Telegram sample

Using the telegram sample bundle

The telegram sample bundle in samples/telegram-bot shows how to create a simple command.

Prerequisites

You will need a working nodecg-io installation. If you have non yet take a look at installation guide. You may need to install this bundle, so take a look at the “Try an included sample”-Guide. It will also tell you how to log in and how to use the GUI.

You also need:

• A telegram-bot API token. You can create your bot here.

Configure the telegram sample bundle

1. Create a new telegram service instance.

2. Enter the token and set polling to true:

   {
       "token": "[TOKEN]",
       "polling": true
   }
   

   After entering it, click save.

3. Set the sample's (telegram-bot) dependency to be the newly created service instance (of type telegram).

4. You can send /test to your bot, and it should respond with two messages.