suhasa010 / Ebooks_Request_Generator_bot

Telegram bot that creates a text message from the link address of an Ebook

Ebooks Request Generator bot

Telegram bot that creates a text message from the link address of an Ebook.

Open on Telegram.

Message format

#request [tags]
Title: [book title]
Author: [book author]
Publisher: [book publisher]
Link: [link received]

The available tags are:

• language tag, such as #italian, #french, etc
• kindle unlimited tag #KU
• audiobook tag #audiobook
• scribd tag #scribd for requests from Scribd

The tags are automatically added based on the url provided.

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Example:

#request
Title: Serpentine
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Link: https://www.amazon.com/His-Dark-Materials-Philip-Pullman-ebook/dp/B08CL2WJ34/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1634305599&sr=8-1

Features

Extract message from Amazon

Given an Amazon link of a Kindle book, it returns the request message.

Amazon supported links:

• amazon.com
• amazon.co.uk
• amazon.ca
• amazon.com.au
• amazon.in
• amazon.it
• amazon.de
• amazon.es
• amazon.fr

Extract message from Audible

Given an Audible link of an audiobook, it returns the request message.

It always add the #audiobook tag.

Extract message from Scribd

Given a Scribd link of either an ebook or an audiobook, it returns the request message.

It always add the #scribd tag. If it is an audiobook, it also add the #audiobook tag.

Known bugs

• Cannot get language information from Scribd links

Instructions

Build

npm run build

Deploy

Start script

npm start

 

Define token and run the project

BOT_TOKEN="110201543:AAHdqTcvCH1vGWJxfSeofSAs0K5PALDsaw" npm start

Replace the token in the command, which is invalid, with your own.