README.md

Telegraf Test

Telegraf Test - Simple Test Framework of Telegram Bots

Installation

This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry. It can be installed using the npm command line tools.

npm install telegraf-test --save

How to Use

Example

const Telegraf = require('telegraf')
const TelegrafTest = require('telegraf-test')

const port = 3000
const secretPath = 'secret-path'

const bot = new Telegraf('ABCD:1234567890')
const test = new TelegrafTest({
	url: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}/${secretPath}`
})

test.setUser({
	id: 1234,
	username: '@Jack'
	//...//
}) /*return {
	id: 1234,
	is_bot: false,
	first_name: 'FIST-NAME',
	last_name: '',
	username: '@Jack',
	language_code: 'en-US'
}*/

bot.hears(/ping/i, (ctx) => {
	console.log('------')
	ctx.reply('Pong!')
})

bot.startWebhook(`/${secretPath}`, null, port)

test.sendMessageWithText('/ping')
	.then((res) => {
		console.log(res.data)
		//return { method: 'sendMessage', chat_id: 1234567890, text: 'Pong!' }
	})
	.catch((err) => {
		console.error(err)
	})

Options of Class TelegrafTest({options})

url - String

Webhook url of your bot.
Default value: http://127.0.0.1:3000/secret-path

API

Set & Get Objects

• setUser({params})

• setChat({params})

• setMessage({params})

• setInlineQuery({params})

• setCallbackQuery({params})

• setUpdateId(id: Number)

Update id.
Default value: Start in 0

Send Requests

Return request of axios.

• sendUpdate({params})
• sendMessage({params})
• sendMessageWithText(text: String, {params})
• sendInlineQuery(query: String, {params})
• sendCallbackQuery({params})
• sendCallbackQueryWithData(data: String, {params})

Using with a Test Framework

You create a test suite with Mocha and ExpectJS.

Example test.js:

const expect = require('expect.js')
describe('bot', function() {
	it('/ping', async function() {
		var r = await test.sendMessageWithText('/ping')
		expect(r.data.text).to.be.a('string')
		expect(r.data.text).to.contain('Pong!')
	})
})

Run with $ mocha --exit --timeout 100000

Using Debug

Set environment variables DEBUG=telgraf:test

Dependencies

• axios: Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js
• debug: small debugging utility

Dev Dependencies

• telegraf: 📡 Modern Telegram bot framework
• mocha: simple, flexible, fun test framework

License

MIT