sample_telegram_bot

This is a quick and dirty telegram sample bot in python, it just an example and the code is quite dirty. The program uses an in memory datastore for sessions data, of course would be better to use a database.

python requirements

• python3
• docker

Setup

install starchat on localhost

Follow instructions on https://getjenny.github.io/starchat-doc/

Create a new index:

curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "http://localhost:8888/index_management/create"

install python packages telegram and urllib3

pip install python-telegram-bot --upgrade
pip install urllib3

index a decision table

curl -v --form "csv=@<FILE_PATH>" http://localhost:8888/decisiontable_upload_csv

e.g.

curl -v --form "csv=@starchat_configuration_sample.csv" http://localhost:8888/decisiontable_upload_csv

Apply the modifications:

curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "http://localhost:${PORT}/decisiontable_analyzer"

Create a new bot (need a telegram account)

• go on [https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@BotFather]
• type the command "/newbot" to create a new bot, follow the instructions
• collect the unique token access which is something like this: ```Use this token to access the HTTP API: XXXXXXX:YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY`````
• edit the file telegram_starchat.py and replace the token access into the main function