telegram

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go-telegram

Introduction

Send and receive telegram messages with ease, witten in Go.

Features

• Send and receive text messages
• Send and receive media files
• Update webhook URL

Documentation

The complete documentation is available at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/pravinba9495/go-telegram

License

MIT

Documentation

Index

• func ExampleGetUpdates()
• func ExampleSendMessage()
• func ExampleSetWebhook()
• func GetFile(botToken string, filePath string) (io.ReadCloser, error)
• func GetUpdates(botToken string, offset string) (*[]Update, error)
• func SetWebhook(botToken string, webhookURL string) error
• type Chat
• type File
  • func GetFileInfo(botToken string, fileId string) (*File, error)
• type GetFileResponseBody
• type GetUpdatesResponseBody
• type Location
• type Message
  • func SendMessage(botToken string, chatId string, text string) (*Message, error)
• type SendMessageRequestBody
• type SendMessageResponseBody
• type Update

Functions

func ExampleGetUpdates

func ExampleGetUpdates()

func ExampleSendMessage

func ExampleSendMessage()

func ExampleSetWebhook

func ExampleSetWebhook()

func GetFile

func GetFile(botToken string, filePath string) (io.ReadCloser, error)

GetFile retrieves the file by filePath from telegram API

func GetUpdates

func GetUpdates(botToken string, offset string) (*[]Update, error)

GetUpdates retrieves incoming updates using long polling

func SetWebhook

func SetWebhook(botToken string, webhookURL string) error

SetWebhook sets the webhook URL for the telegram bot. Setting an empty url will remove the webhook integration

Types

type Chat

type Chat struct {
	ID        uint64 `json:"id"`
	Username  string `json:"username,omitempty"`
	FirstName string `json:"firstName,omitempty"`
	LastName  string `json:"lastName,omitempty"`
}

Chat defines the structure of chat object

type File

type File struct {
	FileID   string `json:"file_id"`
	FilePath string `json:"file_path,omitempty"`
}

File defines the structure of file object

func GetFileInfo

func GetFileInfo(botToken string, fileId string) (*File, error)

GetFileInfo retrieves basic info about a file and prepares it for downloading

type GetFileResponseBody

type GetFileResponseBody struct {
	OK     bool  `json:"ok"`
	Result *File `json:"result"`
}

GetFileResponseBody defines the structure of the body returned by the getFile method of the telegram API

type GetUpdatesResponseBody

type GetUpdatesResponseBody struct {
	OK     bool      `json:"ok"`
	Result *[]Update `json:"result"`
}

GetUpdatesResponseBody defines the structure of the body returned by the getUpdates method of the telegram API

type Location

type Location struct {
	Longitude float64 `json:"longitude,omitempty"`
	Latitude  float64 `json:"latitude,omitempty"`
}

Location defines the structure of location object

type Message

type Message struct {
	MessageID uint64    `json:"message_id"`
	Chat      *Chat     `json:"chat"`
	Text      string    `json:"text,omitempty"`
	Audio     *File     `json:"audio,omitempty"`
	Document  *File     `json:"document,omitempty"`
	Photo     *[]File   `json:"photo,omitempty"`
	Video     *File     `json:"video,omitempty"`
	Voice     *File     `json:"voice,omitempty"`
	VideoNote *File     `json:"video_note,omitempty"`
	Caption   string    `json:"caption,omitempty"`
	Animation *File     `json:"animation,omitempty"`
	Location  *Location `json:"location,omitempty"`
}

Message defines the structure of message object

func SendMessage

func SendMessage(botToken string, chatId string, text string) (*Message, error)

SendMessage sends a text message to a recipient

type SendMessageRequestBody

type SendMessageRequestBody struct {
	ChatID string `json:"chat_id"`
	Text   string `json:"text"`
}

SendMessageRequestBody defines the request body structure required for the `sendMessage` method for the telegram API

type SendMessageResponseBody

type SendMessageResponseBody struct {
	OK     bool     `json:"ok"`
	Result *Message `json:"result"`
}

SendMessageResponseBody defines the structure of the body returned by the `sendMessage` method of the telegram API

type Update

type Update struct {
	UpdateID uint64   `json:"update_id"`
	Message  *Message `json:"message"`
}

Update defines the structure of update object