TeaBot allows you to create highly interactive Telegram bots for Node.js with some additional cool features.
/command@BotName commandsDifference between TeaBot 1.x.x and TeaBot 2.0.0 here.
$ npm install teabot --save
Simple echo bot:
const TeaBot = require('teabot')('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN', 'TELEGRAM_BOT_NAME');
TeaBot.defineCommand(function (dialog, message) {
dialog.sendMessage('Echo: ' + message.text);
});
TeaBot.startPolling();
TeaBot based on tg-yarl (wrapper over Telegram Bot Api with additional features) package, it means TeaBot inherits all methods from tg-yarl.
Depending on what type of connection with Telegram is used (webhook or long polling), there are 2 methods to start the bot.
To work with webhook.
To work with long polling.
Dialog object stores bot current dialogue with the user, as well as commands (full list here) for communication.
It can be obtained from the first parameter in defineCommand and defineAction callbacks, or directly from TeaBot object.
Checks whether the user is in a state of action, and if so action name will be returned, otherwise false.
Start the action. Then all processes occur in defineAction callbacks. Action callback will be called at the next incoming message.
defineAction.Perform the action. Then all processes occur in defineAction callbacks. Action callback will be called immediately.
defineAction.Ends the action and clears dialog.tempData.
dialog.tempData will not be cleared.dialog object methods in docs.Message object stores processed incoming message, as well as its original copy.
It can be obtained from dialog.message or from the second parameter in defineCommand and defineAction callbacks.
Returns command or empty string.
It returns the rest of the message, if it contains a command or the entire message.
message object methods in docs.Commands always starts with /.
* to match zero or more characters. A pattern starting with ! will be negated).TeaBot
.defineCommand(['/start', '/help'], function (dialog, message) {
dialog.sendMessage('Hi there. This is a ' + message.getCommand() + ' command.');
})
.defineCommand('/hi*', function (dialog, message) { // wildcard
dialog.sendMessage('This command ' + message.getCommand() + ', starts with /hi');
})
.defineCommand(function (dialog) {
dialog.sendMessage('Send me /help for more information.');
});
You can define some actions if you want to add interactivity to your bot. Or you want to split your code.
* to match zero or more characters. A pattern starting with ! will be negated).TeaBot
.defineCommand('/help', function (dialog, message) {
if (message.getArgument()) {
dialog.performAction('/help:1'); // /help argument
} else {
dialog.startAction('/help:2').sendMessage('This is /help command.'); // /help
}
})
.defineCommand(function (dialog) {
dialog.sendMessage('Send me /help for more information.');
});
TeaBot
.defineAction('/help:*', function (dialog) { // wildcard
dialog.endAction().sendMessage('This is ' + dialog.getAction() + ' action'); // if /help was with argument, then /help:1 action, otherwise /help:2
});
* to match zero or more characters. A pattern starting with ! will be negated).TeaBot
.inlineQuery('tay*', function (query) { // wildcard
query
.addGif(
{ gif_url: 'https://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xrtsmgs11rn435g.gif', thumb_url: 'https://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xrtsmgs11rn435g.gif', gif_width: 500, gif_height: 247 }
)
.addGif(
{ gif_url: 'http://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screaming-Taylor-Swift.gif', thumb_url: 'http://blog.admissions.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screaming-Taylor-Swift.gif', gif_width: 480, gif_height: 267 }
)
.answer();
})
.inlineQuery(function (query) {
query
.addArticles([
{ title: 'Test 1', message_text: 'test' },
{ title: 'Test 2', message_text: 'test' },
{ title: 'Test 3', message_text: 'test' }
])
.answer();
});
inline mode in docs.query object in docs.At the moment TeaBot supports only db and analytics plugins, but in the future there will be more.
db or analytics.const TeaBot = require('teabot')('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN', 'TELEGRAM_BOT_NAME');
TeaBot.use('analytics', require('teabot-botan')('BOTAN_TOKEN'));
TeaBot.defineCommand(function (dialog, message) {
dialog.sendMessage('Echo: ' + message.text); // all message events will be sent directly to botan.io
});
TeaBot.startPolling();
plugins in docs.By default, no errors are displayed, except for those that may interfere start the bot. But with these methods you be able to handle errors by yourself.
Use this method in Promise, Callback functions and whenever you want.
When error occurs or when TeaBot.error() is used, callback will be invoked.
TeaBot.error() is called (including internal call).TeaBot.onError(function (e) {
console.error('TeaBot error:', e.stack);
});
TeaBot.defineCommand(function (dialog, message) {
dialog.sendMessage('Echo: ' + message.text).then(function () {
throw new Error('Test error 1');
}).catch(TeaBot.error);
throw new Error('Test error 2');
});
Other examples here.
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Alexey Bystrov
FAQs
TeaBot - a way to build interactive Telegram bots.
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