Telegram Handle: @hostelm_mess_bot
A telegram bot made in Node.js that tells what is made in the mess of Hostel M, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Deployed and launched on 8 February 2019. Has been actively used till the date of the update of this document.
Check what's in Hostel M, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology's mess. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner !
After you start the bot, it gives you 3 options in your keyboard :
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Breakfast
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Lunch
-
Dinner
You can select any of the three to know what is made in that meal.
After the time of that meal passes, if you choose the meal, it shows you that specific meal for the next day.
The bot analytics are being handled by BotMetrics . An amazing analytics product which provides adequate reporting for bots.
To run the bot service locally define the following environment variables (in a .env file) and run the subsequent commands.
- TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
- PORT
- BOTMETRICS_TOKEN
$ npm install
$ npm start