quote-bot

A Telegram bot that sends random quotes on demand or on a daily schedule.

Setup

pip install "python-telegram-bot[job-queue]"

Create a bot via @BotFather on Telegram and copy the token.

export BOT_TOKEN=your_token_here   # Mac / Linux
set BOT_TOKEN=your_token_here      # Windows
python bot.py

A quotes.json file is included with 20 quotes to get started.

Commands

command	what it does
/start	welcome message
/quote	get a random quote
/subscribe	daily quote at 9am
/unsubscribe	stop daily quotes
/help	list commands

Notes

• Daily quote sends at 9am in the machine's local timezone.
• Subscriptions reset if the bot restarts. Re-send /subscribe to resume.

Adding quotes

Edit quotes.json and add any string to the array.

[
  "Your quote here",
  "Another one"
]

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