Channel Telegram

Telegram

Setup your Telegram account

Connect

Download the client for your OS on the Telegram website. Launch Telegram and create a new account :

Search for BotFather and start talking

On the left panel search for BotFather.

Ask the BotFather to create your new bot

Ask BotFather to create your bot by typing the command /newbot in the conversation panel. Answer every question directly in the chat to configure your bot.

Ask for your token

Ask BotFather to get your token by typing the command /token in the conversation panel.

Paste your token on the field below

Copy your token, you will need it to create your channel.

Start Connector in local

• Clone and install Connector

$ git clone https://github.com/RecastAI/bot-connector.git
$ cd bot-connector
$ yarn install
$ yarn start-dev

• Create your connector

$ curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/connectors/" --data "url=connector_url"

• Create your channel

$ curl -X  POST \
  --data "slug=YOUR_CHANNEL_SLUG" --data "isActivated=true" --data "type=kik" \
  --data "apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY" --data "webhook=YOUR_NGROK_URL" --data "userName=YOUR_BOT_NAME" \
  "http://localhost:8080/connectors/:connector_id/channels"

Your bot

A small example of bot:

 import express from 'express'
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser'
 import request from 'superagent'
 
 const app = express()
 app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 5000)
 app.use(bodyParser.json())
 
 const config = { url: 'http://localhost:8080', connectorId: 'yourConnectorId' }
 
   /* Get the request from the connector */
 
 app.post('/', (req, res) => {
   const conversationId = req.body.message.conversation
   const messages = [{
     type: 'text',
     content: 'my first message',
   }]
 
   /* Send the message back to the connector */
   request.post(`${config.url}/connectors/${config.connectorId}/conversations/${conversationId}/messages`)
     .send({ messages, senderId: req.body.senderId })
     .end((err, res) => {
       if (err) {
         console.log(err)
       } else {
         console.log(res)
       }
     })
 })
 
 app.listen(app.get('port'), () => {
   console.log('Our bot is running on port', app.get('port'))
 })