README.md

Telegram_bot(@JelilBot)

Preface

A telegram bot that can be initialized on the command line(windows) / terminal(mac & linux) where it responds to specific commands - /hello, /quote, or /latest news. You can type these commands without prefixing them with the foreward stick(/) You may search for the bot on telegram with the username @JelilBot.

Purpose

This is a capstone/assessment project for the ruby module microverse curriculum .

• Preface
• Purpose
• Features
• Presentations
• Built With
• Quick Start
• Dependencies
• Testing
• Author
• Contributing

Features

• The bot has two main features
• Ability to give you the latest news updates from the BBC website.
• It also gives motivational quotes with the author's name.

Commands To Use

latest news

quote

hello

start

Presentations

• You can watch the video presentation here.

Built With

• Ruby 2.6.5
• VS Code
• Telegram Bot API
• Type fit Quotes API

Quick Start

How To Get a Local Copy

• Get a local copy with:

git clone https://github.com/JelilFaisalAbudu/telegram_bot

Or download it as a Zip File. using the green button (Clone or Download) on top of this page.

• Install Ruby in your system. To install Ruby, you can read the Documentation

• Navigate to your telegram account if you have one. Or create new telegram account.

• Create a new bot with the help of BotFather. Use this documentation if you are facing challenges New Bot.

• Obtain your new bot's token.

• Go to the Bot class and assign your token to TEL_BOT_TOKEN variable.

Run on terminal/prompt

If you are on windows:

*- Go inside the project folder

*- Right shift '+' right mouse click (Float menu)

*- Open prompt here (Option)

ruby bin/main.rb

• On your telegram account search for your bot's name

• Then press the /START button begin interacting.

Dependencies

• rspec
• telegram_bot

Testing

Install Rspec gem in your system. To do this:

Open Command Prompt or Terminal and run:

gem install Rspec

Navigate into the project folder and run the following command in the console:

rspec

Authors

👤 Jelil Faisal Abudu

• Github: @JelilFaisalAbudu
• Twitter: @JelilAbudu
• Linkedin: jelilfaisalabudu

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.

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