funyug / lightningtelegrambot

A simple telegram bot that will help you manage your lightning node

#Lightning Telegram Bot

Still in Development

Features

• Commands: get_info, wallet_balance, channel_balance, get_address, list_chain_txns, send_coins, connect_peer, list_peers, open_channel, generate_invoice, list_invoices, lookup_invoice, send_payment, list_payments, close_channel, list_channels
• Bot responds only to the username specified in the argument

TODO

• Refactor code
• Implement help command
• Implement 2FA for sending
• Option to disable certain commands

Setup

• Clone the project
• Run "dep ensure" to install the dependencies
• Create a telegram bot by visiting https://t.me/botfather and get the token for the bot
• Build binary using Go build

Start the bot by running

LightningTelegramBot --username=YOUR_TELEGRAM_USERNAME --token=YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN

Send \help to the bot to receive info about all commands

Note: Make sure you have lnd running in background and the wallet is unlocked