@botocrat/telegram NPM

Telegram Bot Client

Simple, light-weight Telegram Bot Client for Node.js.

This library is part of Botocrat Framework and can work as a standalone library.

What's the difference?

You don't have to think about the order of the arguments, same as official API
Lightest weight (< 5 kb)
Minimal dependencies
Future-proof (Only types will added on Telegram API changes)
Bent as http requester

What's missing?

This library intented to make requests to Telegram Bot API server and handling responses only. Handling updates from telegram or other high level features is not a purpose of this library. Use the framework to receive and handle updates.

Getting started

npm i @botocrat/telegram --save

import createClient from '@botocrat/telegram'

const client = createClient({token: '123456789:BB...'})

const me = await client.getMe()

TypeScript Support

import createClient, {ITMessage} from '@botocrat/telegram'

const client = createClient({token: '123456789:BB...'})

const Message: ITMessage = {
  chat_id: -11111111, 
  text: "Hello", 
  protect_content: true
}
const sent = await client.sendMessage(Message)

Feature: Download File From Telegram

...
const [data, ext, size] = await client
  .getFile(incomingMessage.photo)
  .then(client.download) // Buffer

fs.writeFileSync("fileName." + ext, data)
...

Feature: Intercepting request

You can intercept the request by defining interceptor. This feature is implemented for logging purpose and it's optional.

...
const client = createClient({
  token: '123456789:BB...',
  interceptor: (method, params, formData) => {
    console.log(`${method} called | ${Date.now()}`)
  }})
...

Parameters

Required

Param	Description
token	Telegram bot token

Optional

Param	Description	Default
debug	Debug function	null
baseUri	Telegram API url	https://api.telegram.org
fileSizeLimit	Size limiter for .download() method	Infinity (no limit)
interceptor	callback to intercept request before sent	null