Telegram-parser

The Telegram parser finds the most popular messages in the user's Telegram feed and provide sorted lists of them via API and UI.

Prerequisites and launch

1. Install and start database (PostgreSQL)

2. Run RabbitMQ in docker container

3. Install and build tdlib following the instructions

4. Set environment variables:

   • PORT - The port that the parser will listen to.

   • RABBITPORT - Port on which rabbitMQ is listened.

   • PGHOST - Host on which postgreSQL is listened.

   • PGPORT - Port on which postgreSQL is listened.

   • PGUSER - PostgreSQL user name.

   • PGPASSWORD - Password to access postgreSQL.

   • TGTELNUMBER - Phone number required to connect to the telegram client.

   • TGAPIID - Application identifier for Telegram API access, which can be obtained at https://my.telegram.org.

   • TGAPIHASH - Application identifier hash for Telegram API access, which can be obtained at https://my.telegram.org.

5. Untar modified vendor:

    tar -xvf vendor.tar
   

6. Build and run app:

    go build 
    
    ./telegram-parser -mod=vendor
   

UI

UI is available on port {env.PORT}

Example of using UI

API

GET http://localhost:{PORT}/best?period=${period}

Returns the most popular posts for a period:

Available time periods:

• today
• yesterday
• daybeforeyesterday
• thisweek
• lastweek
• thismonth
• whole (Denotes the entire period from 1970-01-01T00: 00: 00Z to the present)

GET http://localhost:{PORT}/best/3hour

Returns the most popular posts in the last 3 hours