bot to chk activity over a particular period

[ookOok101]

a bot that when called will look at the whole chat in a particular group and report the active users during a particular time , and then report the people in the group who did not participate during a particular time period from the list of group's users. Can this be done? How to go about it

[nickoala]

I am afraid I don't have time to answer such a general programming question with no clear specifications.

[ookOok101]

I wanted to know which functions to use and if such a bot is possible. whether the bot can read all activity in a particular group between particular times even when the activity is not initiated by the bot or when the messages are not directed towards the bot

[nickoala]

Such a bot would not be possible. Bots can only see messages addressed to them. I don't see how a bot can monitor "all activities" in a group.

[ravxl]

Nick,

I`m afraid that you are wrong this time! You should check the privacy
mode: https://core.telegram.org/bots#privacy-mode The bot can be able to
get all messages or only those which starts with /

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On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Nick Lee notifications@github.com wrote:

Such a bot would not be possible. Bots can only see messages addressed to
them. I don't see how a bot can monitor "all activities" in a group.

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[chustaschus]

In groups the bot can not get all messages. You can check the telegram api

-All messages that start with a slash ‘/’ (seeCommands
https://core.telegram.org/bots#commands above)
-Messages that @mention the bot by username
-Replies to the bot's own messages

-Service messages (people added or removed from the group, etc.)

The bot does not receive all msg. You are wrong, Nick Lee is right

On 9 Apr 2016 3:19 a.m., "ravxl" <notifications@github.com
javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','notifications@github.com');> wrote:

Nick,

I`m afraid that you are wrong this time! You should check the privacy
mode: https://core.telegram.org/bots#privacy-mode The bot can be able to
get all messages or only those which starts with /

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Ravel Leite

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Nick Lee <notifications@github.com
javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','notifications@github.com');> wrote:

Such a bot would not be possible. Bots can only see messages addressed
to
them. I don't see how a bot can monitor "all activities" in a group.

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[nickoala]

Ok, here's my understanding.

By default, privacy mode is enabled. When privacy mode is enabled, a bot will not receive all messages that people send to the group. It will only receive selected messages, e.g. those starting with a slash, those that @mention the bot by username, etc.

But privacy mode can be disabled, so that the bot will begin receiving all messages like an ordinary user.

@ravxl , if disabling privacy mode can achieve what you want, great! The lesson here is don't trust me. You can often get a quicker and better answer by reading the stuff yourself.