EGEcountdown_bot. Simple countdown to Unified State Exam 2017 in Russia. Very easy to install with Google App Engine.
@EGEcountdown_bot /rus
, /math
, /phys
, /ikt
- Countdowns for popular exams.
Reddit post: http://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/3b1pwl/create_your_own_telegram_bot_stepbystep/
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Message @botfather https://telegram.me/botfather with the following text:
/newbot
If you don't know how to message by username, click the search field on your Telegram app and type@botfather
, you should be able to initiate a conversation. Be careful not to send it to the wrong contact, because some users has similar usernames tobotfather
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@botfather replies with
Alright, a new bot. How are we going to call it? Please choose a name for your bot.
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Type whatever name you want for your bot.
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@botfather replies with
Good. Now let's choose a username for your bot. It must end in
bot. Like this, for example: TetrisBot or tetris_bot.
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Type whatever username you want for your bot, minimum 5 characters, and must end with
bot
. For example:whateversamplebot
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@botfather replies with:
Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at telegram.me/whateversamplebot. You can now add a description, about section and profile picture for your bot, see /help for a list of commands.
Use this token to access the HTTP API: 123456789:AAG90e14-0f8-40183D-18491dDE
For a description of the Bot API, see this page: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
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Note down the 'token' mentioned above.
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Type
/setprivacy
to @botfather. -
@botfather replies with
Choose a bot to change group messages settings.
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Type
@whateversamplebot
(change to the username you set at step 5 above, but start it with@
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@botfather replies with
'Enable' - your bot will only receive messages that either start with the '/' symbol or mention the bot by username. 'Disable' - your bot will receive all messages that people send to groups. Current status is: ENABLED
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Type
Disable
to let your bot receive all messages sent to a group. This step is up to you actually. -
@botfather replies with
Success! The new status is: DISABLED. /help
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Click
Create Project
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Type the project name, whatever you want. For example:
octopus-gorilla-123
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Clone this repository. If you don't understand what I am saying, click the
Download ZIP
button on the lower-right of this page, and extract the ZIP file. -
Open
app.yaml
file using a good text editor like Sublime Text. Change theYOUR_APP_ID_HERE
to the Project ID you set on step 16, and save the file.
- Open
main.py
file using a good text editor. Change theYOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE
to the token you get from @botfather at step 6, and save the file.
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Download Google App Engine SDK for Python from https://cloud.google.com/appengine/downloads and install it.
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Run the GoogleAppEngineLauncher application.
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Click the
File
menu, chooseAdd Existing Application...
and browse to the folder with theapp.yaml
andmain.py
file. -
The project ID should appear as a row at the
Name
column. -
Click
Deploy
, enter your Google credentials, and your app should be installed to Google's servers. -
Open your browser and go to https://
project-id
.appspot.com/me (replaceproject-id
with the Project ID you set on step 16). -
Wait until you see a long text with
"ok": true
and your bot's name. This could take a minute or so, please reload if it does not succeed. -
Now, go to https://
project-id
.appspot.com/set_webhook?url=https://project-id
.appspot.com/webhook (replace bothproject-id
s with the Project ID you set on step 16). -
You should see
Webhook was set
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Open your Telegram client and send the message
/start
to your bot. (type @your-bot-username
at the search field to initiate the conversation)
To customize the bot, edit the main.py
starting from the CUSTOMIZE FROM HERE
line. They are simple if-else statements.