chandanshakya / chowbot

Telegram Bot

CollegeBot

CollegeBot is a Python script that sends reminders for college lab classes via Telegram. It uses the python-telegram-bot library to interact with the Telegram Bot API.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or later
• python-telegram-bot library
• A Telegram bot token and chat ID

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Install the required dependencies by running pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Set the environment variables BOT_TOKEN and CHAT_ID to your Telegram bot token and chat ID, respectively. You can do this by running export BOT_TOKEN=<your_bot_token> and export CHAT_ID=<your_chat_id>
4. Run the script using python CollegeBot.py

Running the bot automatically

You can also run the bot automatically using GitHub Actions. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Go to the repository settings and click on "Secrets"
3. Add the following secrets:
   • BOT_TOKEN: Your Telegram bot token
   • CHAT_ID: Your Telegram chat ID
4. Go to the .github/workflows/main.yml file and modify the cron schedule to run the job at the desired time. For example, to run the job every weekday at 8am Nepal time, use the following schedule:

schedule:
- cron: '0 2 * * 1-5'

5. Commit and push your changes. The bot will now run automatically at the specified time.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.