zapisnicar

How to create Telegram Bot and send messages to your group

1. Create Telegram bot:

   Search for user @BotFather in Telegram app. Type /help in BotFather chat and wait for the reply. Type in the chat:

   /newbot

or select /newbot command from Help text. Answer few setup questions:

ericelliott

Most configuration really isn't about the app -- it's about where the app runs, what keys it needs to communicate with third party API's, the db password and username, etc... They're just deployment details -- and there are lots of tools to help manage environment variables -- not the least handy being a simple .env file with all your settings. Simply source the appropriate env before you launch the app in the given env (you could make it part of a launch script, for instance).

env files look like this:

SOMEVAR="somevalue"
ANOTHERVAR="anothervalue"

To source it:

$ source dev.env # or staging.env, or production.env, depending on where you're deploying to