This repository contains a Telegram bot using the Telegraf framework, written in TypeScript.

Before running the bot, you need to set up the necessary environment variables. Below are the required variables you’ll need to configure:

Environment Variables :

• TOKEN - This is your Telegram Bot Token, which you receive from the BotFather when you create your bot on Telegram.

• OPENAI_API_KEY - This is your OpenAI API Key

• YT_DLP_PATH - This is the file path to your yt-dlp executable, which is used for downloading media. Ensure that yt-dlp is properly installed on your system.

TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
YT_DLP_PATH=path_to_yt_dlp_executable

Replace your_telegram_bot_token_here with the actual token provided by BotFather. Replace your_openai_api_key with the actual api key from OpenAI Replace path_to_yt_dlp_executable with the actual path to the yt-dlp executable on your system.

Setting Environment Variables:

• On Unix-based systems (Linux, macOS):

You can set these variables in your terminal session or add them to your shell configuration file (e.g., .bashrc, .zshrc).

export TOKEN='your_telegram_bot_token_here'
export YT_DLP_PATH='path_to_yt_dlp_executable'
export OPENAI_API_KEY='your_openai_api_key'

• On Windows:

Set these variables using the command prompt or set them permanently through the System Properties.

set TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token_here
set OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
set YT_DLP_PATH=path_to_yt_dlp_executable

You can use either Yarn or npm to install dependencies, build, and run the bot.

yarn install       # Install dependencies
yarn build         # Compile TypeScript to JavaScript
yarn start         # Start the bot

npm install        # Install dependencies
npm run build      # Compile TypeScript to JavaScript
npm run start      # Start the bot

To run the bot in development mode with hot reloading:

yarn dev           # If using Yarn
npm run dev        # If using npm