social-2-telego

Comparing to my previous project

	social-2-telegram	social-2-telego
How it works	0. spins up a browser 1. takes a post URL 2. scrapes the content 3. composes a message 4. sends to Telegram	0. spin up a Telegram bot (can run 24/7) 1. takes a post URL with some optional additional content (artist's name/username, hashtags) 2. pretty formatting 3. sends to Telegram
Ease of use	- requires a computer - 20-25 seconds delay between each post URL due to scraping, social media links re-validation, asking for additional information	Just send the link to the Telegram bot
Advantages	- Dependency-free, everything included in the Telegram post, no need for something to run 24/7	- Fast, much more convenient, easier to update information for artists if
Disadvantages	- Slow, requires a Windows machine, a little bit clunky to set up	- Relies on external services for viewing (fxtwitter and this bot for the preview) - Require to maintaining a separated linktr.ee-like website

Set-up

• Install Docker
• Clone this repo
• Run sh build.sh to build the binary
• Rename .env.example to .env and fill in the required information
• docker compose up -d to start the bot

Message format

https://x.com/foo/status/123, @bar Bar, #baz

• When splitting the message by ,, there must be at least 1 element, at most 3 elements.
• First element must match the URL pattern
• Second/third element are the artist's name/username overwrite and hashtags. They are optional and the position can be exchanged.
• The artist's name/username overwrite element must start with @ and the hashtags element must start with #.