TelegramQuoteBot

This repository scrappes life quotes from a website. Stores them in MongoDB. And finally, listening to request to your bot and finds relevant quote to send. You can also add this bot to a public chat.

Link to existing bot: https://t.me/LifeQuotesBot

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How to create your own bot

1. Register your bot at Telegram and get API_KEY
2. Create a MongoDB to store scrapped quotes
3. Clone the repo
4. Add these variables to your .env file:
   TELEGRAM_QUOTE_BOT_APP_TOKEN=...
TELEGRAM_QUOTE_BOT_APP_USERNAME=...
TELEGRAM_QUOTE_BOT_APP_PASSWORD=...
TELEGRAM_QUOTE_BOT_APP_DB=...
   
5. Run npm run scrape to scrape and save the qoutes
6. Run npm run bot to start listening on messages to your bot with TELEGRAM_QUOTE_BOT_APP_TOKEN. Alternatively, you can create a Docker image and run container on your PC or services like AWS ECS

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Commands for bot in Telegram

• /byword text => Will send you a random quote that contains text
• /love => /byword любовь
• /friendship => /byword друж
• /meaningful => /byword жизнь
• /man => /byword мужчины
• /woman => /byword женщины