Telegram Bot For Screenshot Generation

An attempt to implement the screenshot generation of telegram files without downloading the entire file. Live version can be found here @screenshotit_bot

• FFmpeg
• Python3 (3.8.2)

• Clone to local machine.

$ git clone https://github.com/odysseusmax/animated-lamp.git
$ cd animated-lamp

• Create virtualenv

$ pip3 install virtualenv
$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate

• Install dependencies

$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Properly setup the environment variables.

• API_ID(required) - Get your telegram API_ID from https://my.telegram.org/.
• API_HASH(required) - Get your telegram API_HASH from https://my.telegram.org/.
• BOT_TOKEN(required) - Obtain your bot token from Bot Father.
• SESSION_NAME(required) - Name you want to call your bot's session, Eg: bot username.
• USER_SESSION_STRING(required) - Userbot's session string (Generate Session String).
• MIDDLE_MAN(required) - Middle man channel's id.
• LINK_GEN_BOT(required) - Username of the bot that generates streamable links for the telegram files (Bot source).
• LOG_CHANNEL(required) - Log channel's id.
• DATABASE_URL(required) - Mongodb database URI.
• AUTH_USERS(required) - Authorised user(s) id separated by space.
• MAX_PROCESSES_PER_USER(optional) - Number of parallel processes each user can have, defaults to 2.
• MAX_TRIM_DURATION(optional) - Maximum allowed seconds for trimming. Defaults to 600.
• TRACK_CHANNEL(optional) - User activity tracking channel's id. Only needed if you want to track and block any user. Disabled by default.

$ python3 run.py

Now go to your bot and do a /start.

• /start - Command to start bot or check whether bot is alive.

• /settings - Command to configure bot's behavior'

• /set_watermark - Command to add custom watermark text to screenshots. Usage: /set_watermark watermark_text

• /status - Admin/Auth users only command. Returns number of total users.

• /ban_user - Admin/Auth users only command. Command to ban any user. Usage: /ban_user user_id ban_duration ban_reason.

• /unban_user - Admin/Auth users only command. Command to ban any banned user. Usage: /unban_user user_id.

• Screenshot Generation - Generates screenshots from telegram video files or streaming links. Number of screenshots range from 2-10.
• Sample Video Generation - Generates sample video from telegram video files or streaming links. Video duration range from 30s to 150s. Configurable in /settings.
• Video Trimming - Trims any telegram video files or streaming links. Video duration depends on the environment. By default upto 10 mins (600s).

In bot settings.

• Upload Mode - Screenshot upload mode. Either as image file or as document file. Defaults to as image file.
• Watermark - Watermark text to be embedded to screenshots. Texts upto 30 characters supported. Disabled by default.
• Watermark Color - Font color to be used for watermark. Any of white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, brown, gold, silver, pink. Defaults to white.
• Watermark Font Size - Font size to be used for watermarks. Any of small(30), medium(40), large(50). Defaults to medium.
• Sample Video Duration - Sample video's duration. Any of 30s, 60s, 90s, 120s, 150s. Defaults to 30s.
• Screenshot Genetation Mode - Either random or equally spaced. Defaults to equally spaced.

Contributions are welcome.

You can contact me @odysseusmax

Thanks to Dan for his Pyrogram library.

Thanks to Tulir Asokan for his TgFileStream Bot.

Code released under The GNU General Public License.