idrisadeyemi01/covid_bot

Telegram Bot which get data from free API to show the latest update about COVID-19. Made with Dart.

CODIV-19 Bot

Now available at account @Covid_Info_19_Bot.

NB: the bot is hosted on Heroku with a free plan. The dyno has a limitation, based on active hours.

This bot will show all the information about COVID-19. Built with Dart and teledart library.

Current todo:

• adding more commands

I made a simple and brief tutorial on Medium: how to create bot with Dart and TeleDart package and deploy on Heroku

Command supported

Data

• /today_per_country - show data per country on current day
• /today_global - show global data on current day
• /stats_period - show data filtered by period (week, month)

Help

• /supported_countries - get all available countries supported by the bot
• /search_supported_country - search if the input country is supported
• /help - show all available commands
• /up - check if bot is running, replying with a simple message

How to deploy locally

Steps to deploy the bot in local environment:

1. Create a new bot using BotFather on Telegram
2. Change into assets/environment.json the api-key
3. Run locally and send the command into the input field

Credits

API:

• covid19api, a free API for data on the Coronavirus. Data is sourced from Johns Hopkins CSSE.

Icon:

• Covid Bot icon