pinger

Example bot template for Telegram.

Description

With this type of setup all you need to do is:

• create a project from the template and git clone it
• replace the module and bot name to your own
• add required code
• change the config file to your needs
• modify .service file for systemd to manage your bot
• deploy your bot to the server of choice, using modified config and service files

Dependencies

This bot uses:

• tgbotapi package to work with Telegram API
• bbolt for local database
• viper for configuration
• slog for logging

Structure

This project mostly adheres to the Project Layout structure, excluding pkg folders.

internal package holds the private libraries:

• config for configuration
• bolt for database (using BoltDB)
• file for file and network helpers
• telegram package with bot implementation

Customization

To add another custom command handler, you can:

• add a command to config.toml (and also a corresponding message, if required)
• edit internal packages

License