Breaking Italy Club bot

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bic_bot

Breaking Italy Club bot

User manual

Basic users just need to follow these simple instructions.

Start the bot and write /email your_email@example.com
Click the verification link in the mail (also check the SPAM folder!)
Wait for the invitation link. It will be available as soon as your patron status is verified by the staff

This needs to be done only one time server-side.

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 that chat
Send the bot a csv file named "patrons.csv" with patrons' emails
```
person@example.com,
someone@gmail.com,
[...]
```
The csv file must be sent periodically.
[NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] Using Patreon's API, the patrons list will be automatically downloaded from the server

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.
Any user can automatically link their email to their Telegram account. If their email is white-listed, they can join the chat.

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