ThumbnailCreatorBot

A Telegram bot written using the C# Telegram.Bot client.

Allows the user to send a thumbnail image to the bot, which can be edited to add text of various fonts, sizes, colors, alignments, etc.

Runs in Linux Docker container.

Building and Running

Development

With Visual Studio and Docker Desktop installed, clone the repository and open in Visual Studio. Run using the "Docker" option in Visual Studio. It will automatically create and run a Docker container which can be inspected and debugged from Visual Studio.

To set environment variables, rename (or copy) the settings.env.sample file to settings.env and enter the desired values.

Deployment

To run outside of a development environment, use docker run to pull and set up the image from Docker Hub.

docker run -d \
  --name=ThumbnailCreatorBot \
  --net=host \
  -e BOT_TOKEN=<your_bot_token> \
  -e CHAT_ID=<your_chat_ID_optional> \
  ghcr.io/micahmo/thumbnailcreatorbot

Unraid

Use the Unraid container template to easily configure and run on an Unraid server.

• In Unraid, go to the Docker tab.
• Scroll to the bottom and edit the "Template Repositories" area.
• Add https://github.com/micahmo/ThumbnailCreatorBot on a new line and press Save.
• Choose Add Container.
• In the Template drop down, choose ThumbnailCreatorBot from the list.
• Set variables as desired and Apply.