https://github.com/khbminus/polybar-telegram

Polybar plugin to show unread number of unread chats from Telegram
https://github.com/khbminus/polybar-telegram

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Polybar plugin to show unread number of unread chats from Telegram

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/khbminus/polybar-telegram
• Owner: khbminus
• Created: 2021-08-27T11:59:21.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-09-02T19:02:37.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-19T20:51:57.933Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: polybar, telegram, telegram-api
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 26.4 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Script: polybar-telegram

A go script that shows count of unread telegram messages

It uses telegram client API with gotd. So you should get app ID and app hash

from [Telegram API](https://my.telegram.org/apps)

![polybar-telegram](screenshots/1.png)

## Installation

```shell

go install github.com/Doktorkrab/polybar-telegram

```

## Configuration

polybar-telegram needs some environs:

- TG_APPID / TG_APPHASH - App id and hash from Telegram app config

- PHONE - mobile phone number used for authorization

- AUTH_FILE - path to file that will use to persist login data

After installation, you should run `polybar-telegram` in terminal with auth flag:

```shell

# make sure polybar-telegram is in $PATH

polybar-telegram -a

```

You can run `polybar-telegram` with `-u` flag show messages in unmuted chats.

You can run `polybar-telegram` with `-i` to hide the module if you have 0 unread messages.

To specify output format use `-f` flag

```shell

# {{.unread}} - number of unread messages

# {{.mentions}} - number of mentions

polybar-telegram -f "t {{.unread}} m {{.mentions}}"

```

## Module

```ini

[module/telegram]

type = custom/script

exec = polybar-telegram

interval = 10 

```