Simple Telegram Bot to automate the process of obtaining Outline.com links.

OutlineBot.py

""" 
Simple Telegram Bot to automate the process of obtaining Outline.com links. 

Created by Raivat Shah in 2019. 
"""
# Imports
from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, Filters
import logging
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time

# Logging
logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
                     level=logging.INFO)

# Command Handlers. Usually take two arguments: bot and update. 
def start(update, context):
    context.bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text="Welcome! Pls send '/read + url of the article' to obtain Outline.com link")

def read(update, context):
    # Processing Outline
    browser = webdriver.Chrome('directory_of_chrome_driver')
    browser.get('https://www.outline.com')
    linkbar = browser.find_element_by_id('source')
    linkbar.send_keys(context.args) # pass in the link from the argument
    linkbar.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
    time.sleep(10)
    # send the link back
    context.bot.send_message(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, text=browser.current_url)
    
def main():
    # Create updater and pass in Bot's auth key. 
    updater = Updater(token='your_bot_auth_key_here', use_context=True)
    # Get dispatcher to register handlers
    dispatcher = updater.dispatcher
    # answer commands
    dispatcher.add_handler(CommandHandler('start', start))
    dispatcher.add_handler(CommandHandler('read', read))
    # start the bot
    updater.start_polling()
    # Stop
    updater.idle()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Is it live somewhere?

Hey! Unfortunately, no! As far as I know, outline has disallowed tools such as selenium to interact with their website.

That's a pity! Thanks anyway.