A telegram (https://telegram.org) bot service for Zeit Now (https://zeit.co/now).
On Mac:
$ git clone https://github.com/voutasaurus/blimpybot
$ cd blimpybot
$ export blimpysuffix=$(base64 < /dev/urandom | head -c 10)
$ sed -i '' -e "s/blimpybot/blimpybot-$blimpysuffix/g" now.json
$ npm install -g now
$ now # this will prompt you to login/create an Zeit Now account
$ export $BOT_TOKEN=<Get this from Telegram chat with @botfather>
$ now secret add bot-token $BOT_TOKEN
$ now --target production
$ curl -F "url=https://blimpybot-$blimpysuffix.now.sh" https://api.telegram.org/bot$BOT_TOKEN/setWebhook
You should be able to chat with your bot now.
This app uses environment variables defined in now.json prefixed with
"BLIMPY_" as a key value map to define responses of the bot.
You can change the env section in now.json to add triggers and preprogrammed responses.
Right now all triggers are exact matches (case insensitive). The program could be modified to match on substrings or filter out punctuation.