Serverless Telegram Bot

This is a serverless Telegram bot built using Google Cloud Functions, which reduces costs because it only runs when needed. It’s a demo bot that helps you resize images.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following:

• Node.js installed
• A Google Cloud account
• A Telegram Bot

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/metncelik/s8s-tg-bot.git

2. Install the dependencies:

   cd s8s-tg-bot
   npm install

3. Set up your Google Cloud project and enable the necessary APIs and create and get a Telegram Bot API KEY (From BotFather to 'Hello World').

4. Configure the bot:

   Development:

   • Rename the .example.env file to .dev.env.
   • Open the .dev.env file and provide the required configuration values (NODE_ENV, BOT_TOKEN). Production
   • You need to provide all env variables inside .example.env

5. Deploy the bot to Google Cloud:

   You can create a Google Cloud Functions with a zip file, but for continuous deployment fork this repo and create a Cloud Build trigger and choose the repository option for Configuration.

Usage

Once the bot is deployed, you can start interacting with it on Telegram. Simply search for your bot's username and start sending messages.