KoBa4 / starter-telegram-bot

Cyclic starter telegram bot

Telegram Bot, built on Cyclic 🤖

Say hello to the Telegram Bot template! Built on the grammY framework and hosted by the Cyclic serverless platform.

• Handling Inline Queries.
• Responding to commands.
• Interactive Inline Keyboards.

Try it out now! @CyclicDemoBot

Deployment

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have the following programs installed on your own local machine.

• Telegram Client.
• cURL.

Step 1 — Deploy on Cyclic 🚀

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Step 2 — Configure environment variables

1. Grab your Telegram bot's API token by sending a message to @BotFather.

2. Add that API token to your Cyclic deployment's environment variables.

3. Set the NODE_ENV environment variable to production.

Step 3 — Link the bot with your new server

Connect your Telegram bot to your server by sending the following HTTP request using your terminal:

Linux / MacOS

export TELEGRAM_API_TOKEN=... # YOUR TELEGRAM API TOKEN
export TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL=... # YOUR CYCLIC DEPLOYMENT URL

curl "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_API_TOKEN/setWebhook?url=$TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL"

How to run it locally?

Prerequisites

• Node.
• Yarn.
• Telegram Client.

Local installation

1. Clone the repository to your machine: git clone https://github.com/eludadev/telegram-bot && cd telegram-bot
2. Grab your bot's API token by messaging @BotFather. (see above)
3. Create the file .env and add the following line:

TELEGRAM_TOKEN=... # YOUR TELEGRAM API TOKEN

4. Download dependencies: yarn
5. Start your bot: yarn dev

Usage Examples

Being greeted by the bot

Applying text effects

Invoking the bot in other chats

Note This feature is also known as Inline Queries.