telegram – G3n1k's Blog

prequeties:

had bot telegram with key access_token
downloaded ngrok
using python 3.9 (you can have 2 python version in laptop)
for simply dev with venv just using PyCharm

pycharm

setup new project, just call rasa-chat-bot in ~/workspace/rasa-chat-bot.
using venv with python 3.9. create project.

setup rasa

just simply setup rasa default for test. in pycharm open tab terminal,

# create new folder
$ mkdir RasaDefault && cd RasaDefault

# fast setup new rasa
$ rasa init --no-prompt

# let it, lets change another file

get ngrok url

exec ngork with command

./ngrok http 5005

example you get url https://e33d-101-128-117-173.ngrok-free.app. copy ngrok url

add config telegram to rasa

open file credentials.yml, you can clear the rest and just fill

rest:

telegram:
  access_token: "396175282:AAHXVRsnEDWYs9gjI6b7ao0GIXyTgLFEqv8"
  verify: "your_name_bot"
  webhook_url: "https://e33d-101-128-117-173.ngrok-free.app/webhooks/telegram/webhook"

rasa:
  url: "http://localhost:5002/api"

setup webhook telegram

open browser paste url, or via curl

https://api.telegram.org/bot396175282:AAHXVRsnEDWYs9gjI6b7ao0GIXyTgLFEqv8/setWebhook?url=https://e33d-101-128-117-173.ngrok-free.app/webhooks/telegram/webhook

wait json respond