AI Telegram Bot

Simple Telegram bot that provides interface to AI models (OpenAI and Deepseek).

Features

• Text messages support
• Context-aware conversations
• Multiple AI providers support (OpenAI, Deepseek)
• User access control
• Conversation history management

Setup

1. Environment Variables

Create .env file in the project directory with the following variables:

# API Keys
TELEGRAM_BOT_KEY=your_telegram_bot_token
OPEN_AI_KEY=your_openai_api_key
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_deepseek_api_key

# AI models configuration
OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-4o  # OpenAI model name (e.g. gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini)
DEEPSEEK_MODEL=deepseek-chat  # Deepseek model name
CHAT_MODEL_MAX_TOKENS=1000  # Maximum tokens per response

# Optional: logging configuration
HTTPX_LOG_LEVEL=WARNING  # Set to WARNING or ERROR to reduce API request logs

2. Dependencies

Install required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run Bot

Start the bot with admin username and chosen AI provider:

# First run (will create allowed_users.json with admin)
python main.py -admin your_telegram_username [-ai openai|deepseek]

# Subsequent runs (admin argument is ignored if allowed_users.json exists)
python main.py [-ai openai|deepseek]

The -ai argument is optional and defaults to "openai". Use "-ai deepseek" to run with Deepseek.

User Management

• Access is controlled via allowed_users.json
• First user (admin) is set when running the bot for the first time
• Any allowed user can add new users with /add_user command
• Example: /add_user username (specify telegram username without "@")

Available Commands

• /start - Start the bot and show current configuration
• /help - Show help message and current configuration
• /forget_all - Clear conversation history
• /add_user - Add new user (for any allowed user). Example: /add_user username

Logging Configuration

The bot logs:

• All important events with usernames
• Current configuration at startup
• API requests (can be reduced by setting HTTPX_LOG_LEVEL)

To reduce API request logging output:

1. Set HTTPX_LOG_LEVEL=WARNING to show only warnings and errors
2. Or set HTTPX_LOG_LEVEL=ERROR to show only errors