This is the technical assignment for Impress AI
- Python 3
- Make sure you have pip (pip --version)
- pip install virtualenv to install virtual environment
- Telegram messenger (you can also use the web version at web.telegram.org)
To get this running, you need the following. First install dependencies
git clone https://github.com/markeyys/impressai-assignment.gitcd impressai-assignment
pip install -r requirements.txt
Though there are no models for this code, this just creates the default stuff for admin.
python manage.py migrate
You need an HTTPS url for most webhooks for bots to work. For purely development purposes you can use ngrok. It gives a web-accessible HTTPS url that tunnels through to your localhost. Download ngrok (https://ngrok.com/) , got to a new tab on your terminal and start it with
ngrok http 8000
At this point, you will have to add the URLs to ALLOWED_HOSTS in chatbot_tutorial/settings.py.
And start the server with
python manage.py runserver
Start telegram, and search for the Botfather. Talk to the Botfather on Telegram and give the command /newbot to create a bot and follow the instructions to get a token.
Copy the token and paste in chatbot_tutorial/views.py
Retrieve in the token and add it into TELEGRAM_TOKEN under chatbot_tutorial/views.py
If you are on a system where you can run a curl command, run the following command in your terminal (Remember to replace ngrok_url and bot_token)
curl -F “url=<ngrok_url>/c817304a3d163ebd58b44dd446eba29572300724098cdbca1a/“ https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/setWebhook
Alternatively, you can use some service like Postman or hurl.it just remember to do the following:
- Request type is "POST"
- url to post to https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/setWebhook
- as parameters add this (name, value) pair: (url, <ngrok_url>/c817304a3d163ebd58b44dd446eba29572300724098cdbca1a/)
You should get a response that states that "webhook has been set"
You should now be able to talk to the bot and get responses from it
- Visit
localhost:8000/telegrambot