bot-example.lua

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bot-example.lua - Example code provided with the lua-telegram-bot library.

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-- pass token as command line argument or insert it into code
local token = arg[1] or ""

-- create and configure new bot with set token
local bot, extension = require("lua-bot-api").configure(token)

-- override onMessageReceive function so it does what we want
extension.onTextReceive = function (msg)
	print("New Message by " .. msg.from.first_name)

	if (msg.text == "/start") then
		bot.sendMessage(msg.from.id, "Hello there 👋\nMy name is " .. bot.first_name)
	elseif (msg.text == "ping") then
		bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "pong!")
	else
		bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "I am just an example, running on the Lua Telegram Framework written with ❤️ by @cosmonawt")
	end
end

-- override onPhotoReceive as well
extension.onPhotoReceive = function (msg)
	print("Photo received!")
	bot.sendMessage(msg.chat.id, "Nice photo! It dimensions are " .. msg.photo[1].width .. "x" .. msg.photo[1].height)
end

-- This runs the internal update and callback handler
-- you can even override run()
extension.run()