Telegram DALL·E bot

Introduction

This is a simple implementation of the OpenAI API, a Telegram bot which will generate an image using AI for the prompt you send to it using the command /image [prompt]. Like, for example, /image bots getting to the Moon.

Set-up guide

Getting keys

In order to use this bot yourself, you'll need to get two keys, one for the OpenAI API authorization and other one as a token for the Telegram bot. As for OpenAI, you can register and get your API key here. For the Telegram side, you can create a bot and get its token using @BotFather inside the app.

Setting up the environment

Once you've got both keys, create a .env file in the root of the project and then add the tokens there, the following way:

OPENAI_API_KEY="your token as string"
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your token as string"

Save the file and remember adding it to your .gitignore if you're pushing the code, otherwise you'd be sharing your keys.

Running the bot

First, we need to install the dependencies in order for the bot to run correctly. From the root, just execute the following command.

npm install

That's it, we're ready to run the bot, just use this script:

npm run start