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32 lines
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# Telegram Group Chat Logger
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This is a bot that logs public Group Chats to a Postgres Database.
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## Installation
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- Required: Python 3.x, pip, PostgreSQL
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- Clone this repo
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- `pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt`
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## Telegram Bot Setup
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- Create a bot by talking to BotFather: https://core.telegram.org/bots#creating-a-new-bot
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- Store your Telegram Bot Token in environment variable `BOT_TOKEN`. It will look similar to this:
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```
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export TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="4813829027:ADJFKAf0plousH2EZ2jBfxxRWFld3oK34ya"
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```
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- Create a Telegram group.
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- Add your bot to the group like so: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37338101/how-to-add-a-bot-to-a-telegram-group
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- Use `/setprivacy` with `@BotFather` in order to allow it to see all messages in a group.
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## Database setup
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- Store database URL in environment variable.
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```
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export TELEGRAM_BOT_POSTGRES_URL="postgresql://<user>:<password>@localhost:5432/<databasename>"
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```
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- Run: `python model.py` to setup the DB tables.
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## Running the bot
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- Run: `python bot.py` to start logger
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- Messages will be displayed on `stdout` as they are logged.
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