Telegram bot that detects links to (some) websites to extract videos and send them directly.
- When used in a private chat, it just responds with a video message.
- When added to a group chat, it detects links to supported websites, deletes the original message (if it has the required permission, of course), and posts a video message with the name of the sender, original link, and any extra text that was in that message
Link preview in Telegram ususally sucks for videos, and opening a separate website/app for a meme you friends sent to you is frustrating, especially on a mobile device
Installation depends on the system, in the end you need to make sure that ffmpeg console command is available
Instructions are available here, but they weren't enough for me on MacOS
You can download a library file (dll, dylib, etc... depending on the platform) from https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download and put it in the project's root folder
Python packages are listed in requirements.txt, to automatically install them run pip install -r requirements.txt
To just run the bot, run python memosybot.py
First run will ask you for the bot token and debug chat id,
- Here's how to get the bot token: [https://core.telegram.org/bots/tutorial#obtain-your-bot-token]
- Debug chat id is id of the chat to send errors to, you can enter your telegram username, or just leave this blank
On Unix systems, you can run autorun.sh to run the bot in the background. Don't forget to chmod +x autorun.sh!