library telegram-simple_phpbot

intrd/telegram-simple_phpbot

Telegram Simple PHP Bot - A different and simple approach to use Telegram Bot Plataform (No SSL or setWebhook needed)

/**
 * Telegram Simple PHP Bot - A different and simple approach to use Telegram Bot Plataform (No SSL or setWebhook needed)
 * 
* @package telegram-simple_phpbot
* @author intrd - http://dann.com.br/
* @copyright 2016 intrd
* @license Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
* @link http://github.com/intrd/telegram-simple_phpbot/
* Version & Dependencies: See composer.json
*/

Installation & updating

Install system requiriments 
$ sudo apt-get update & apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install curl git php5-curl php5-cli
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Now download the package (Composer automatically install all dependencies)
$ git clone https://github.com/intrd/telegram-simple_phpbot && cd telegram-simple_phpbot
$ composer install && composer dumpautoload -o

To check for update..
$ composer update

Usage.. sample.php

TL;DR: The sample.php file will check every 5s if someone is mentioning the bot @username or talking him in pvt. It process and reply based on his message w/ some custom triggers., _(*1)

Steps to setup your bot

1. Open Telegram, talk w/ the http://telegram.me/BotFather, setup a new Telegram Bot and take a note of your BotID:Botkey, something like: 234015785:AAEsvIjg0AcWOINXR0Xt-TGLamuz9k8f10Y
2. Edit config.ini and set your botkey
3. Search on Telegram for your @username_bot and start a conversation..
4. Now run php sample.php, it shows your chatID. Set debug_chatid on config.ini. All bot activity will be forwarded to this conversation, for debbugin purpose.
5. Change the trigger to your username_bot or something you want to trigger your bot replies on groups.
6. To check if someone is talking w/ your bot every 5 seconds use my bash daemon sample ./run.sh &, or watch -n5 php sample.php or setup a cronjob
7. Now put him on a group..
8. Test if your bot is replying when you mention his trigger, ask him about day of week, say him some of $bads, customize reply_get() function.

, _(*2)

If you need manually check (botid/botkey/chatid), just browse to your bot URL: https://api.telegram.org/bot<botid>:<botkey>/sendmessage?chat_id=<chatid>&text=hello%20world! in my sample https://api.telegram.org/bot234015785:AAEsvIjg0AcWOINXR0Xt-TGLamuz9k8f10Y/sendmessage?chat_id=65628842&text=hello%20world!, if the bot says Hello World! to you, its ok. PS: group chats use negative chatIDs, -<chatid>, _(*3)

Script this 4 your needs and respect the CC license, thanks!, _(*4)