Telegrammer

Telegrammer is a command-line interface (CLI) tool written in Go that allows you to send messages or documents to a specified user on Telegram, as well as retrieve your user ID for configuration by running in server mode. It uses the Telegram Bot API to send messages and documents.

Features

• Send text messages to a specified user on Telegram.
• Send documents to a specified user on Telegram.
• Retrieve your user ID for configuration by running in server mode.
• Configurable through environment variables or a configuration file.
• Provides visual feedback on successful message delivery.

Installation

You can download Telegrammer from the releases page.

Or install with go:

go install github.com/sixlive/telegrammer@latest

Usage

To use Telegrammer, you need to have a Telegram bot token and the user ID of the recipient. You can set these through environment variables or in a YAML configuration file. Additionally, you can run Telegrammer in server mode to listen for new messages and find your user ID for configuration.

Environment Variables

• TELEGRAMMER_BOT_KEY - Your Telegram bot token.
• TELEGRAMMER_USER_ID - The user ID of the recipient.

Configuration File

You can also provide a configuration file in YAML format. The file should have the following structure:

bot_key: your_bot_token
user_id: recipient_user_id

You can place the configuration file in the following locations:

• $HOME/.config/telegrammer/config.yaml
• ./config.yaml (in the same directory as the Telegrammer binary)

Command-Line Flags

• -f, --file - Path to the file you want to send.
• --server - Run in server mode to listen for new messages and find your user ID.

Examples

Send a text message:

telegrammer "Hello, world!"

Send a document:

telegrammer -f /path/to/document.pdf "Here's the document you requested."

Find your user ID by running in server mode:

telegrammer --server

Send a request via STDIN:

echo "foo" | telegrammer

or with both:

echo "foo" | telegrammer "bar"

Contributing

Contributions to Telegrammer are welcome! Please submit a pull request or create an issue if you have any features you'd like to add or bugs you've found.

License

Telegrammer is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.