Substrate Telegram Token Faucet

This is a simple token faucet that can be connected to any modern substrate chain to act as a telegram faucet.

Set-up is super simple and straight-forward.

Pre-requisites

1. A bot token , this can be obtained by chatting with BotFather on telegram. https://core.telegram.org/bots#6-botfather

2. A live substrate chain, and a wallet mnemonic with some balances. (This will be used to distribute the tokens)

3. The types.json file for your particular chain

Installation

npm i

Set-up

1. Copy the .env.example file as .env
2. Set all the .env vars in this file properly. Including your mnemonic key.
3. Copy over the correct type.json for your chain onto src/types/types.json. This one is setup for the Imbue chain currently locally will be updated for testnet soon
4. If you want to change the Help or Error Messages, you can open app.js and make these changes

Run

npm run start

Usage

Either add your bot to a group chat, or directly send a message to your bot.

1. The /help command or /start command will send you the help text.

2. To request for tokens simple send /request ADDRESS where ADDRESS is your substrate address.