UserMapBot

A Telegram Bot to collect location information from users and export the coordinates to a map service.

Setup

• Install the bot. (Add --user if you are not root.)

pip install git+https://github.com/chstem/TelegramUserMapBot.git

• Create a new Telegram Bot by talking to @BotFather

• Create a new map, for example at uMap.

• Copy config.json.template to /etc/TelegramUserMapBot/config.json and edit. Add your bot token, obtained from @BotFather.

• After each update, the data is exported to a CSV or GeoJSON file. In config.json you can set up a path for that file, which is publicly accessible on your webserver. Add its URL to the map service as "remote data" source, so it can fetch updates automatically.

• If you want journald based logging set log_file to journald in /etc/TelegramUserMapBot/config.json.

• Finally, run telegramusermapbot.

List of Bot commands

List of commands to setup via @BotFather

region - Pass your hometown or next largest city.
geo - Pass coordinates.
map - Get map link.
get - Show your saved location.
delete - Delete your stored information.
intro - Shows a short introduction.
help - Shows all available commands.