Telegram Bot

Setting up the environment

Telegram bot is using these python dependencies

import logging
import os
import telebot
from telegram import ParseMode
from telegram.ext import CallbackContext, Updater, CommandHandler, JobQueue, Dispatcher
import pymongo
import json
import pandas as pd
import jsonpickle

These environment variable are mandatory to run the bot. You can override them when you run the bot on Google Colab or you can setup Heroku configs.

BOT_TELEGRAM_API_TOKEN = ""
BOT_MONGODB_CONECTION_URL = ""
BOT_DATABASE_NAME = ""

This is a Telegram Bot. It uses Telegram's HTTP API.

Bot username on Telegram: @messagecollector_bot

Initializing the bot on Telegram

You can find the bot on Telegram. Initiate a chat or you can add the bot into your groups. Then try these sample commands.

/about - About this bot
/help - Help topics

Registering the bot

BotFather is the parent of all Telegram Bots.This telegram bot is registered via BotFather. (@messagecollector_bot) and these parameters have been setup using the BotFather.

Name of the bot
Description of the bot
Profile Picture of the bot
Command list

Linking the bot with the code

Bot communicates with the backend python code using the bot-token. The bot-token is mandatory to run the bot.

Adding the bot into groups

Search @messagecollector_bot and add it into your group. Grant admin permission if you want to manage the group via the bot.

Testing the Bot

To test the bot, use the .ipynb file on a Google Colab environment. Execute each step and run the bot. At the end you can view collected data using python Pandas library. Using python pandas library you can manipulate almost everything on your data.

Polling

To receive messages, the bot must do polling (continuous triggering the telegram API).

# start polling to continuously listen for messages
bot.polling()
# gracefully stop the bot after ctrl + c 
bot.stop_polling()

Sending messages into a specific Chat ID

Chat ID is same as the user ID if it's a private chat between the user and the bot. If the bot is inside a group, chat ID is different.

bot.send_message(chat_id, txt)
#Ex: bot.send_message(-1001545752396, "Hi") -> 1664758714 is the chat ID (For private messages, group ID = Chat ID)

Owner

This repository is owned by @Ddqpv

License

MIT, Not for Commercial purpose

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