Webhook problem

[sup3rgiu]

Required Information

• PHP version: 5.6
• PHP Telegram Bot version: 0.53.0
• Using MySQL database: yes
• MySQL version: MariaDB 10
• Update Method: Webhook
• Self-signed certificate: yes

I'm using this to perform some actions on my Instagram account https://github.com/mgp25/Instagram-API/.

In the code of a telegram Command, I put $ig = new \InstagramAPI\Instagram(); as requested by the API.

• When I run the bot through getUpdates (while true; do ./Bot.php; done) everything works fine;
• When I run the bot through Webhook and use cron.php to execute the command each X hours, everything works fine;
• When I run the bot through Webhook and call manually the command typing /COMMAND in Telegram, the command is not executed correctly. When it reach $ig = new \InstagramAPI\Instagram(); something wrong happens since nothing after that line is executed. Example:

... code1 ...
Request::sendMessage(['chat_id' => $id, 'text' => 'I'm Here']);
$ig = new \InstagramAPI\Instagram($debug, $truncatedDebug);
Request::sendMessage(['chat_id' => $id, 'text' => 'I'm Here 2']);
... code2 ...

I receive only "I'm Here" and not "I'm Here 2", and also ...code2... is not executed.

N.B: no errors are generated in the error log file

[noplanman]

Well, if it works without the ...new Instagram(...); line, then the issue is probably with that library, not the bot itself.

Strange that there is no error being logged.

Using getUpdates method, when you send /command to your bot, everything works fine?

What version of the bot are you using?

[sup3rgiu]

I'm using version 0.53.0.

I thought too that the problem could be with the Instagram library, but when I use getUpdates and send /command everything works fine.

Also, if I set webhook and call the command each X hours with cron.php and a cron job, it works too.

So the problem exists only when I use webhook and try to call the /command manually

[noplanman]

You have the error log activated? Also, in your webhook, make sure that the errors are logged properly in the catch block:

} catch (Longman\TelegramBot\Exception\TelegramException $e) {
    // Log telegram errors
    Longman\TelegramBot\TelegramLog::error($e);
}

[jacklul]

@sup3rgiu why not trying to debug it by wrapping it in try...catch?

try {
   $ig = new \InstagramAPI\Instagram($debug, $truncatedDebug);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
   file_put_contents(__DIR__ . '/error.log', $e, FILE_APPEND);
}

[sup3rgiu]

@sup3rgiu why not trying to debug it by wrapping it in try...catch?

try {
   $ig = new \InstagramAPI\Instagram($debug, $truncatedDebug);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
   file_put_contents(__DIR__ . '/error.log', $e, FILE_APPEND);
}

The file is not created (obviously not permission problem). It's like if the code immediatly stops at the $ig = new \InstagramAPI\Instagram($debug, $truncatedDebug); line

@noplanman contacted me on Telegram and is investigating

[noplanman]

This is a security feature from the Instagram API.

Look here: https://github.com/mgp25/Instagram-API/blob/9d20c73eb8d55249bd596c5007a496a9944defe3/src/Instagram.php#L243

It only allows safe calls that come via CLI, which are both the case when you use getUpdates and cron. Webhook however, comes through the webserver, so it's blocked.

Simply call this somewhere at the beginning of your webhook:

\InstagramAPI\Instagram::$allowDangerousWebUsageAtMyOwnRisk = true;