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The following code demonstrates how to get a file from Telegram without exposing Bot Secret Token in the client side. In this case is used to retrieve a MP3, but the example should work for other file types. An intermediate API, (server.js) built using Node.js, get the raw data of the file and forward it to the web client (index.html and app.js)
const TEL_PATH = '/music/file_352.mp3'
const API_FILEDONWLOAD = 'http://localhost:3000/fileDownload?'
const load = () => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest()
xhr.open('GET', API_FILEDONWLOAD + TEL_PATH, true)
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer'
xhr.send()
xhr.addEventListener('progress', (e) => {
console.log(`${e.type}: ${e.loaded} bytes transferred\n`)
})
xhr.addEventListener('load', (e) => {
const audioData = e.target.response || e.target.result
resolve(audioData)
})
xhr.addEventListener('error', () => {
reject(Error('Track ' + TEL_PATH + ' failed to load'))
})
})
}
load().then((audiData) => {
console.log(audiData)
}).catch((err) =>{
console.log(err)
})
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
BODY
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
/* TESTED WITH NODE VERSION 14+ */
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const https = require('https')
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000
// Use an Environment Variable to Secure Token Value
const BOT_TOKEN = <BOT_SECRET_TOKEN>
// For better CORS: https://expressjs.com/en/resources/middleware/cors.html
app.use( (req, res, next) => {
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept')
next()
})
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.sendStatus(200)
})
// Inspired by: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21024737
app.get('/fileDownload', (req, res) => {
let uploadResponse = { ok: false, result: null, error: 404, description: 'Not Found' }
if (req._parsedUrl && req._parsedUrl.query) {
const tel_file_path = 'https://api.telegram.org/file/bot' + BOT_TOKEN + req._parsedUrl.query
https.get(tel_file_path, (response) => {
const data = []
response.on('data', (chunk) => {
data.push(chunk)
}).on('end', () => {
const buffer = Buffer.concat(data)
res.send(buffer)
})
})
} else {
res.sendStatus(uploadResponse)
}
})
app.listen(port)
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