This is a plugin for the https://github.com/matueranet/genie-router project. The Telegram bot API is used as a client for input.

Setup

Simply follow the instructions on the Telegram bot API explanation page to acquire a token for your bot. Place that token in your client configuration, for example:

{
  "plugins": {
    "telegram-bot": {
      "token": "<token goes here>",
      "password": "genie"
    }
  }
}

The password configuration attribute is optional, and can be used to require a password before someone can send commands via Telegram. A hash of the password is stored in the persistent storage, so that the user can be automatically granted access in a next session. A user has to type the password anew when the password changes in the configuration.

To not require a password, simply remove the attribute or set it to null.