weather-bot

• Simple weather bot python-telegram-bot v20.0b0

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Used libraries

• https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/en/v20.0b0/
• Coded with Python 3.11.1

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How to start the bot?

1. Created new bot from https://t.me/BotFather if you don't have one
2. Get token for API Yandex Weather https://yandex.com/dev/weather/
3. Install all requirements from requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt  

4. Create file .env in project root
5. Copy the line into you .env file with token provided by BotFather

BOT_TOKEN=YOUR_BOT_TOKEN  

6. Copy the line into you .env file with token provided by Yandex.Weather API

TOKEN_YANDEX_WEATHER=YOUR_API_YANDEX_WEATHER_TOKEN  

New features with docker

If there is an error about lack of access, add current user to the docker group:

sudo usermod -a -G docker [user]
newgrp docker

Use this sequence of commands to run the container:

1. To run the application in docker, you need to install docker-compose:

sudo apt install docker-compose 

2. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Lexxx42/yandex-weather-bot.git

3. Change directory to project dir

cd yandex-weather-bot/

4. Add your tokens for telegram bot and yandex weather

nano .env

BOT_TOKEN=YOUR_BOT_TOKEN
TOKEN_YANDEX_WEATHER=YOUR_API_YANDEX_WEATHER_TOKEN

Don't forget to save changes!

5. Start the build

docker-compose up --build

Added docker image to public repository

Docker Hub

If you are using docker image from DockerHub use following commands:

1. To pull repository use:

docker pull alex42konukhov/yandex-weather-bot:debian-bullseye

2. Create a container from the image. Should be an error message.

docker run alex42konukhov/yandex-weather-bot:debian-bullseye

3. Create .env file and add your telegram token and yandex weather api key

BOT_TOKEN=
TOKEN_YANDEX_WEATHER=

4. Copy the modified configuration file from your host machine to the container's file system:

docker cp .env docker_container_id:/app/.env

5. Run docker container in detached mode

docker start container_id