Telexicon (A portmanteau of Telegram + Lexicon)

A self hosted dictionary for Telegram. This bot uses a dictionary API to look up words and send you the definitions.

Libraries

This bot uses:

• PyDictionary - For definitions

• WordHoard - For synonyms and antonyms

• Python-Telegram-Bot - API Wrapper for Telegram written in Python

Commands

/start - Start the bot

/help - Get help and info

/source - Get the source code (this page)

/define - Define a word

/synonym - Get the synonym(s) of a word

/antonym - Get the antonym(s) of a word

Setup

1. Creat a new bot with @Botfather and grab the API key.

2. Copy/rename .env-example to .env and place your API key in there in between the double quotes.

3. Setup a virtual environment and activate it.

4. Install requirements via pip install -r requirements.txtin your virtual environment

5. Run python3 bot.py

Deploy on Heroku

• Connect repository to account either through Heroku CLI or github

• In Config Vars add a new Key (API_Token) and Value (Your API Key)

• Deploy

Deploy on Caprover

• Connect repository to account

• Add you API_Key as an environment variable

• Deploy