Sticker Downloader Bot is a Telegram Bot written in Python for downloading telegram stickers.
To make it work, you'll need an access TOKEN (it should look something like 123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11).
If you don't have it, you have to talk to @BotFather and follow a few simple steps (described here).
To get a local copy up and running follow these simple example steps.
- Clone the repo
git@github.com:JDidyk19/sticker-downloader-bot.git - Set your token to the environment variables
- On Linux/MAC OS terminal
export TOKEN='your token' - On Windows 10 Command LIne
set TOKEN=your token
- On Linux/MAC OS terminal
cd sticker-downloader-bot- Create a virtual environment
virtualenv venv - Activate the virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate - Execute the command
pip3 install -r requirements.txt - Start app
bot/python3 main.py
Hosting telegram bot on Heroku for free
Easy way to host your python telegram bot on Heroku.
Deploying via Heroku Dashboard
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If you don't have an account, you need to create a Heroku account here.
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Go to Dashboard, Press New and choose Create new app.
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Fill in an App Name and choose Runtime Region.
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Connect your GitHub repo at Deploy page.
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Setup Automatics deploys (Optionaly).
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Deploy a GitHub branch.
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Then go to a Settings page, click Reveal Config Vars and then add your
TOKEN: -
Finally, go to the Resources page.
- Install Heroku Redis add-on (Optionaly).
- Press on a small pen button, move slider and then click Confirm, that will start bot dyno.
- Simply move slider back if you need to stop bot dyno, remember to click Confirm.
- If for some reason it’s not working, check the logs here