Ebooks Request Generator bot

Telegram bot that creates a text message from the link address of an ebook or an audio book.

Commands

/start and /help: show an help message.
/inline: shows an help message for inline mode.
text: given a link or a text containing a link, it returns the request message.
/report text: works the same way it does with text, but it returns a report.html file when errors occur.
inline: the bot works inline the same way it does with text.
/stats: sends information about the number of request received.
/refresh: reloads the information for the filters.
/support: shows an help message on how to support the developer.

Message format

#request [tags]
Title: [book title]
Author: [book author]
Publisher: [book publisher]
Link: [link received]

The available tags are:

language tag, such as #italian, #french, etc
kindle unlimited tag #KU
audiobook tag #audiobook
Scribd tag #scribd for requests from Scribd
Storytel tag #storytel for requests from Storytel
Archive tag #archive for requests from Archive and OpenLibrary

The tags are automatically added based on the url provided.

Example:

#request
Title: Serpentine
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Link: https://www.amazon.com/His-Dark-Materials-Philip-Pullman-ebook/dp/B08CL2WJ34/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1634305599&sr=8-1

Features

Sources

Extract message from Amazon

Given an Amazon link of a Kindle book, it returns the request message.

Amazon languages supported:

en: English
it: Italian
de: German
nl: Dutch
es: Spanish
pt: Portuguese
fr: French

Extract message from Audible

Given an Audible link of an audiobook, it returns the request message.

It always add the #audiobook tag.

Extract message from Scribd

Given a Scribd link of either an ebook or an audiobook, it returns the request message.

It always add the #scribd tag. If it is an audiobook, it also add the #audiobook tag.

Extract message from Storytel

Given a Storytel link of either an ebook or an audiobook, it returns the request message.

It always add the #storytel tag. If it is an audiobook, it also add the #audiobook tag.

Extract message from Archive

Given a Archive link of an ebook, it returns the request message.

It always add the #archive tag.

Extract message from OpenLibrary

Given a OpenLibrary link of an ebook, it returns the request message.

It always add the #archive tag.

Filters

Format

Amazon: Kindle ebooks.
Audible: audiobooks.
Scribd: ebooks or audiobooks.
Storytel: ebooks or audiobooks.
Archive: ebooks.
OpenLibrary: ebooks.

Release Date

The publication date of the given product cannot be in the future.

Authors, Titles, Publishers

The book or the author must not be protected by DMCA and the publisher must not be academic.

Languages

Malayalam is not allowed.

Instructions

Build

npm run build

Deploy

Start script

npm start

Define token and run the project

BOT_TOKEN="110201543:AAHdqTcvCH1vGWJxfSeofSAs0K5PALDsaw" npm start

Replace the token in the command, which is invalid, with your own.

Variables

Required Variables

BOT_TOKEN: Create a bot using @BotFather, and get the Telegram API token.

Optional Variables

Storytel

STORYTEL_AUTHS: list of auth objects as defined below.

{
  "userId": "string",
  "token": "string",
  "locale": "string"
}