teloxide/README.md
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<h1>teloxide</h1>
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A full-featured framework that empowers you to easily build [Telegram bots](https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution) using the [`async`/`.await`](https://rust-lang.github.io/async-book/01_getting_started/01_chapter.html) syntax in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/). It handles all the difficult stuff so you can focus only on your business logic.
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## Table of contents
- [Highlights](#highlights)
- [Setting up your environment](#setting-up-your-environment)
- [API overview](#api-overview)
- [The dices bot](#the-dices-bot)
- [Commands](#commands)
- [Dialogues management](#dialogues-management)
- [Recommendations](#recommendations)
- [Cargo features](#cargo-features)
- [FAQ](#faq)
- [Community bots](#community-bots)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
## Highlights
- **Functional reactive design.** teloxide follows [functional reactive design], allowing you to declaratively manipulate streams of updates from Telegram using filters, maps, folds, zips, and a lot of [other adaptors].
[functional reactive design]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_reactive_programming
[other adaptors]: https://docs.rs/futures/latest/futures/stream/trait.StreamExt.html
- **Dialogues management subsystem.** We have designed our dialogues management subsystem to be easy-to-use, and, furthermore, to be agnostic of how/where dialogues are stored. For example, you can just replace a one line to achieve [persistence]. Out-of-the-box storages include [Redis] and [Sqlite].
[persistence]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_(computer_science)
[Redis]: https://redis.io/
[Sqlite]: https://www.sqlite.org
- **Strongly typed bot commands.** You can describe bot commands as enumerations, and then they'll be automatically constructed from strings — just like JSON structures in [serde-json] and command-line arguments in [structopt].
[structopt]: https://github.com/TeXitoi/structopt
[serde-json]: https://github.com/serde-rs/json
## Setting up your environment
1. [Download Rust](http://rustup.rs/).
2. Create a new bot using [@Botfather](https://t.me/botfather) to get a token in the format `123456789:blablabla`.
3. Initialise the `TELOXIDE_TOKEN` environmental variable to your token:
```bash
# Unix-like
$ export TELOXIDE_TOKEN=<Your token here>
# Windows
$ set TELOXIDE_TOKEN=<Your token here>
```
4. Make sure that your Rust compiler is up to date:
```bash
# If you're using stable
$ rustup update stable
$ rustup override set stable
# If you're using nightly
$ rustup update nightly
$ rustup override set nightly
```
5. Run `cargo new my_bot`, enter the directory and put these lines into your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
teloxide = "0.3"
teloxide-macros = "0.3"
log = "0.4.8"
pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
tokio = { version = "0.2.11", features = ["rt-threaded", "macros"] }
```
## API overview
### The dices bot
This bot replies with a dice throw to each received message:
([Full](./examples/dices_bot/src/main.rs))
```rust,no_run
use teloxide::prelude::*;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
teloxide::enable_logging!();
log::info!("Starting dices_bot...");
let bot = Bot::from_env();
teloxide::repl(bot, |message| async move {
message.answer_dice().send().await?;
ResponseResult::<()>::Ok(())
})
.await;
}
```
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### Commands
Commands are strongly typed and defined declaratively, similar to how we define CLI using [structopt] and JSON structures in [serde-json]. The following bot accepts these commands:
- `/username <your username>`
- `/usernameandage <your username> <your age>`
- `/help`
[structopt]: https://docs.rs/structopt/0.3.9/structopt/
[serde-json]: https://github.com/serde-rs/json
([Full](./examples/simple_commands_bot/src/main.rs))
```rust,no_run
use teloxide::{utils::command::BotCommand, prelude::*};
#[derive(BotCommand)]
#[command(rename = "lowercase", description = "These commands are supported:")]
enum Command {
#[command(description = "display this text.")]
Help,
#[command(description = "handle a username.")]
Username(String),
#[command(description = "handle a username and an age.", parse_with = "split")]
UsernameAndAge { username: String, age: u8 },
}
async fn answer(cx: UpdateWithCx<Message>, command: Command) -> ResponseResult<()> {
match command {
Command::Help => cx.answer(Command::descriptions()).send().await?,
Command::Username(username) => {
cx.answer_str(format!("Your username is @{}.", username)).await?
}
Command::UsernameAndAge { username, age } => {
cx.answer_str(format!("Your username is @{} and age is {}.", username, age)).await?
