kt-telegram-bot

Telegram Bot Library for Kotlin language

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kt-telegram-bot

Convenient way to build Telegram bots using powerful Kotlin language. Support for Telegram Bot API 5.0. Method names are the same as in API.

Changelog

Version 1.4.0

• Update ids from Int to Long

Version 1.3.8

• Fix issue

Version 1.3.7

• Update Bot API to 5.0

Changelog history

Getting started

Prerequisites

• JDK 8 or higher
• Kotlin 1.3 or higher
• Gradle
• IDE (optionally)

Installation

Gradle

repositories {
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}

dependencies {
    implementation "com.github.elbekD:kt-telegram-bot:$version"
}

Or Gradle Kotlin DSL

repositories {
    maven("https://jitpack.io")
}

dependencies {
    compile("com.github.elbekD:kt-telegram-bot:${version}")
}

Maven

<repository>
    <id>jitpack.io</id>
    <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.elbekD</groupId>
    <artifactId>kt-telegram-bot</artifactId>
    <version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

Quick start

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    val token = "<TOKEN>"
    val bot = Bot.createPolling(token)
    bot.onCommand("/start") { msg, _ ->
        bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Hello World!")
    }
    bot.start()
}

Return type of bot’s API methods is CompletableFuture<T>. Also it has extension suspend function await().

Chain

It is common case when you need to ask the user several questions sequentially and process user errors. Now you can create such chains easily. Sea the example below. Do not forget to call build() method at the end.

fun main() {
    val token = "<TOKEN>"
    val username = "<BOT USERNAME>"
    val bot = Bot.createPolling(username, token)

    bot.chain("/start") { msg -> bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Hi! What is your name?") }
        .then { msg -> bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Nice to meet you, ${msg.text}! Send something to me") }
        .then { msg -> bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Fine! See you soon") }
        .build()

    bot.chain(
        label = "location_chain",
        predicate = { msg -> msg.location != null },
        action = { msg ->
            bot.sendMessage(
                msg.chat.id,
                "Fine, u've sent me a location. Is this where you want to order a taxi?(yes|no)"
            )
        })
        .then("answer_choice") { msg ->
            when (msg.text) {
                "yes" -> bot.jumpToAndFire("order_taxi", msg)
                "no" -> bot.jumpToAndFire("cancel_ordering", msg)
                else -> {
                    bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Oops, I don't understand you. Just answer yes or no?")
                    bot.jumpTo("answer_choice", msg)
                }
            }
        }
        .then("order_taxi", isTerminal = true) { msg -> 
            bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Fine! Taxi is coming") 
        }
        .then("cancel_ordering", isTerminal = true) { msg -> 
            bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Ok! See you next time") 
        }
        .build()

    bot.start()
}

Deployment

Use ShadowJar plugin or any other way you like.

Examples

• Long polling bot
• Webhook bot and nginx configuration file

Bot methods

See details in source code.

Overview

Common methods

• start()
• stop()

Event handlers

• onMessage – called on any message
• removeMessageAction
• onEditedMessage – called on any edited message
• removeEditedMessageAction
• onChannelPost – called on any channel post
• removeChannelPostAction
• onEditedChannelPost – called on any edited channel post
• removeEditedChannelPostAction
• onInlineQuery – called on any inline query or on specific query provided in InlineQuery
• removeInlineQueryAction
• onChosenInlineQuery – called on chosen inline query event
• removeChosenInlineQueryAction
• onCallbackQuery – called on any callback query or on specific callback_data provided in InlineKeyboardButton
• removeCallbackQueryAction
• onShippingQuery – called on any shipping query
• removeShippingQueryAction
• onPreCheckoutQuery – called on any pre checkout query
• removePreCheckoutQueryAction
• onCommand – called on specific command
• onAnyUpdate – called on any update

Helper methods

• mediaPhoto
• mediaVideo
• mediaAnimation
• mediaAudio
• mediaDocument

License

MIT License