matrix-appservice-telegram

Node.js Telegram bridge for Matrix

Prerequisites

• Telegram Bot API token, refer to Telegram Bot API setup for more info
• A working homeserver install
• npm and nodejs

NB: This how-to refers to the binary node - this may be nodejs depending on your distro.

Setup

1. npm install

2. cp telegram-config-example.yaml telegram-config.yaml

3. $EDITOR telegram-config.yaml

4. node index.js -r -u "http://localhost:9090" or any available port

5. Add path to generated telegram-registration.yaml into homeserver.yaml, e.g:

   app_service_config_files: [ "/home/user/matrix-appservice-telegram/telegram-registration.yaml" ]
   

6. node index.js -p 9090 -c telegram-config.yaml, use same port as in step 4