bic_bot

bic_bot

Breaking Italy Club bot

Instructions

• Get a Telegram bot API token (@botfather), allow groups and set the bot group privacy to off.

• Install bic_bot

  git clone https://gogs.davte.it/Davte/bic_bot.git
  cd bic_bot
  bash ./run_me.sh
  

• Add the bot to the BIC chat as administrator

• Write /set_chat in the chat

• Send a csv file to the bot named "patrons.csv" with patreons emails

  person@example.com,
  someone@gmail.com,
  [...]
  

• [NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] Using Patreon's API, the patrons list will be automatically downloaded from the server

• Users will be able to link their email to their Telegram account automatically. A confirmation email will help to verify the association

Functioning

• Whenever a person joins the chat, the bot will check whether their Telegram account is linked to an email listed in the patrons list. If not, the user will be kicked out.
• Whenever an email is removed from the white list, the linked Telegram account will be kicked out.
• [NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] Any user can automatically link their email to their Telegram account. If their email is white-listed, they can join the chat.

Credits

This davtelepot-based bot has been developed by @Davte. No official endorsement has been given by Breaking Italy.