telegram-bot

A Telegram Bot based on plugins using tg.

Multimedia

• When user sends image (png, jpg, jpeg) URL download and send it to origin.
• When user sends media (gif, mp4, pdf, etc.) URL download and send it to origin.
• When user sends twitter URL, send text and images to origin. Requires OAuth Key.
• When user sends youtube URL, send to origin video image.

Bot Commands

Name	Description	Usage
9gag.lua	9GAG for telegram	!9gag: Send random image from 9gag
btc.lua	Bitcoin global average market value (in EUR or USD)	!btc [EUR|USD] [amount]
echo.lua	Simplest plugin ever!	!echo [whatever]: echoes the msg
eur.lua	EURUSD market value	!eur [USD]
fortunes_uc3m.lua	Fortunes from Universidad Carlos III	!uc3m
get.lua	Retrieves variables saved with !set	!get (value_name): Returns the value_name value.
giphy.lua	GIFs from telegram with Giphy API	!gif (term): Search and sends GIF from Giphy. If no param, sends a trending GIF. !giphy (term): Search and sends GIF from Giphy. If no param, sends a trending GIF.
google.lua	Searches Google and send results	!google [terms]: Searches Google and send results
gps.lua	generates a map showing the given GPS coordinates	!gps latitude,longitude: generates a map showing the given GPS coordinates
hello.lua	Says hello to someone	say hello to [name]
help.lua	Help plugin. Get info from other plugins.	!help: Show all the help !help md: Generate a GitHub Markdown table
images.lua	When user sends image URL (ends with png, jpg, jpeg) download and send it to origin.
imdb.lua	Imdb plugin for telegram	!imdb [movie]
img_google.lua	Search image with Google API and sends it.	!img [term]: Random search an image with Google API.
invite.lua	Invite other user to the chat group	!invite name [user_name] !invite id [user_id]
location.lua	Gets information about a location, maplink and overview	!loc (location): Gets information about a location, maplink and overview
media.lua	When user sends media URL (ends with gif, mp4, pdf, etc.) download and send it to origin.
ping.lua	If domain is offline, send msg to peer
plugins.lua	Plugin to manage other plugins. Enable, disable or reload.	!plugins: list all plugins !plugins enable [plugin]: enable plugin !plugins disable [plugin]: disable plugin !plugins reload: reloads all plugins
quotes.lua	Quote plugin, you can create and retrieves random quotes	!addquote [msg] !quote
rae.lua	Spanish dictionary	!rae [word]: Search that word in Spanish dictionary. Powered by https://github.com/javierhonduco/dulcinea
set.lua	Plugin for saving values. get.lua plugin is necesary to retrieve them.	!set [value_name] [data]: Saves the data with the value_name name.
stats.lua	Plugin to update user stats.	!stats: Returns a list of Username [telegram_id]: msg_num
time.lua	Displays the local time in an area	!time [area]: Displays the local time in that area
twitter.lua	When user sends twitter URL, send text and images to origin. Requieres OAuth Key.
twitter_send.lua	Sends a tweet	!tw [text]: Sends the Tweet with the configured accout.
version.lua	Shows bot version	!version: Shows bot version
weather.lua	weather in that city (Madrid is default)	!weather (city)
xkcd.lua	Send comic images from xkcd	!xkcd (id): Send an xkcd image and tigle. If not id, send a random one
youtube.lua	Sends YouTube info and image.

Installation

# Tested on Ubuntu 14.04, for other OSs check out https://github.com/vysheng/tg#installation
$ sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev libconfig-dev libssl-dev lua5.2 liblua5.2-dev libevent-dev unzip git
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-2.2.0.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf luarocks-2.2.0.tar.gz
$ cd luarocks-2.2.0/
$ ./configure
$ make && sudo make install
$ sudo luarocks install oauth
$ sudo luarocks install luasocket

# After those dependencies, lets install the bot
$ cd $HOME
$ git clone https://github.com/yagop/telegram-bot.git --recursive
$ cd telegram-bot/tg
$ ./configure && make && cd ..
$ ./launch.sh # Will ask you for a phone number & confirmation code.

Enable more plugins

See the plugins list with !plugins command.

Enable a disabled plugin by !plugins enable [name].

Disable an enabled plugin by !plugins disable [name].

Those commands require a privileged user, privileged users are defined inside data/config.lua (generated by the bot), stop de bot and edit if necessary.

Run it as a daemon

If your linux/unix comes with upstart you can run the bot by this way

$ sed -i "s/yourusername/$(whoami)/g" etc/telegram.conf
$ sed -i "s_telegrambotpath_$(pwd)_g" etc/telegram.conf
$ sudo cp etc/telegram.conf /etc/init/
$ sudo start telegram # To start it
$ sudo stop telegram # To stop it

Contact me

You can contact me via Telegram but if you have an issue please open one.