tourmaline

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github.com/Charibdys/tourmaline

Telegram Bot framework for Crystal

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License: MIT

Installation

# Add this to your shard.yml
dependencies:
  tourmaline:
    github: Charibdys/tourmaline
    branch: master

master is a branch, not a release, so this tracks it rather than pinning a version.

Then run:

shards install

shard.yml

Crystal
>= 1.6.0
License
MIT
Author
Chris Watson

Dependencies

Runtime Dependencies

  • db~> 0.11.0github: crystal-lang/crystal-db
  • http_proxy*github: mamantoha/http_proxy, branch: master

Development Dependencies

  • ngrok0.3.1github: watzon/ngrok.crdev
  • spectator~> 0.11.3github: icy-arctic-fox/spectatordev
  • code_writer*github: watzon/code_writer, branch: maindev

README

Tourmaline

Chat on Telegram

Telegram Bot API library written in Crystal. Meant to be a simple, easy to use, and fast library for writing Telegram bots.

Installation

Add this to your application's shard.yml:

dependencies:
  tourmaline:
    github: protoncr/tourmaline
    branch: master

Usage

API documentation is also available here.

Examples are available in the examples folder.

Just for README purposes though, let's look at the echo bot example:

require "tourmaline"

client = Tourmaline::Client.new(ENV["BOT_TOKEN"])

echo_handler = Tourmaline::CommandHandler.new("echo") do |ctx|
  text = ctx.text.to_s
  ctx.reply(text) unless text.empty?
end

client.register(echo_handler)

client.poll

Roadmap

The following features are/will be implemented:

  • [x] HTTP/HTTP Proxies
  • [x] Client API
    • [x] Implementation examples
    • [x] Handlers for commands, queries, and more
    • [x] Robust middleware system
    • [x] Standard API queries
    • [x] Stickers
    • [x] Inline mode
    • [x] Long polling
    • [x] Webhooks
    • [x] Payments
    • [x] Games
    • [x] Polls
    • [x] Telegram Passport
  • [ ] Framework Adapters
    • [ ] Kemal
    • [ ] Amber
    • [ ] Lucky
    • [ ] Athena
    • [ ] Grip

If you want a new feature feel free to submit an issue or open a pull request.

Contributing

  1. Fork it ( https://github.com/protoncr/tourmaline/fork )
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

Thanks to all the people that have contributed to this project!

Contributors