achicha / telegram-bot

async server, which receive HTTP requests and resent messages to Telegram channel.

HowTo:

1. Create your own bot using Telegram's BotFather and grab your TOKEN
2. Clone this repository
   • git clone https://github.com/achicha/telegram-bot
3. Virtual Environment (optional):
   • cd telegram-bot
   • pip install pipenv
4. Install all dependencies:
   • pipenv install or pip install -r Pipfile
5. Try local heroku
   • install Heroku CLI: wget -qO- https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install-ubuntu.sh | sh
   • create entry point. touch Procfile with web: python run.py inside it.
   • login: heroku login
   • create app: heroku create
   • create .env file and add there config vars from settings.py
   • run local heroku: heroku local web
6. Deploy to remote heroku:
   • add heroku remote branch: heroku git:remote -a MyHerokuAppName if it is not there git remote -v
   • copy .env params to the server: heroku config:push
   • deploy: git push heroku master
   • check logs: heroku logs -n 10
   • restart app if needed: heroku restart MyHerokuAppName

todo:

• add telegram bot links
• resend errors
• block wrong messages like /start or others
• several api links
• store all requests to local heroku DB

Links:

• https://habrahabr.ru/post/322078/
• https://habrahabr.ru/post/300942/
• https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/deploying-python
• https://github.com/volodymyrlut/heroku-node-telegram-bot