There are alternative options available:
using the older legacy cffi based bindings
frameworks:
- using deltabot (bot framework, includes features as chat command parsing)
- using simplebot (simplebot is a maintained fork of deltabot with many plugins availible)
- using deltabot-cli
# Optional create virtualenv
pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
# install rpc server
pip install deltachat-rpc-server
# install client
pip install deltachat-rpc-clientFor alternative installation instructions refer to https://py.delta.chat/jsonrpc/install.html#install (building from souce or download prbuilds manually).
set credentials
# mac & linux
export [email protected]
export MAIL_PW="my_password"
# windows
set [email protected]
set MAIL_PW="my_password"start the bot:
python echo_bot.py /tmp/dc-accounts
or start the version made with the hook system:
python ./echo_bot_with_hooks.py --email $MAIL_ADDR --password $MAIL_PW
- Python bindings documentation https://py.delta.chat
- https://py.delta.chat/jsonrpc/examples.html
- source code of python bindings https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/tree/master/deltachat-rpc-client