TelegramBotMiddleware

Rack middleware to communicate with a telegram bot.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'telegram_bot_middleware'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install telegram_bot_middleware

Add the middleware in config.ru or in other files base on the framework you are using:

require 'telegram_bot_middleware'

use TelegramBotMiddleware do |config|
  config.token = '<TELEGRAM_TOKEN>'
  config.host = '<HOST>'
  config.get_updates = :polling or :webhook
end

• To obtain a token follow the instructions in telegram bot api.
• The host is the address where the script is running, for example during development could be http://127.0.0.1:9292.
• The get_updates params specify how to get incoming messages from telegram, can be :polling or :webhook, look at the telegram bot api for details.

Usage

TODO: Write usage instructions here

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/MirkoMignini/telegram_bot_middleware. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.