rohit-gohri / zomato-telegram-bot

A simple inline telegram bot that searches for restaurants nearby, deployed using ZEIT now

zomato-telegram-bot

Start

Edit the config.json in the root of the folder with your set of keys/token or read the config section.

yarn
yarn start

OR

npm install
npm run start

config

Add a config.json to a folder called private in the root directory.

The format should be :

{
  "zomato": {
      "token": "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
   },
   "telegram": {
      "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN"
    }
}

Get Zomato API token at: https://developers.zomato.com/api Generate Telegram bot token with @botfather bot on telegram: https://telegram.me/botfather

Previews:

Search:

Message:

API Documentation

• Zomato: https://developers.zomato.com/documentation
• Telegram: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
• Telegraf's inline mode docs: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#inline-mode

zomato-telegram-bot's Issues

Add option to set home location

As locations are not available on dekstop or user may not want to give location access. We can add option to set home location through chat

Allow search through chat

Search doesn't have to be strictly inline. Will also help while debugging.

Add tracking of some kind

To show stats like

• how many users used this in a day, week, etc
• links shared
• searches made

Don't save sensitive data. Use something simple like SQLite.

Add more info about restaurants

• Serves Alcohol
• Delivery available in location

Export lambda for serverless

Use webhook for telegram then: https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks

Deploy to https://zeit.co/

Maps url not being generated on first time

• It shows only text when showing maps url first time.

Improve Search

• Allow searching with emoji (like swiggy on web)
• search by cuisine
• Allow specifying location with @ char instead of near