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}"

Documentation

Here you can find the complete documentation

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}