemon.json file.
• CHATID and PASSWORD aren't necessary and are needed for deployment purpose only.

Running the bot

• npm run lucy-bot

Deploying the bot

Get vercel CLI

• npm i -g vercel

Deploying the bot

• vercel --prod

Go to your vercel dashboard and set the env variable

• Set an env variable with key LUCY_BOT_TOKEN equal to your bot token.

NOTE - You may need to deploy your bot again after setting the env variables.

Setup Webhooks

You need to setup webhooks so that every update could be sent to that url as a post request. You can do that by this query.

https://api.telegram.org/bot"BOT_TOKEN"/setWebhook?url="DEPLOYED_URL"

• Replace the "BOT_TOKEN" (Including the quotes) with the TOKEN of your bot.
• Replace the "DEPLOYED_URL" (Including the quotes) with the production url of your serverless function. If you followed the instructions above correctly, It would look something like -> https://telegram-bots-khaki.vercel.app/api/lucy-bot.ts.

NOTE - If you have executed the command npm run lucy-bot after deploying you'll need to set the webhooks again.