Mini Tech News

Telegram Mini App to help users catch up on the latest tech news.

Overview

Mini Tech News is a Telegram Mini App that delivers the latest tech news directly to users. It offers a range of features to enhance the user's experience, including personalized greetings and message on closing the app.

Features

• Accessible via bot menu and inline keyboard options.
• Delivers the latest tech news daily.
• Allows users to open news articles externally to access the source.
• Personalizes user interaction by greeting them with their first name.
• Sends a Telegram message to the user upon closing the app.
• Includes robust error handling.

Technologies Used

• Flask
• Semantic UI
• requests (Telegram Bot API)

Setup Guide

Project Structure

• Static: Contains the CSS file for styling.
• Templates: Holds the Flask template file for the web app.
• app.py: Contains the application logic and routes for the web app.
• config.py: Loads environment variables required for the web app to run.
• Utilities: Includes various utility files, such as emoji.py for emoji constants and news.py for fetching tech news.

News API

To fetch news articles, register and obtain an API key from News API.

Webhook

Set up a webhook to receive bot updates from Telegram. In webhook.py, replace the values of bot_token and app_url, then run the script. app_url should be the URL where bot updates will be received.

Environment Variables

For the app to run, set the following environment variables:

• FLASK_SECRET_KEY: Flask secret key.
• APP_URL: Base URL of the app.
• BOT_TOKEN: Telegram bot token.
• NEWS_API_KEY: News API key obtained earlier.

Deploying the App

You can deploy the app on various platforms, such as DigitalOcean Apps, Replit, Azure App Services, Google Cloud App Engine, or a virtual machine (VM). Choose the platform that suits your needs.

License

MIT License