Yet Another Idiot Telegram Bot

This is another idiot telegram bot.

I wrote this bot a long time ago, since then a lot of most useful implementations have been released. This project (as today) has no security issues so you are free to use it but I don't reccomend it, it's too outdated.

I choose to write the bot with an objective:

• free hosting with google app engine (unless you exceed 20req/min... then you have to pay).
• Absolutelly nothing to configure and easy start
• Keep the code simple stupid!!!

So you have all that you need inside the project, no strange requirements or virtual-env.

PREREQUISITES:

• Talk to Bothfather and get your token (details HERE)
• Have a google app engine account (details HERE)
• Download google cloud sdk (gcloud tool), install and add to your PATH
• Install composer (details HERE)

To start your own just:

• git clone this repo

• open a terminal inside the folder and:

  • composer
  • gcloud auth login (opens in browser)
  • git config credential.helper gcloud.sh
  • git remote add google https://source.developers.google.com/p/--PROJECT-ID--/

• start you personalization: copy all the sample files inside EDITME and start creating your command.

  • Remove the -SAMPLE part of the filename
  • Your Bot need to have at least /start, /stop, /help commands
  • Many examples of what you can do is inside COMMANDS-EXAMPLES
  • git add and commit your work (git commit -a -m "MESSAGE" if you have no fantasy)
  • git push google master
  • gcloud preview app deploy -q app.yaml --set-default --version 1
    • You can automate saving the latest two lines inside an executable shell script inside .git/hooks/post-commit like This

#!/bin/sh
git push google master
gcloud preview app deploy -q app.yaml --set-default --version 1

• IF you want to use advanced functions you will need to enable google appengine default bucket
  • This enables: sending files, news distribution, advanced administrator commands

To Update your bot:

• git pull origin master
• merge changes if needed
• git commit -a -m "MESSAGE"

In a few seconds google will start serving your bot at: https://PROJECTID.appspot.com

To Enable your BOT to receive webhooks you have to go to: https://PROJECTID.appspot.com/setup_webhooks

Now just continue to personalize your bot, you are online!

Please feel free to send your contributions using issues and pull-requests

• Class and functions for defaultactions.php
• admin functions
• More samples of commands...

• Irazasyed for the basic SDK