This Telegram bot fetches and posts technology-related news articles to a specified Telegram channel. It utilizes the News API to fetch news and the Telegram Bot API to post news articles to the channel.
Click the above play button to watch the demo.
1.Fetches random technology-related news using the News API.
2.Formats news articles into a readable format with titles, descriptions, and URLs.
3.Posts formatted news to a specified Telegram channel using the Telegram Bot API.
4.Randomly selects a technology keyword for each news fetch to provide variety.
- Python 3.x
requestslibrary (pip install requests)
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/tamilselvanarjun/TelegramChatBot.git
pip install requests
Replace placeholders in the script:
open the .env file in the project root directory and add your environment variables:
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: Your Telegram bot token obtained from the BotFather.
TELEGRAM_CHANNEL_ID: The ID of your Telegram channel where you want to post the news.
NEWS_API_KEY: Your News API key obtained from https://newsapi.org/.
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token
TELEGRAM_CHANNEL_ID=your_telegram_channel_id
NEWS_API_KEY=your_news_api_key
Run the script:
python telegram_bot.py
The bot will fetch a technology keyword, fetch news related to that keyword, format the news, and post it to the specified Telegram channel.
Contributions are welcome! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please open an issue or submit a pull request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.