Telegram Backup Bot

Script for sending files via Telegram Bot, can be used for backup (for example with cron).

Configuration

Install requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create environment file (.env) with the following variables:

BOT_TOKEN='<your Telegram Bot token>'
CHAT_ID='<your chat id>'

Usage

usage: tgb.py [-h] [-e ENV_PATH] FILE [FILE ...]

Can send any file(s) via Telegram Bot

positional arguments:
  FILE                  Path(s) to target file(s)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -e ENV_PATH, --env-path ENV_PATH
                        Path to configuration environment file (default: .env)

Example

python tgb.py image.jpg text.txt archive.zip database.db -e config.env