TelegramAPI

This is a simple and lightweight Ruby API for Telegram Bots.

With this tiny library you can create awesome Telegram Bot!

Installation

sudo gem install telegramAPI

Use

Import the library in your script with:

require 'telegramAPI'

Obtain a token, if you haven't yet, talking with @BotFather

Getting Started

To test your access token, you can use the getMe method

require 'telegramAPI'

token = "******"
api = TelegramAPI.new(token)
bot = api.getMe()
puts "I'm bot #{bot['first_name']} with id #{bot['id']}"
puts "But you can call me @#{bot['username']}"

Getting Updates

There are two ways of getting updates from Telegram. The first one is the simpliest, but less powerful: getUpdates

1. getUpdates

require 'telegramAPI'

token = "******"
api = TelegramAPI.new(token)
while true do
  updates = api.getUpdates({"timeout"=>180})
  updates.each do |update|
    usr = update['message']['chat']['username'] || "unknown"
    puts "Received update from @#{usr}"
  end
end

2. setWebhook

Using setWebhook is not so complicated, but you need a web server with https support enabled (for example: Openshift or Heroku)

In the example below I will use Sinatra framework for the Web Server.

require 'telegramAPI'
require 'sinatra'
require 'json'

token = "******"
api = TelegramAPI.new token

post "/#{token}" do
  status 200
  # Get Telegram Data
  request.body.rewind
  data = JSON.parse(request.body.read)
  
  # Output data on stdout
  p data
  # Return an empty json, to say "ok" to Telegram
  "{}"
end

r = api.setWebhook("https://YOUR_URL/#{token}").to_json
puts "setWebhook Result: #{r}" 

Documentation

You can use the Telegram official documentation

List of available methods

Every method has a optional parameter. See the Send Custom Keyboard example for more.

• getUpdates()
• setWebhook(url)
• getMe()
• sendMessage(chat_id, text)
• forwardMessage(chat_id, from_chat_id, message_id)
• sendPhoto(chat_id, path)
• sendAudio(chat_id, path)
• sendDocument(chat_id, path)
• sendStickerFromFile(chat_id, path)
• sendSticker(chat_id, sticker_id)
• sendVideo(chat_id, path)
• sendVoice(chat_id, path)
• sendLocation(chat_id, latitude, longitude)
• sendVenue(chat_id, latitude, longitude, title, address)
• sendContact(chat_id, phone_number, first_name)
• sendChatAction(chat_id, action)
• getUserProfilePhotos(user_id)
• getFile(file_id)
• kickChatMember(chat_id, user_id)
• leaveChat(chat_id)
• unbanChatMember(chat_id, user_id)
• getChat(chat_id)
• getChatAdministrators(chat_id)
• getChatMembersCount(chat_id)
• getChatMember(chat_id, user_id)

Examples

Echo Server

token = "******"
api = TelegramAPI.new token
while true do
  # Get last messages if there are, or wait 180 seconds for new messages
  u=api.getUpdates({"timeout"=>180})
  u.each do |m|
    api.sendMessage(m['message']['chat']['id'], m['message']['text'])
  end
end

Send Media

api.sendSticker m['message']['chat']['id'], sticker_id

api.sendPhoto m['message']['chat']['id'], "/home/path-of-image/image.jpg"

api.sendDocument m['message']['chat']['id'], "/home/path-of-document/doc.gif"

api.sendAudio m['message']['chat']['id'], "/home/path-of-audio/audio.opus"

api.sendVideo m['message']['chat']['id'], "/home/path-of-video/video.mp4"

api.sendLocation m['message']['chat']['id'], 45.462781, 9.177732

Note: According to Telegram, each audio must be encoded in Ogg OPUS, and each video must be encoded in mp4.

Send Custom Keyboards

You can find the complete list of options at the offical Telegram API Bots page.

markup = {
  "keyboard"=>[["YES!", "Yes"], ["Well..", "No.."]],
  # Other optional settings:
  "resize_keyboard"=>true,
  "one_time_keyboard"=>true,
  "selective"=>true,
  "force_reply"=>true
  # "hide_keyboard"=>true
}

api.sendMessage m['message']['chat']['id'], "Am I sexy?", {"reply_markup"=>markup}

Answer to inline query

while true do
  updates = api.getUpdates({:timeout=>180})
  updates.each do |u|
    if(u['inline_query']!=nil) then
      r = api.answerInlineQuery(u['inline_query']['id'], [
        {
          :type=>'article',
          :id=>"1",
          :title=>"Test 1",
          :input_message_content=>{:message_text=>"test content 1"}
        },{
          :type=>'article',
          :id=>"2",
          :title=>"Test 2",
          :input_message_content=>{:message_text=>"test content 2"}
        },{
          :type=>'article',
          :id=>"3",
          :title=>"Test 3",
          :input_message_content=>{:message_text=>"test content 3"}
        }
      ])
    end
  end
end