Davte

Queer European MD passionate about IT

CicloPiBot

@CicloPiBot is a Telegram bot based on davtelepot which provides information about CicloPi, the public bike-sharing service in Pisa.

Usage

Client side

Send /start @CicloPiBot, all you need is a Telegram account.

Commands

/start the bot
Ask for /help for further information
Ask for /ciclopi information

"Server" side

You may choose between method 1 (pip) and method 2 (git).

Using pip

Install ciclopibot
```
pip install ciclopibot
```

Run ciclopibot as module

python -m ciclopibot -h  # Get help 
python -m ciclopibot <your_token_here>

Using git
- Clone this repository
```
git clone ssh://git@gogs.davte.it:8445/Davte/ciclopibot.git
# git clone https://gogs.davte.it/Davte/ciclopibot.git
# git clone git@github.com:Davte/ciclopibot.git
# git clone https://github.com/Davte/ciclopibot.git
```
- Run install.sh: it will help you perform the following operations.
  - Put a Telegram bot token in gitignored data/passwords.py module.
  - To get a token, ask @BotFather.
  - The bot whose token you use will act as @CicloPiBot as long as you run the script.
  - Create a python3.5+ virtual environment and install requirements.
  - Specify python_virtual_environment and python_script variables in my_config.sh
- Run run_me.sh
```
bash run_me.sh;
```
- You may edit the file and test your code with your bot.
- Should you be satisfied of your edits enough, you may fork this repository and open a pull request.

Credits

Davte is the creator and the main author of this repository.
All data are obtained from CicloPi website and are meant to help users save time when using their service. Misuse is discouraged.
Minala inspired the idea and gave a first version of this service many years ago with a different implementation.