NAU SCHEDULER BOT

Table of Contents

• NAU SCHEDULER BOT
  • Table of Contents
  • Install guide
    • Requirements
    • Deployment
      • Install requirements
      • Clone the repository
      • Prepare virtual environment
      • Create config file
        • Getting your group chat id
      • Config bot in telegram side
      • Create systemd service
      • Start and enable systemd service
      • Add commands to botFather
  • License

Install guide

Requirements

• Linux server (preferably Ubuntu 18.04 or higher)
• Python 3.7 or higher
• SystemD (optional, but recommended)
• Crontab (if you don't want to use SystemD)

Deployment

Install requirements

Installing Install Python3, pip and virtualenv:

Ubuntu 20.04 and higher:

sudo apt install python3
sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo apt install python3-venv

Ububtu 18.04:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt install python3.7
sudo apt install python3-pip
python3.7 -m pip install pip
sudo apt install python3.7-venv

Clone the repository

I recomend cloning it to /opt/nau-scheduler-bot directory, but you can choose any other directory.

If you choose another directory, keep in mind to change paths in /systemd/nau-scheduler-bot.service file.

sudo -i
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/tminei/nau_scheduler
mv nau_scheduler nau-scheduler-bot
exit
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/nau-scheduler-bot
sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/nau-scheduler-bot

Prepare virtual environment

Ubuntu 20.04 and higher:

cd /opt/nau-scheduler-bot
python3 -m venv sched
source sched/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Ubuntu 18.04:

cd /opt/nau-scheduler-bot
python3.7 -m venv sched
source sched/bin/activate
python3.7 -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

Create config file

In settings.json you must specify your telegram bot token and your group chat id.

You can get your bot token from @BotFather and your group chat using get_updates method of telegram bot api.

Creating config file from template:

  cp code/config/default.json code/config/settings.json
  nano code/config/settings.json

Getting your group chat id

Reply group chat message to https://t.me/JsonDumpBot.

Otherwise:

1. Turn off any bot pooling for token
2. Add your bot to your group
3. Send any message to bot (ex: /group_id@tmischedule_bot). Replace @tmischedule_bot with your bot username
4. Open in browser https://api.telegram.org/botTOKEN/getUpdates. (Replace TOKEN with your bot token)
5. Search for /group_id and copy chat id

Config bot in telegram side

Send /start command to your bot from admin account (admin_id in settings.json). If you don't do this, bot can't send debug messages to you.

Don't forget to add your bot to your group chat. If you don't do this, bot can't send messages to your group chat.

Create systemd service

Move systemd service file to systemd directory:

Ubuntu 20.04 and higher:

sudo cp /opt/nau-scheduler-bot/systemd/ubuntu20.04/* /etc/systemd/system/

Ubuntu 18.04:

sudo cp /opt/nau-scheduler-bot/systemd/ubuntu18.04/* /etc/systemd/system/

Start and enable systemd service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl start scheduler_dispatcher.service
sudo systemctl enable scheduler_dispatcher.service

sudo systemctl start scheduler_timer.timer
sudo systemctl enable scheduler_timer.timer

sudo systemctl start scheduler_motd.timer
sudo systemctl enable scheduler_motd.timer

Add commands to botFather

In file botFatherCmd you can find commands for botFather. You can add them to your bot using botFather.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details