node-tdlib

Install

Use prebuilt binaries

npm i wfjsw/node-tdlib --save

NPM will automatically download the appropriate tdlib.node binary.

Will compile automatically (using a lot of time) if there doesn't exist a suitable binary. If you do not need it, pass --ignore-scripts to npm.

List of prebuilt binary is available here.

Compile on your own

git clone https://github.com/wfjsw/node-tdlib.git
cd node-tdlib
npm i
npm run compile
npm ln

When you need to use it, run

npm ln tdlib

Dependencies: cmake, gperf, zlib, node >= 10.0.0, same OpenSSL(libssl-dev) version with Node.js

You may check your Node.js Dependency by using node -p process.versions

Be careful when use gcc and g++ as they will use up to 8GB memory. clang compiler is preferred but not required. Using clang will result in less memory requirement on compilation.

Optional Dependencies: ccache (will speed up subsequent compilation.)

TdLib Raw Interface

interface TDLib {
    /** 
     * Create a TDLib Client 
     * @returns {number} Return a sequence number for client identifier
     */
    td_client_create(): number;
    /**
     * Destroy a TDLib Client
     * @param {number} client_id Client identifier
     */
    td_client_destroy(client_id: number);
    /**
     * Sends request to TDLib.
     * @param {number} client_id Client identifier
     * @param {string} request JSON serialized request
     */
    td_client_send(client_id: number, request: string);
    /**
     * Receives incoming updates and request responses from TDLib.
     * @param {number} client_id Client identifier
     * @param {number} timeout Maximum number of seconds allowed for this function to wait for new data.
     */
    td_client_receive(client_id: number, timeout: number);
    /**
     * Sends synchronized request to TDLib.
     * @param client_id Client identifier
     * @param request JSON serialized request
     */
    td_client_execute(client_id: number, request: string): string;

}

TdClient Interface

See TDLib Documentation for further reference.

class TdClientActor extends EventEmitter {
    constructor(options: TdClientActorOptions);
    run(method: string, params: object): Promise<object>;
    destroy(): Promise<void>;

    // Events:
    // ready
    // closed
    // __<types>
    // _fileDownloaded
    // _fileDownloaded:<file_id>
}

interface TdClientActorOptions {
    identifier: string;
    database_encryption_key: string;
    /** Application identifier for Telegram API access, which can be obtained at https://my.telegram.org.  */
    api_id: string;
    /** Application identifier hash for Telegram API access, which can be obtained at https://my.telegram.org.  */
    api_hash: string;
    /** If set to true, the Telegram test environment will be used instead of the production environment.  */
    use_test_dc?: boolean;
    /** The path to the directory for the persistent database; if empty, a dedicated directory named in identifier will be used.  */
    database_directory?: string;
    /** If set to true, information about downloaded and uploaded files will be saved between application restarts.  */
    use_file_database?: boolean;
    /** If set to true, the library will maintain a cache of users, basic groups, supergroups, channels and secret chats. Implies use_file_database.  */
    use_chat_info_database?: boolean;
    /** If set to true, the library will maintain a cache of chats and messages. Implies use_chat_info_database.  */
    use_message_database?: boolean;
    /** If set to true, support for secret chats will be enabled.  */
    use_secret_chats?: boolean;
    /** IETF language tag of the user's operating system language; must be non-empty.  */
    system_language_code?: string;
    /** Model of the device the application is being run on; must be non-empty.  */
    device_model?: string;
    /** Version of the operating system the application is being run on; must be non-empty. */
    system_version?: string;
    /** Application version; must be non-empty.  */
    application_version?: string;
    /** If set to true, old files will automatically be deleted.  */
    enable_storage_optimizer?: string;
    /** If set to true, original file names will be ignored. Otherwise, downloaded files will be saved under names as close as possible to the original name.  */
    ignore_file_names?: boolean;
}

Bot API Interface

See Telegram Bot API and bundled TypeScript file for reference.

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.