a simple Telegram manga reader bot
Introduction
I created this python-based Telegram manga reader bot to read manga using the MangaEden JSON API in Telegram.
Usage
- Read manga together with your friends!
- Read manga alone with no ads!
- Run the app in Heroku or any other cloud application platform that supports Python for access whenever your computer goes down.
- Run it on a Raspberry Pi or similar hardware
- Add more features to the bot - the code serves as a good starting point to develop more advanced Telegram bots.
If you need any help in setting up a bot, refer to the Telegram Bot documentation.
How to set up
Follow the instructions at Telegram Bot documentation to set up your own bot. Once you have set up your bot, you will receive an API token.
Copy and paste the token and insert it to line 12 of app.py. Example: 12| token = '216151552:AAEnqOOpqjfEkFoH-m3gnTw-aWtvog7a6Ug'
To run the bot, simply enter python app.py in a Command Prompt or Terminal instance. Make sure you have Python 3.x installed. If this still does not work, try python3 app.py.
The Procfile, requirements.txt and runtime.txt files are pre-requisites for running the application in Heroku. Refer to this guide for pushing the repo to your Heroku instance to run the bot remotely.
Prequisites
- Python 3.x
- requests library (install with
pip install requests)
Features
- Check the latest chapter of a manga
- List all chapters of a manga
- Have the entire chapter sent to you via chat
Issues
- If you do not send any messages (update in Telegram API-speak) to the bot after a command, and Heroku resets, the last send command is executed again, due to the update offset not being updated.
Credits
- /u/Valdieme from this Reddit thread for the basic skeleton code for a python-based Telegram bot
- MangaEden for the MangaEden API