https://github.com/phil-r/hackernewsbot

:newspaper: Telegram bot that posts new hot stories from Hacker News to telegram channel
https://github.com/phil-r/hackernewsbot

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:newspaper: Telegram bot that posts new hot stories from Hacker News to telegram channel

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/phil-r/hackernewsbot
• Owner: phil-r
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-03-19T13:52:15.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-01T21:13:25.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-01T08:34:14.371Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: bot, hacker-news, telegram, telegram-bot, telegram-channel
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://t.me/hacker_news_feed
• Size: 48.8 KB
• Stars: 197
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 25
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# hackernewsbot

Telegram bot that posts new hot stories from Hacker News to [telegram channel](https://telegram.me/hacker_news_feed)

## Backend

Bot runs on [Google App Engine](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/)

## Hacker News API

Bot uses [Hacker News API](https://github.com/HackerNews/API)

It loads [top stories](https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json) every 10 minutes and posts any story that reached *100+* score([adjusted for inflation](https://instruments.digital/inflation-adjusted-hn/))

## Telegram API

Bot uses [Telegram Bot API](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api) to post messages to the [telegram channel](https://telegram.me/hacker_news_feed) with [sendMessage](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage) request

## URL shortening

Bot used [bit.ly](https://dev.bitly.com/) and [goo.gl](https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started) for url shortening, but now it uses internal shortener

## How to run your own `hackernewsbot`

- Clone this project

- Run `pip install -r requirements.txt -t lib/` to install dependencies

- Download and install [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/download)

- Register your app in [Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com)

- Register your bot via [BotFather](https://telegram.me/BotFather)

- Rename `sample_app.yaml` to `app.yaml` and

  - replace `yourappid` with your App engine app id

  - replace `YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` with your bot token

- Possibly you'll want to create your own channel and your bot as an admin. Also change `@hacker_news_feed` in `database.py` to your channel id

- Run `gcloud app deploy app.yaml --project [YOUR_PROJECT_NAME]` in the project folder

- Run `gcloud app deploy cron.yaml --project [YOUR_PROJECT_NAME]` in the project folder

## Local development

To run server locally you can use [`dev_appserver.py`](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/tools/using-local-server):

```

dev_appserver.py .

```

## See also

- [designernewsbot](https://github.com/phil-r/designernewsbot)

- [asciifacesbot](https://github.com/phil-r/asciifacesbot)