Cool Events BOT aka java-bot

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Study project for OOP Course in UrFU

Cool Events BOT is a telegram-based bot powered by Java.

Features

• Echo mode: The bot works in echo mode when the command /echo is sent. It will simply echo back any text sent by the user.
• Events mode: When the command /events is sent, the bot will ask a series of questions. It then uses the KudaGo API to fetch upcoming events based on user input. The bot will provide details for suitable events.

Tech

Cool Events BOT uses a number of projects:

• Java - Awesome programming language.
• Apache Maven - For building project.
• TelegramBots - Java based API for telegram bots.
• KudaGo API - API from event aggregator KudaGo.
• slf4j logger - Simple logging facade for java.
• OpenWeatherMap - Where we get data about weather.

How to use

1. Get your telegram API token from botfather
2. Clone repo
3. Add "Secret.java" class at root of package

   package your.package;
   
   class Secret {
       protected static String getApiKey() {
           return "YOUR_API_TOKEN";
       }
       protected static String getBotName() {
           return "YOUR_BOT_NAME";
       }
      public static String getWeatherApiKey() {
       return "YOUR_OWM_TOKEN";
       }
   }

4. Run Main

Authors

• Alexandr Gorshkov
• Sergey Zaremba