A telegram Bot made using python which scrapes IMDb website and has the following functionalities
- Replies to a movie name with genre and rating of the movie
- Replies to a genre with a list of top movies and tv shows belonging to that genre
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Install required packages:
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Create a bot in telegram:
1. Go to @BotFather and click /start and type /newbot and give it a name. 2. Choose a username and get the token -
Paste the token in a .env file (Take .env.example as an example)
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Run the python script to start the bot
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Type /start command to start conversation with the chatbot.
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Type /name <movie_name> to get the genre and Rating of the movie. The bot replies with atmost three results.
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Type /genre <genre> to get a list of movies and TV shows belonging to that genres
