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Downtime Telegram Bot
Indicate your users of downtime in Telegram!
Vercel instructions.
Note after deploying you have to set webhook.
Use the following webhook url:
https://downbot-<your-vercel-username>.vercel.app/api/bot
Or just use @hooktelebot.
Brief Note
Whenever you start work or maintenance on your bot just call npx downbot to notify your users in the meanwhile.
If you use a .env file just call downbot in the same directory as your bot and it'll use that. No need to even set env vars.
The bot replies to all commands & messages.
Usage
If installed:
downbot
For temporary use:
npx downbot
Note: You'll have to keep the terminal running for the duration.
Make sure env vars are set in your working directory.
On Mac / Linux
touch .env && { echo "BOT_TOKEN="; } >> .env && nano .env
On Windows
type nul > .env && echo BOT_TOKEN= >> .env && notepad .env
Install
npm i -g downbot
Uninstall
npm uninstall downbot
License
AGPL 3.0 ©️ Zubin
FAQs
Indicate your users of downtime in Telegram!
The npm package downbot receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, downbot popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that downbot demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 20 Mar 2023
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Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
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