smineddf/arch-qrbot

serverless bot that creates QR-code links with tracking

qrbot

description

serverless telegram bot running on serverless nodejs framework and aws

this bot creates qrcodes from text and links sent to it

link hits are tracked and saved to aws dynamodb

installation:

1. install serverless globally:

npm i -g serverless

2. set up serverless to use your aws account

npm install -g serverless serverless config credentials --provider aws --key <key> --secret <secret>

How to find key and secret

3. install dependencies

yarn

or

npm i

4. deploy

serverless deploy

5. create a tg bot using BotFather

6. create a tg_token.json file in current directory containing bot token. file should have following stucture:

{
  "token": "zzz:yyy"
}

where zzz:yyy is the token BotFather sent after successful bot creation

7. set bot webhook

curl --request POST --url https://api.telegram.org/bot<TELEGRAM_TOKEN>/setWebhook --header 'content-type: application/json' --data '{"url": "<LINK>"}'

where <TELEGRAM_TOKEN> is bot's token and <LINK> is the link to your endpoint (printed in terminal after deployment and has following form: https://abcdefg123.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev/qrbot)

disclaimer

this code is nowhere near being production-ready, it's written as a software architecture class assignment