bot-ification

A fun personal project to create a Telegram bot. This bot sends notifications on the number of GitHub commits needed to create the desired GitHub contribution graph.

Get Started

Ensure that Python is already installed with version 3.8 or later.

Install Poetry, a tool for dependency management and packaging in Python.

Environment File

• Create a file name .env
• Inside the file, include export BOT_TOKEN=<your_token>. In your_token, replace with the token from Telegram. Instructions on how to get the token can be found here

Generate CSV File

Run bot.py

• Load environment file, run source .env
• Run file in virtual environment poetry run python3 bot.py

Get Telegram Bot Token

In Telegram, search for @BotFather

Start the conversation with the bot using /start

Create a new bot using /newbot

Provide a name and username for your bot. With this step, you should receive your token that should be stored safely.

References

• Telegram Docs
• Telegram Bot Reference Tutorial