expl-bot

Development

• Install node.js v12.* and Docker
• Run npm install
• Create local database with docker-compose up -d
• Copy contents of .env-sample to new file called .env
• Create your bot with Botfather and insert the token to .env file
• Source environment variables file with source .env
• Initialize database with npm run migrate:dev
• Run npm run dev to start the bot

Production (Docker)

• Use existing PostgreSQL database or create one with docker run --name postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<mysecretpassword> -d postgres
• Make sure your .env file contains variables for production use
• Start bot with

docker run \
  --name expl-bot \
  -e "PG_CONNECTION_STRING=$PG_CONNECTION_STRING" \
  -e "TG_WEBHOOK=$TG_WEBHOOK" \
  -e "TG_TOKEN=$TG_TOKEN" \
  -p 6000:6000 \
  -d \
  ghrc.io/majori/expl-bot

• Run migrations with docker exec expl-bot npm run migrate