alpeer / botocrat

Botocrat is a minimal and flexible Telegram bot framework that provides context oriented programming API along with express-like middlewares.

Botocrat Framework

Botocrat is a minimal and flexible Telegram bot framework that provides context oriented programming API along with express-like middlewares.

Botocrat has following packages you can use or replace with your own.

Package
@botocrat/telegram	Telegram Bot Client
@botocrat/poller	Polls Telegram server to .getUpdates()
@botocrat/express	Express middleware to receive updates from webhook

Features

• Context Oriented Approach
• Flexible ( You can create & share middlewares )
• Lightest & low-overhead
• Typescript Support

Quick Start (cli)

npm exec botocrat my-telegram-bot

Quick Start (manual)

npm i @botocrat/core @botocrat/telegram @botocrat/poller --save

import Botocrat from '@botocrat/core'
import createClient from '@botocrat/telegram'
import poller from '@botocrat/poller'

const client = createClient({token: TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN})

const bot = new Botocrat()
  .get('message', (req, res) => {
    res.reply(`Hello ${req.from.first_name}!`)
  })

poller(bot, client).poll()

Documentation

Read the detailed documentation on GitHub Wiki

License

MIT License