README.md

Telegram Bot

A simple Telegram bot that provides helpful commands.

Features • Installation • Dependencies • Logging

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Overview

Telegram Bot is a basic, informative Telegram bot that interacts with users via simple commands. It's built using the node-telegram-bot-api library.

Features

• /start - Sends a welcome message when interacting with the bot.
• /help - Lists all available commands for the user.
• /info - Provides information about the bot.
• /joke - Fetches a random joke from an external joke API and sends it to the user.
• Echoes any non-command text sent to the bot.

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Jesewe/telegram-bot.git
   cd telegram-bot

2. Install the required dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a config.json file in the root directory with the following structure:

   {
     "token": "YOUR_REAL_BOT_TOKEN_HERE",
     "botName": "Telegram Bot"
   }

4. Run the bot:

   node bot.js

Dependencies

• node-telegram-bot-api: Telegram Bot API wrapper for Node.js.
• axios: HTTP client for making requests to the external joke API.

Logging

When the bot starts, it will log the following to the console:

Telegram Bot is running...

Any polling errors or issues fetching the joke will also be logged in the console with error details. For example:

Error fetching joke: Error message here

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.