RE: New Project: Telegram Reply Steem Bot

[r351574nc3]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I realize now that there's a typo in the README.

Setup

You can run your own version of this bot via docker container. If you run locally instead of using the existing service, you need to register your bot with Botfather. It will give you an API key which you will use in this command.

docker run --rm -e STEEM_NAME=$STEEM_NAME  -e BOT_TOKEN=<token from the botfather> r351574nc3/telegram-reply-steem-bot:latest`

Comments

[trumanity]

I am confused still. Thank you for helping.. I have another question: do I use my steemit account here `r351574nc3/telegram-reply-steem-bot:latest`` instead of yours? and the whole command is run inside a conversation with botfather ?

[r351574nc3]

Correct. You use your name.

When you run /start <username> <wif>, that is the username/wif used when replies will be posted. It will post on your behalf.

[trumanity]

Thank you - I went through the process of naming a bot in botfather getting an API token - then I entered the docker command as you suggested. Went back to steem-replies did the /start accountname wif and I have again Welcome mysteemitname!

:-) Thanks but I will try now to delete my botfather bot because it is not working for me. And watch for an update

[r351574nc3]

When you create a bot with botfather, you should have a name for your bot, you would not use @steem-replies. You would use @yourbotname

[trumanity]

Yes i have a unique name there - the name i asked about was in the command docker run --rm -e STEEM_NAME=$STEEM_NAME -e BOT_TOKEN=<token from the botfather> mysteemaccountname/telegram-reply-steem-bot:latest i used my steemit account name trumanity
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[r351574nc3]

You want to use r351574nc3/telegram-reply-steem-bot:latest. In this case r351574nc3 is the docker repo.

[trumanity]

Thank you my good friend. You are very helpful - but I am about to give up here.

You have such a good understanding of everything and I think so do many of your friends, but someone who has no idea and has never considered creating a bot before, would not understand anything.

If I may ask you - when you do any update - to start from the very beginning and assume that your readers have no idea about anything. I tried this because it seems very useful to have a bot where I can interact inside of telegram instead of being sent to a browser everytime. But it hasn't worked for me because I don't understand how to make a bot of my own.