Telegram

You can receive the notification images (image with classification or detection results) in your Telegram app.

1. Create Your Telegram Bot and Get Its Access Token.

   1. Install a Telegram app on your mobile or desktop.

   2. Search @botfather and start a conversation.

   3. Send /newbot.

   4. Enter the bot name，the end of the name has to be bot. E.g., bntest1_bot.

   5. BotFather will sends a message including:

      • Bot link: You can start a conversation with the bot by clicking the link.
      • HTTP API Token (Access Token): Write down the token. It is necessary to run the BerryNet Telegram client.

2. Get The Chat ID (skip the step currently).

   1. Send a message to the bot.
   2. Open the URL https://api.telegram.org/bot<yourtoken>/getUpdates.
   3. You will find the chat ID in the returned data.

3. Run BerryNet Telegram Client.

   $ bn_telegram --token <token>
   

   The token parameter can be a token string or a token filepath:

   • Token string
     • Example: 1234567890:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghi
   • The filepath of the configuration file

     • Any filepath is okay and we suggest $HOME/.config/berrynet/telegram.json.

     • Configuration file format

       $ cat $HOME/.config/berrynet/telegram.json
       {
           "token": "<telegram-token>"
       }
       

   Note: bn_telegram is not in the latest system image. You can download the source code and run python3 telegram_bot.py ... before we update the system image.

4. Send /camera to your bot.

   If you receive the message:

   Dear, I am ready to help send notification

   You will receive notification images in your mobile/desktop Telegram app.