Botocrat Express

This is express middleware creator to accept incoming updates from Telegram to pass '@botocrat/core' bot.

| Parameter | Description | Default | Required | |-----------|-------------|---------|----------| | bot | Bot handler (@botocrat/core) | | Required if no 'onUpdate' | | onUpdate | Update handler | | Required if no 'bot' | | client | Telegram bot client (@botocrat/telegram) | | Required | | url | The url that telegram will send requests| | Required | | allowed_updates | Array of TTUpdateType| ["message"] | Optional | | drop_pending_updates | Optional |

Installation

npm i express @botocrat/express --save

Example Code

// bot.js
import Botocrat from "@botocrat/core"

export default new Botocrat()
  .on('message', (req, res) => 
    res.reply("This is a reply"))

// client.js
import createClient from "@botocrat/telegram"

export default createClient({ debug: true, token: BOT_TOKEN })

Creating Express middleware and launching server

// index.js
import createMiddleware from "@botocrat/express"
import express from "express"
import bot from "./bot.js"
import client from "./client.js"

const botMiddleware = createMiddleware({
  bot, client,
  url: "http://botocrat.myfancybotdomain.com/" + BOT_TOKEN,
})

express()
  .use("/" + BOT_TOKEN, botMiddleware) // plug middleware
  .listen(80)