teleme

simple cli tool that sends message as telegram bot

Can be useful when you run long duration cli tasks.

Install

$ npm install --global teleme

Setup

Firstly, you need to create a telegram bot via @botfather, get the bot's token, and the chatid. The chat can be a group or 1-1 conversation.

Then, put the information into ~/.config/teleme/config.json, such as:

{
  "token": "TOKEN_OF_THE_BOT",
  "chatid": "12345678",
  "bot2_token": "TOKEN_OF_ANOTHER_BOT", # optional
  "bot2_chatid": "23456789", # optional
}

Execute teleme and you should be able to receive a message from the bot, that's it.

If you need to use it for root user, don't forget to set the config for root as well.

Usage

$ teleme --help

  Usage
    $ tlm <message>
    OR
    $ teleme <message>
    OR if you want to use the non-default bot
    $ TLMBOT=bot2 teleme <message>
    If you want to send silent message
    $ SILENT=true teleme <message>
  Examples
    $ teleme
    $ tlm
    $ teleme "My sexy message ❤️ "

The usage can be flexible, for example:

• After you realize the command is slow, just enter tlm or teleme.

  $ some-slow-cmd
  output1
  output2
  ...
  tlm

• You know the command will take a long time

  $ some-heavy-task ; teleme

• Only let me know if there is something wrong

  $ cmd-that-should-not-fail || teleme 'something weird just happened'

License

MIT © Tianxiang Chen