}
};
Ok(())
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
teloxide::enable_logging!();
log::info!("Starting simple_commands_bot...");
let bot = Bot::from_env();
let bot_name: String = panic!("Your bot's name here");
teloxide::commands_repl(bot, bot_name, answer).await;
}
```
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### Dialogues management
A dialogue is described by an enumeration where each variant is one of possible dialogue's states. There are also _subtransition functions_, which turn a dialogue from one state to another, thereby forming a [FSM].
[FSM]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine
Below is a bot that asks you three questions and then sends the answers back to you. First, let's start with an enumeration (a collection of our dialogue's states):
([dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/mod.rs](./examples/dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/mod.rs))
```rust,ignore
// Imports are omitted...
#[derive(Transition, From)]
pub enum Dialogue {
Start(StartState),
ReceiveFullName(ReceiveFullNameState),
ReceiveAge(ReceiveAgeState),
ReceiveLocation(ReceiveLocationState),
}
impl Default for Dialogue {
fn default() -> Self {
Self::Start(StartState)
}
}
```
When a user sends a message to our bot and such a dialogue does not exist yet, a `Dialogue::default()` is invoked, which is a `Dialogue::Start` in this case. Every time a message is received, an associated dialogue is extracted and then passed to a corresponding subtransition function:
<details>
<summary>Dialogue::Start</summary>
([dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/start.rs](./examples/dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/start.rs))
```rust,ignore
// Imports are omitted...
pub struct StartState;
#[teloxide(subtransition)]
async fn start(_state: StartState, cx: TransitionIn, _ans: String) -> TransitionOut<Dialogue> {
cx.answer_str("Let's start! What's your full name?").await?;
next(ReceiveFullNameState)
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Dialogue::ReceiveFullName</summary>
([dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/receive_full_name.rs](./examples/dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/receive_full_name.rs))
```rust,ignore
// Imports are omitted...
#[derive(Generic)]
pub struct ReceiveFullNameState;
#[teloxide(subtransition)]
async fn receive_full_name(
state: ReceiveFullNameState,
cx: TransitionIn,
ans: String,
) -> TransitionOut<Dialogue> {
cx.answer_str("How old are you?").await?;
next(ReceiveAgeState::up(state, ans))
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Dialogue::ReceiveAge</summary>
([dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/receive_age.rs](./examples/dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/receive_age.rs))
```rust,ignore
// Imports are omitted...
#[derive(Generic)]
pub struct ReceiveAgeState {
pub full_name: String,
}
#[teloxide(subtransition)]
async fn receive_age_state(
state: ReceiveAgeState,
cx: TransitionIn,
ans: String,
) -> TransitionOut<Dialogue> {
match ans.parse::<u8>() {
Ok(ans) => {
cx.answer_str("What's your location?").await?;
next(ReceiveLocationState::up(state, ans))
}
_ => {
cx.answer_str("Send me a number.").await?;
next(state)
}
}
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Dialogue::ReceiveLocation</summary>
([dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/receive_location.rs](./examples/dialogue_bot/src/dialogue/states/receive_location.rs))
```rust,ignore
// Imports are omitted...
#[derive(Generic)]
pub struct ReceiveLocationState {
pub full_name: String,
pub age: u8,
}
#[teloxide(subtransition)]
async fn receive_location(
state: ReceiveLocationState,
cx: TransitionIn,
ans: String,
) -> TransitionOut<Dialogue> {
cx.answer_str(format!("Full name: {}\nAge: {}\nLocation: {}", state.full_name, state.age, ans))
.await?;
exit()
}
```
</details>
All these subtransition functions accept a corresponding state (one of the many variants of `Dialogue`), a context, and a textual message. They return `TransitionOut<Dialogue>`, e.g. a mapping from `<your state type>` to `Dialogue`.
Finally, the `main` function looks like this:
([dialogue_bot/src/main.rs](./examples/dialogue_bot/src/main.rs))
```rust,ignore
// Imports are omitted...
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
teloxide::enable_logging!();
log::info!("Starting dialogue_bot...");
let bot = Bot::from_env();
teloxide::dialogues_repl(bot, |message, dialogue| async move {
handle_message(message, dialogue).await.expect("Something wrong with the bot!")
