Telepipe

A simple command-line utility to send messages or files to Telegram chat directly from your terminal.

Features

• Send messages to Telegram channel/chat/group directly from command line
• Automatically switch between message and file mode based on content length
• Generate shareable Telegram links
• Easy installation with guided setup
• Simple configuration

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/linuxmaster14/telepipe.git
cd telepipe

2. Run the installation script with an optional topic name:

chmod +x installer.sh
sudo ./installer.sh

During installation, you'll need to provide:

1. Your Telegram Bot Token (get it from BotFather)
2. Your Chat ID (can be a group, channel, or user ID)

Usage

# Show help
telepipe --help

# Show version
telepipe --version

# Send a simple message
echo "Hello from my server!" | telepipe

# Send the output of a command
uptime | telepipe

# Send the contents of a file
cat logfile.txt | telepipe

# Use it in your scripts
backup_db() {
  # backup logic here
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Database backup completed successfully at $(date)" | telepipe
  else
    echo "Database backup FAILED at $(date)" | telepipe
  fi
}

Configuration

The configuration file is located at /etc/telepipe/config and includes the following settings:

• BOT_TOKEN: Your Telegram bot token from BotFather
• CHAT_ID: ID of the chat where messages will be sent
• MAX_LEN: Maximum message length before sending as file (default: 4096)
• TIMEOUT: API request timeout in seconds (default: 5)
• DISABLE_LINK_PREVIEW: Whether to disable link previews (default: true)

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.