telegram-moderator/README.md
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# Telegram Group Chat Logger
This is a bot that logs public Group Chats to an SQL Database.
## Installation
- Required: Python 3.X , PostgreSQL, Telegram Bot
- Clone this repo
- `pip install requirements.txt`
## Bot/Group Setup
- Create a group
- Add your bot to the group like so: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37338101/how-to-add-a-bot-to-a-telegram-group
- your bot only sees commands. Use `/setprivacy` with `@BotFather` in order to allow it to see all messages in a group.
## Running the bot
- Create a Database, eg. `origindb`
- Store your Telegram Bot Token in an environment variable, eg. `echo $ORIGINTOKEN`
- Add your DB credentials to `model.py` eg. `engine = create_engine('postgresql://postgres:<password>@localhost:5432/<databasename>')`
- Run: `python model.py` to setup the DB tables, etc.
- Run: `python bot.py` to start logger