assbot

Handy companion for @assthread -- pseudo-anonymous chatting place with free speech and no censorship.

Available commands

• /start - start the bot
• /test - check if the bot is alive
• /whoami - returns your Telegram ID and username
• /uname - returns uname -a output
• /hash - checks if running main.py is equal to what is in the master branch
• /loglevel - [admin only] change log level during runtime
• /ping - [admin only] check if bot is able to reach specified user ID (or everyone from subscribers list if no ID is specified)
• /send_poll - [admin only] start activity check poll for all subscruibers
• /stop_poll - [admin only] stop activity check poll (on reply to poll message)
• /request_admin - request admin privileges

Quick start

0. Create new bot via @BotFather and get bot token.
1. Add bot to your channel and grant it admin privileges.
2. Obtain API_ID and API_HASH from my.telegram.org (this is required for some user interactions).

Docker way

Regenerate cfg.py file:

docker run -it \
  -e API_ID=<...> \
  -e API_HASH=<...> \
  -e LOGLEVEL=INFO \
  -e CHANNEL=<...> \
  -e BOT_NAME=<...> \
  -v $(pwd):/workspace \
  -u $(id -u):$(id -g) \
  ghcr.io/tsunamaru/assbot/base:latest \
  python helpers.py

Build it:

docker build . \
  -f build/ci-build.Dockerfile \
  -t ghcr.io/tsunamaru/assbot/ci-build:latest

Run it:

docker run -it \
  -e TOKEN=<...> \
  -e CHANNEL=<...> \
  -e LOGLEVEL=INFO \
  -e ADMIN=<...> \
  ghcr.io/tsunamaru/assbot/ci-build:latest

Usual way

Virtualenv usage is optional, but highly recommended:

virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Make your own .env file and fill it with your data:

cp .env.example .env
vim .env

Regenerate cfg.py file:

python3 helpers.py

Run it:

python3 main.py

Kubernetes deployment

See example in ./k8s directory.

License

The Unlicense