DEPRECATED

New Telegram chatbots should use the AWS Lambda functions: https://github.com/urbanriskmap/cognicity-reports-telegram-lambda

cognicity-reports-telegram

Telegram support for CogniCity GRASP

Install

npm install

Creating a bot in Telegram

• You can create a bot as instructed here

Run

node app.js

Configuration

Save a copy of sample.env as .env in local directory with appropriate credentials

• BOT_TOKEN: The token required to authenticate bots and send requests to the Bot API
• DEFAULT_LANG: Language codes (Used in this repo: 'en' and 'id')
• CARD_PATH: The frontend url to view cards
• APP: The frontend url to view maps
• API_SERVER: The server url to receive card OTL from
• X_API_KEY: The key needed to make calls to the server
• PG_CON: Postgres database connection string

Misc Notes

• grasp "username" is actually Telegram user ID or conversation ID to allow replies in conversation
• errors are logged to console, but not returned to user currently

Bot commands

• For Indonesia :

  • /report issue report card in English
  • /laporan issue report card in Indonesian
  • /start issue initial text in Indonesian

• For India:

  • /flood issue flood report card in English
  • /start issue initial text in English