BingNUOS Telegram

Telegram Bot written in TypeScript and deployed on Firebase Functions

Build Setup

1. Create a new bot using BotFather

   /newbot

2. Copy your bot token and write it in functions folder .env

   BOT_TOKEN=<your_bot_token>

   Note: To load .env, you need to run firebase deploy command first.

3. Install dependencies

   npm install -g firebase-tools
   npm install -g firebase-functions
   npm install -g firebase-admin
   npm install -g typescript
   npm install -g cpy-cli
   npm install -g ngrok
   npm install dotenv
   npm install npm-run-all

4. Initialize Firebase Project

   firebase init

5. Setup webhook

   curl -F "url=https://europe-west1-<your_project_id>.firebaseapp.com/telegramBot" https://api.telegram.org/bot<your_bot_token>/setWebhook

   For local testing, use ngrok to expose your local server to the internet:

   ngrok http 5001

   Then, use the ngrok url to set the webhook. Example:

   https://api.telegram.org/bot<your_bot_token>/setWebhook?url=https://<ngrok_id>.ngrok.io/<your_project_id>/europe-west1/telegramBot

6. Build typescript

   cd functions | tsc --watch

7. Test locally

   firebase serve --only functions

8. Deploy to firebase

   firebase deploy --only functions