haloobot

A Telegram bot that automates meme spouting.

Quickstart:

1. Get yourself Python 3.5+
2. Install the required Python packages by running pip install -r requirements.txt, and mpg123, vorbis-tools, fortune and cowsay with a package manager of your choice (or by some other method, as long as they can be used from command line)
3. Create a bot and get yourself a bot API key with @BotFather

• Make sure to disable group privacy for your bot while you're at it (haloobot won't work otherwise!)

4. Create a file called 'haloosettings' with contents somewhat like this:

• name = <the username of your bot without the @ symbol>
• key = <your Telegram bot API key>
• password = <password for bot owner specific commands>

5. Run haloobot.py
6. Add the bot to some conversation
7. Give haloobot a /breaksilence "password" (the password for breaking initial silence is printed in the stdout) to break initial silence and then go for /listcommands

I might document this a bit more someday. Maybe.

I'm sorry.