telekit  •  teleapi

Now support the Telegram Bot API 3.6

What is it?

This is useful library to simplify your work with the Telegram Bot API

Before you start, please, read an introduction for developers.
Just a moment, I'll read it.

Install

npm

$ npm install teleapi --save

yarn

$ yarn add teleapi

How it use?

Elementary! Look at the next example that show you how to send request to getMe method:

/** First be we've required the teleapi */
const teleapi = require('teleapi');

/**
 * Next we need a get an instance of the teleapi.
 * Also, we should set the bot token.
 */
const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/**
 * And now we can send requests to the Telegram Bot API;
 * This method returns info about the bot to us.
 *
 * (`getMe` method is available in the Telegram Bot API).
 */
api.getMe().then((response) => {
    /** Bot ID */
    console.log('id:', response.id);
    /** and username of the our bot */
    console.log('username:', response.username);

    /**
     * And also first name and last name and lang code.
     * See about it below.
     */
}).catch((error) => {
    /** Something is wrong! */
    console.log(error);
});

If you want to see available methods and types:
Please, have a look at here first.

API

teleapi(token, [api]);

• token:String - Token of the Bot that you can get from the BotFather
• api:Object - (optional) An Object with Custom API(see api.json)
• Returns: api - An instance of the teleapi.

Creates an new instance of the teleapi with your token of the bot.

teleapi.version:String

A contain of the current API version.

teleapi.methods:Array

A contain an Array of String with all available methods.

api.getFile(id);

• id:String - File ID
• Returns: Stream - A stream with file data

Get file from the Telegram.

api.method(name, [params]);

• name:String - Name of the method that available in the Telegram Bot API
• params:Object - (optional) An Object with body params for the request
• Returns: Promise with response in then

This method send request to the Telegram Bot API;
It's private method but you can use it.

api.<method>(params);

• params:Object - An Object with body params for the request
• Returns: Promise with response in then

The <method> is one of the available methods from Telegram Bot API.

See all available methods here.

Examples

Send text message to chat

const teleapi = require('teleapi');

const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/** Send request with chat and text message */
api.sendMessage({
    chat_id: 0000,
    text: 'Hello!', 
});

Save file from the Telegram

const teleapi = require('teleapi');

const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/** Send request with file id */
api.getFile('file_id').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('image.png'));

Send sticker(file_id)

const teleapi = require('teleapi');

const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/** Send request where `sticker` is a file id */
api.sendSticker({
   chat_id: 0000,
   sticker: 'file_id', 
});

Send document(stream.Readable)

const teleapi = require('teleapi');
const fs = require('fs');

const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/** Send request where `document` is stream.Readable */
api.sendDocument({
   chat_id: 0000,
   document: fs.readFile('book_from_tpb.pdf'), 
});

Send photo(URL)

const teleapi = require('teleapi');

const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/** Send request where `photo` is an URL */
api.sendPhoto({
   chat_id: 0000,
   photo: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Test.png', 
});

Send voice(Buffer)

const teleapi = require('teleapi');

const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/** Send request where `voice` is a Buffer */
api.sendVoice({
   chat_id: 0000,
   voice: new Buffer([1, 2, 3]), 
});

Send document(strict)

const teleapi = require('teleapi');
const fs = require('fs');

const api = teleapi('telegram_bot_token');

/** Send request where 'document' is an Object with strict data */
api.sendDocument({
    chat_id: 000000,
    document: {
        filename: 'photo.png',
        value: fs.readFile('family_photo.dat'),
        mime: 'image/png',
    },
});

A more is coming soon.

LICENSE

MIT © Denis Maslennikov