Description

This telegram bot can be used to launch commands or scripts and see their output

Build

Simply run:

$ make

Bin file will appear in ./build directory

To build deb-package you will need fpm: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm
Once installed, just run:

$ make deb

Deb-package will appear in ./build directory

Usage

$ tgcommander -h
Usage: tgcommander [-c configFile] [-h] [-v]
  -c string
        Path to config file (default "config.yaml")
  -h    Show this help
  -v    Show version information

Configuration file

Configuration file is YAML-file

telegram:
  #create bot in @BotFather and get token
  token: YOUR_TG_BOT_TOKEN
  #list of user IDs who is allowed to use bot
  #can be found in @userinfobot
  users: []
  #message to send to non-allowed users
  declineMessage: "go away"
#list of buttons
buttons:
    #name of button
  - name: name1
    #row number on keyboard
    row: 0
    #command
    command: "ls"
    #arguments
    arguments: ["-l", "-a"]
    #send output of command
    output: true
  - name: name2
    row: 1
    command: "./test.sh"
  - name: name3
    row: 1
    command: "echo"
    arguments: ["Hello world"]
    output: true

Install on debian-based systems with systemd

Download or build deb-package. Then:

$ sudo dpkg -i tgcommander-x.x.x-x86_64.deb

Then you should edit config /etc/tgcommander/config.yaml
Start bot:

$ sudo systemctl start tgcommander.service

Stop bot:

$ sudo systemctl stop tgcommander.service  

Enable autostart:

$ sudo systemctl enable tgcommander.service