RocketChat over Telegram

Why not! Especially if for some reason you can't use RocketChat's mobile application.

Installation

Assuming you have python3.6:

git clone git@github.com/arthur-flam/rocketchat_over_telegram.git
cd rocketchat_over_telegram
pip install .

Setup

1. Create a telegram bot
2. You need to set some environment variables:

ENV variable	Where to find it
ROCKETCHAT_URI	the rocket chat server hostname:port
ROCKETCHAT_USER_ID/ROCKETCHAT_USER_TOKEN	Open RocketChat, open the devtools, and in the application data get your user_id and user_token
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN	Telegram gives it to you when you create the bot
TELEGRAM_USERNAME	You own telegram username, e.g. @arthur_flam
TELEGRAM_BOTUSER_CHAT_ID	Start a Telegram chat with your bot, then visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<yourtoken>/getUpdates to get the chat id.

Usage

rocketchat_over_telegram
rocketchat_over_telegram --restart-always

Now RocketChat messages are sent to you via the Telegram bot. Reply to continue the conversation in the last thread.

Development

pip install --editable .

Merge requests are very welcome!

Missing features:

• Reply-to-message to continue in its thread, not in the last thread.
• Edit sent Telegram messages to indicate unread statuses, or add reactions without duplicates.
• Display quoted messages as quoted messages
• Support for multiple users.
• Do a login to RocketChat with the username/password to get the token/user_id.
• Send notifications to telegram in case of auth errors.