Telegram Bot ping

Description

Python script using Telegram-client API for testing if the selected Telegram bot is alive

Setup and deployment

• git clone https://github.com/mtrineyev/pingbot.git
• cd pingbot
• cp config.ini.example config.ini
• nano config.ini and set the variables as described in the comments
• sudo apt-get install python3-dev
• sudo apt-get install python3-venv
• python3 -m venv venv
• source venv/bin/activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• python connect.py and enter your phone and the code you will recieve
• nano pingbot.sh and copy the code below

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/pingbot
source venv/bin/activate
python main.py
deactivate

• chmod +x pingbot.sh

To run the ping

• ~/pingbot/pingbot.sh
• you may setup crontab -e to run pingbot by schedule

The tools

• connect.py - creates new connection to Telegram client or shows information about active connection, if any

Licence

The script is free software written by Maksym Trineyev (mtrineyev@gmail.com).

It comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.