livz / LizBot

Telegram bot on Google App Engine

LizBot

Deployment of LanaBot Telegram bot on Google App Engine using web hooks:

Steps to add your Telegram bot to Google App Engine

1. Create a new code repository on Cloud Platform:

Google Cloud Platform -> Development -> Source code

2. Connect a local repository:

$ gcloud init
$ git config credential.helper gcloud.sh    
$ git remote add google https://source.developers.google.com/p/fuzzylizbot/r/lizbot

3. Push changes from local repository to Google Cloud:

$ git add file1 file2
$ git commit -m "commit message"
$ git push --all google

3. Deploy the app:

$ gcloud app deploy app.yaml --project <project name> -v <version_id> --verbosity=info

4. Open app in the browser to test:

$ gcloud app browse

Configuration

The configuration file config.ini.example needs to be renamed and modified:

[Settings]

; Telegram API token, from @Botfather
TOKEN = 74632864382432:AxxxYBFA99Hixo_jTsfsd08J

;Token for webhook  URL
HOOK_TOKEN = ab10e773c1fadca323af2a561eedcbb8

; Google App Engine project id
PROJECT_ID = fuzzylizbot

; Open Weather Map API Key
OWM_KEY = daa3171a18d73c8c1c6c5f13c1298331

Management and debugging

• Read requests logs from default application:

$ gcloud app logs read --service default --limit 10

• Stream requests logs from the command line:

$  gcloud app logs tail -s default

• Application logs (including logs from Python's logging module) are generated per request, and can be viewed in the console:
  • Google Cloud Platform -> Stackdriver logging -> Logs

• You can also read the applications logs via API

• Manage application versions from the console:

  • List all versions:

$ gloud app versions list

• Delete vesions:

$ gcloud app versions delete v1 v2

• Manage versions using GUI :
  • Google Cloud Platform -> App Engine -> Versions

References

Google App Engine dashboard

Adding Cloud Source Repositories as Remote

Telegram Bot API