A Telegram bot that gives you some motivation. Built using Python3, AWS Lambda and Serverless.
The motivation quotes are stored in the quote_list.py file.
Commands can be modified in the handler.py file.
Modification of the bot's settings can be done via the @BotFather.
You can contact the bot via Telegram using this link: https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@ryansMotivationalBot
- Python3
- An AWS account
- Serverless
- Nodejs
Make sure Serverless is installed:
npm install -g serverless
Install the python dependencies locally:
pip install -r requirements.txt -t vendored
Generate AWS access keys and export them:
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your-key-here>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your-secret-key-here>
# AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY are now available for serverless to use
serverless deploy
Keep to the side the url generated (that's your Lambda's endpoint), which should look something like this:
endpoints:
POST - https://egmwgr53.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev/my-custom-url
Set up a Telegram bot by contacting the @BotFather.
Once finishing the steps, you will receive a TELEGRAM_TOKEN that should look like:
se this token to access the HTTP API:
25264639168:geklgnmKLNFJbege-u1oMR3
Export the TELEGRAM_TOKEN:
export TELEGRAM_TOKEN="<YOUR TELEGRAM TOKEN>"
Create the webhook to connect your Lambda with the Telegram bot:
curl --request POST --url https://api.telegram.org/botA<YOUR TELEGRAM TOKEN>/setWebhook --header 'content-type: application/json' --data '{"url": "<Your Lambda's endpoint url>"}'
You should receive the following if everything worked:
{"ok":true,"result":true,"description":"Webhook was set"}
Update your Lambda's TELEGRAM_TOKEN by deploying again:
serverless deploy
You should now be able to communicate with your bot!
You can customize your bot via the @BotFather by using the /mybots command.