Telegram Bot

• A simple telegram bot that can send messages to a channel or group

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Telegram Bot Token
• Virtual Environment
• Docker (optional)

Installation

• Create a virtual environment

virtualenv venv

• Activate the virtual environment

source venv/bin/activate

• Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

• Create .env file in the /app directory and add the following (replace <your-telegram-bot-token> with your telegram bot token) How to get a telegram bot token: https://sendpulse.com/knowledge-base/chatbot/telegram/create-telegram-chatbot#create-bot

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=<your-telegram-bot-token>

• Run the bot

python main.py

Usage

• Go to your telegram bot and send a message to it
• Available commands:

1. /hello - sends a hello message
2. /clock - sends the current time
3. /timer {seconds} - sets a timer for the specified seconds