tommyku/telegram-bot-starter

Telegram bot starter

telegram-bot-starter

Ruby starter for you to build your Telegram bot.

Requirement

• docker
• Telegram client

Setup and use

Step 1 Register your bot

Talk to @BotFather(https://telegram.me/BotFather) and create a new bot.

Store the key supposedly shown in that dark rectanglar area for later use.

Step 2 Kickstart the backend

$ git clone https://github.com/tommyku/telegram-bot-starter
$ cd telegram-bot-starter
$ cp env.yml.example env.yml
$ nano env.yml

Now insert the key you got from @BotFather in step 1 to env.yml and save the file.

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: '12345:ABCEDFGHIJKLMN'

Next, build your bot with docker.

$ docker build -t telegram-bot-starter .
$ docker run -d -v $(pwd):/app telegram-bot-starter ruby telegram-bot-starter.rb

At this point, your bot is ready to receive command from anyone texting it, specifically the /start comamnd.

It does not know how to respond to anything else yet.

Step 3 Test the backend

From your Telegram client, text your bot /start and you should be able to see a reply from your own bot.