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Simple Telegram Bot to automate the process of obtaining Outline.com links.
"""
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()
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Hey! Unfortunately, no! As far as I know, outline has disallowed tools such as selenium to interact with their website.

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AtilioA commented Jul 5, 2020

That's a pity! Thanks anyway.

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