This bot is used for one and only task - post pictures from my personal archive. Here's its source code so you can also host a bot and have fun with it. Just don't exepect it to be brilliant. It is not. But hey, you can always fork it ;)
For now bot requires [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com) and [PhotosAPI](https://git.end-play.xyz/profitroll/PhotosAPI) in order to function properly. Use [MongoDB's installation manual](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/installation) and [Photos API's README](https://git.end-play.xyz/profitroll/PhotosAPI/src/branch/master/README.md) to install install them.
To make this bot run at first you need to have a Python interpreter, Photos API, MongoDB and optionally git. You can also ignore git and simply download source code, should also work fine. After that you're ready to go.
If you don't know where to find bot_token and your id - here you can find some hints: [get bot token](https://www.siteguarding.com/en/how-to-get-telegram-bot-api-token), [get your id](https://www.alphr.com/telegram-find-user-id), [get api_hash and api_id](https://core.telegram.org/api/obtaining_api_id).
1. Change database host and port in keys `"database.host"` and `"database.port"`. For default local installation those will be `127.0.0.1` and `27017` respectively;
2. Change database name to the one you like in `"database.name"`. It will be automatically created on start;
3. If you've changed user and password to access the db, you should also change `"database.user"` and `"database.password"` keys, otherwise leave them `null` (default).
1. Change `"posting.api.address"` to the one your API servers uses;
2. Run your bot using `python ./poster.py --create-user --create-album` to configure its new user and album. You can also use manual user and album creation described [in the wiki](https://git.end-play.xyz/profitroll/TelegramPoster/wiki/Configuring-API). You can also change username, password and album in`"posting.api"` to the user and album you have if you already have Photos API album and user set up. In that case you don't need to create a new one.
To use your bot of course you need to have a channel or group otherwise makes no sense to have such a bot. [Here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/33497769) you can find a quick guide how to add your bot to a channel. After that simply set `"posting.channel"` to your channel's ID.
8. Configure posting time:
To make your bot post random content you need to configure `"posting.time"` with a list of "DD:MM" formatted strings or use `"posting.interval"` formatted as "XdXhXmXs". To use interval instead of selected time set `"posting.use_interval"` to `true`.
If you need any further instructions on how to configure your bot or you had any difficulties doing so - please use [wiki in this repository](https://git.end-play.xyz/profitroll/TelegramPoster/wiki) to get more detailed instructions.
* It's better to use virtual environments in most of production cases so there's also [a tutorial how to put your bot into venv](https://git.end-play.xyz/profitroll/TelegramPoster/wiki/Configuring-Virtual-Environment) and use it inside the virtual environment;
* You may also want to configure your bot to work as a systemd service instead. There's [a tutorial for that](https://git.end-play.xyz/profitroll/TelegramPoster/wiki/Configuring-Service) in the wiki.
All localization files are located in the `locale` folder, otherwise in folder specified in config file. Just copy locale file of your choice, name it in accordance to [IETF language tags](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag) (if you want your locale to be compatible with Telegram's locales) or define your own name. Save it as json and you're good to go. If you want to change default locale for messages, that cannot determine admin's locale - edit `"locale"` parameter in the `config.json`. If this locale is not available - `"locale_fallback"` will be used instead. If both are not available - error will be shown. For console output and logging locale you should edit `"locale_log"`.
