PyBot is a Telegram bot written in Python 3. I know, very original name. The bot is intended to be self-hosted and was specifically developed for group conversations with friends.
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Pybot should work on most *NIX environments that have python 3 installed. There are a few package dependencies, which I might or might not list here in the future. Nothing major and you'll run into them anyway. 😉 In order to use bot, follow these steps.
The first step is getting an API token from Telegram. You do this by starting a Telegram conversation with @BotFather and sending it the '/newbot' command. Then just follow the instructions.
Clone the repository into a directory of choice.
git clone https://github.com/daanbeverdam/pybot.git
Navigate to the folder and install the package.
cd pybot/
python3 setup.py install
Create the JSON file pybot/etc/config.json and fill in the details. You should at least provide the API token, bot name and the language you want the bot to speak. For now, the options are English (en) and Dutch (nl). An example of config file can be found in the etc folder or take a look at the following.
{
"token": "123456789:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN_OPQRSTUVWXYZ",
"name": "MyBotName",
"language": "en",
}Now you can start the bot using the startup script.
python3 run.py
If everything is done correctly, your bot should now be up and running. Have fun!