Hack the Remote

Collab: Elastic Spaces
Fall 2020
Parsons School of Design x UC Boulder

Platform: Telegram

Usage

Telegram Bot - @ElasticSpaceBot

Install Required Packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

Obtaining credentials

Telegram - Using your Telegram App, message @BotFather and create your bot. Follow more instructions here
Parallel Dots
imgFlip - Signup on imgFlip and remeber your username and password :)

Setting credentials in your local environment

# Run the following python commands
os.environ['telegram_bot_api_token'] = '<YOUR-TELEGRAM-BOT-TOKEN>'
os.environ['ParallelDots'] = '<YOUR-PARALLELDOTS-API-KEY>'
os.environ['imgflip_username'] = '<YOUR-IMGFLIP-USERNAME>'
os.environ['imgflip_password'] = '<YOUR-IMGFLIP-PASSWORD>'

Running the script

python3 hackTheRemote.py

This should start your bot and display your bot name in terminal.

Let's begin the meme chat 😎🎉🎉

Contributors

Akshay Baweja - Parsons School of Design
Omar Hammad - UC Boulder