Overview

This project is a simple Telegram bot built using the telebot library. It demonstrates the basic structure of a Telegram bot and uses Poetry for dependency management. The bot responds to commands and messages, and can be easily extended with additional functionality.

Key Features

• Minimal Telegram bot application
• Responds to '/start' and '/hello' commands
• Echoes all other messages
• Uses telebot for bot functionality
• Uses Poetry for dependency management
• Easy to understand and extend

Setup

pip install poetry
poetry install

Develop

To run the bot locally:

poetry run python -B main.py

Make sure to set up your .env file with your Telegram bot token:

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_token_here

Deploy

Initialize your project:

railway init

To deploy the bot on Railway:

railway up

Remember to set the TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN environment variable in your Railway project settings.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN

Test

Open Telegram, start a chat with your bot, and try the commands /start or /hello. The bot will also echo any other messages you send.

Learn More

• Telebot Documentation
• Poetry Documentation
• Telegram Bot API
• Railway Documentation
• Telegram Python Bot Repository