Description

This bot allows you to receive messages in Telegram from user-defined Discord channels with the ability to configure selected / ignored users.

You won't miss any important messages even if Discord notifications are turned off!

This is not a replacement for Discord, so don't overload the Discord API with requests, or you might get banned! Use a small number of tracked channels or increase the checking delay.

Installation

First you need to make sure that you are using Python 3.6 or higher.

After that install requirements from file:

pip install -r requirements.txt

The next step is to edit the settings.ini file to add the database name and Telegram bot token.

By default, the check is performed once per minute, but this time can be changed depending on the number of users and the channels they follow.

# delay of tracking loop in seconds (less than 60 is not recommended)
checking_delay = 60

# name of your database with .db at the end
db_name = database.db

# token of your telegram bot
tg_bot_token = 123456:abc-def

The last step is to add commands for interacting with the bot. For this you need to:

• enter chat with BotFather
• choose your bot
• click Edit bot
• click Edit commands

Then send the following:

tracked - Shows the channels being tracked
add - Adds a new channel
edit_users - Manages tracked / ignored users
settings - Changes Discord token or time zone
pause - Pauses / resumes tracking
channel_info - Shows information from the DB
rename - Changes server / channel name
delete - Deletes the channel
delete_all - Deletes all tracked channels
cancel - Cancels adding / editing / deleting

You can change the description or order of commands, but the left side must remain unchanged and all commands must be present in the list.

Usage

To start the bot use:

python3 bot.py

Open a dialogue with your bot. If the dialog is not empty, clear history to make the start button available. Then you just need to press the start button, and it will tell you what to do next.

Contribute

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.