tadjik1/duck-duck-bot

Duck duck duck bot

Hey, this is a simple example of telegram bot, having received a sticker, replies with the random sticker from the same sticker pack.

This Node.JS application uses Koa, Telegraf and deployed to Heroku.

Create your own bot

1. Fork this repository.

2. Register new bot using BotFather. You should choose the name and username of the bot. As a result you will be given special token that can be used to access Telegram API.

   Your bot has been created

   

3. Create new application in heroku dashboard. Again you should choose the name (it can be the same name you were using for the telegram bot).

   Create new application

   

4. Set environment variables in Heroku dashboard. Go to "Settings", and press button "Reveal Config Vars" in "Config Vars" section. Here you should specify 2 variables:

   • BOT_TOKEN with the token you got from BotFather in step 1;
   • URL with the value heroku automatically generates for your application (it's typically https://YOUR_APPLICATION_NAME.herokuapp.com)
   Config Vars

   

5. You are ready to deploy your own bot! Go to the Deploy section:

   • Deployment method - Github
   • App connected to Github - Type the name of the repository ("duck-duck") and hit "Search", then click "Connect".
   • Automatic deploys - Enable Automatic Deploys (this will automatically deploy changes after each push into the repo).
   • Manual deploy - press "Deploy Branch"
   Deployment

   

AAAAAaaaand that's it! Hoooray! After short time you will be able to see succesful deployment and you can send messages to your own very first telegram bot!