})
.await;
}
async fn handle_message(cx: UpdateWithCx<Message>, dialogue: Dialogue) -> TransitionOut<Dialogue> {
match cx.update.text_owned() {
None => {
cx.answer_str("Send me a text message.").await?;
next(dialogue)
}
Some(ans) => dialogue.react(cx, ans).await,
}
}
```
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[More examples!](./examples)
## Recommendations
- Use this pattern:
```rust
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
run().await;
}
async fn run() {
// Your logic here...
}
```
Instead of this:
```rust
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
// Your logic here...
}
```
The second one produces very strange compiler messages due to the `#[tokio::main]` macro. However, the examples in this README use the second variant for brevity.
## Cargo features
- `redis-storage` -- enables the [Redis] support.
- `sqlite-storage` -- enables the [Sqlite] support.
- `cbor-serializer` -- enables the [CBOR] serializer for dialogues.
- `bincode-serializer` -- enables the [Bincode] serializer for dialogues.
- `frunk` -- enables [`teloxide::utils::UpState`], which allows mapping from a structure of `field1, ..., fieldN` to a structure of `field1, ..., fieldN, fieldN+1`.
[CBOR]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBOR
[Bincode]: https://github.com/servo/bincode
[`teloxide::utils::UpState`]: https://docs.rs/teloxide/latest/teloxide/utils/trait.UpState.html
## FAQ
**Q: Where I can ask questions?**
A: [Issues](https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/issues) is a good place for well-formed questions, for example, about:
- the library design;
- enhancements;
- bug reports;
- ...
If you can't compile your bot due to compilation errors and need quick help, feel free to ask in [our official Telegram group](https://t.me/teloxide).
**Q: Do you support the Telegram API for clients?**
A: No, only the bots API.
**Q: Why Rust?**
A: Most programming languages have their own implementations of Telegram bots frameworks, so why not Rust? We think Rust provides a good enough ecosystem and the language for it to be suitable for writing bots.
UPD: The current design relies on wide and deep trait bounds, thereby increasing cognitive complexity. It can be avoided using [mux-stream], but currently the stable Rust channel doesn't support necessary features to use [mux-stream] conveniently. Furthermore, the [mux-stream] could help to make a library out of teloxide, not a framework, since the design in this case could be defined by just combining streams of updates.
[mux-stream]: https://github.com/Hirrolot/mux-stream
**Q: Can I use webhooks?**
A: teloxide doesn't provide special API for working with webhooks due to their nature with lots of subtle settings. Instead, you should setup your webhook by yourself, as shown in [`examples/ngrok_ping_pong_bot`](./examples/ngrok_ping_pong_bot/src/main.rs) and [`examples/heroku_ping_pong_bot`](./examples/heroku_ping_pong_bot/src/main.rs).
Associated links:
- [Marvin's Marvellous Guide to All Things Webhook](https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks)
- [Using self-signed certificates](https://core.telegram.org/bots/self-signed)
**Q: Can I use different loggers?**
A: Yes. You can setup any logger, for example, [fern], e.g. teloxide has no specific requirements as it depends only on [log]. Remember that [`enable_logging!`] and [`enable_logging_with_filter!`] are just **optional** utilities.
[fern]: https://crates.io/crates/fern
[log]: https://crates.io/crates/log
[`enable_logging!`]: https://docs.rs/teloxide/latest/teloxide/macro.enable_logging.html
[`enable_logging_with_filter!`]: https://docs.rs/teloxide/latest/teloxide/macro.enable_logging_with_filter.html
## Community bots
Feel free to push your own bot into our collection!
- [_steadylearner/subreddit_reader_](https://github.com/steadylearner/Rust-Full-Stack/tree/master/commits/teloxide/subreddit_reader)
- [_ArtHome12/vzmuinebot -- Telegram bot for food menu navigate_](https://github.com/ArtHome12/vzmuinebot)
- [_Hermitter/tepe -- A CLI to command a bot to send messages and files over Telegram_](https://github.com/Hermitter/tepe)
- [_ArtHome12/cognito_bot -- The bot is designed to anonymize messages to a group_](https://github.com/ArtHome12/cognito_bot)
- [_GoldsteinE/tg-vimhelpbot -- Link `:help` for Vim in Telegram_](https://github.com/GoldsteinE/tg-vimhelpbot)
## Contributing
See [CONRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).