Handshake (HNS) Telegram bot

This is a Telegram bot that can answer queries about the Handshake blockchain and deliver alerts related to Handshake name auctions.

Handshake is an experimental peer-to-peer root naming system that allows you to register and manage top-level domain names on a blockchain, and transact in its native cryptocurrency.

You can talk to the public instance of this bot called "Handshake Bot" @handshakehns_bot on Telegram, or you can run your own and talk to it.

It's a proof of concept

It does what it says on the tin, BUT the code is not very good - it was thrown together rather quickly. You've been warned.

How to run it

Requirements

• hsd: the bot needs to connect to a Handshake node to access the blockchain. hsd doesn't have to be running on the same computer, but the bot needs to be able to connect the hsd http RPC port.
• Node.js and npm: make sure you have Node.js version 14 or higher installed.
• Telegram bot API key that you can get by talking to Telegram's BotFather

Install dependencies

Fork the repo, install dependencies and verify

npm install 
npm run test

Configure the bot

Currently, the bot can only be configured by setting environment variables (command line options are on the todo list).

You must set the following environment variables before running it:

• TELEGRAM_BOT_API_KEY: this is the API key that you get from Telegram's BotFather when you create your bot
• SQLITE_FILE_PATH: path to the SQLite database file. If you don't want to persist any of the data and store everything in memory only, use :memory:.

Optional environment variables:

• HSD_NETWORK: name of the Handshake network to use. Default is main
• HSD_HOST: host name or IP address that bot uses to connect to the hsd http RPC endpoint. Default is localhost
• HSD_PORT: port number of hsd http RPC endpoint. Default value depends on the selected Handshake network, most likely 12037.

Run it

node src/app.js