Shock Forest Bot
Shock Forest Bot is a Telegram bot that collects and archives chat messages from the Shock Forest Group’s Telegram chat group. These messages are stored in a PostgreSQL database, ordered by hashtag and exposed via an API.
This API is used by the Shock Forest Log display all messages, grouped by hashtag. The source code of the Shock Forest Log is also available on GitHub.
Usage
Shock Forest Bot expects the following environment variables to be set (or you can place them in a .env file):
| Environment variable | Description |
|---|---|
PORT |
API server port |
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN |
Telegram bot token |
DATABASE_URL |
PostgreSQL database URL |
AWS_REGION |
AWS region for S3 |
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID |
AWS access key for S3 |
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY |
AWS secret access key for S3 |
AWS_S3_BUCKET |
AWS S3 bucket name |
CHAT_IDS |
Comma-separated list of Telegram chat group IDs that will be monitored by the Shock Forest Bot |
PRIVATE_HASHTAGS |
Comma-separated list of Hashtags that will not be stored in the database |
Run locally:
npm run start
Deploy to Heroku:
git push heroku master