rails-telegram.md

Quick start with your Telegram integration for Rails app. Check also:

• telegram_bot gem itself, which is the base of the integration
• Rails template used for this guide
• Rails app example with advanced bot features like sessions

Rails Telegram integration

1. Add gem telegram-bot

2. Add telegram_webhook TelegramWebhooksController to config/routes.rb

3. Add telegram_webhooks_controller#start!

def start!(*)
  respond_with :message, text: t('.hi')
end

3. Run and test it in development

4. Add telegram_webhooks_controller#inline_keyboard!

def inline_keyboard!(*)
  respond_with :message, text: t('.prompt'), reply_markup: {
    inline_keyboard: [
      [
        {text: t('.alert'), callback_data: 'alert'},
        {text: t('.no_alert'), callback_data: 'no_alert'},
      ],
      [{text: t('.repo'), url: 'https://github.com/telegram-bot-rb/telegram-bot'}],
    ],
  }
end

5. Add telegram_webhooks_controller#callback_query

def callback_query(data)
  if data == 'alert'
    answer_callback_query t('.alert'), show_alert: true
  else
    answer_callback_query t('.no_alert')
  end
end

6. Add locales to en.yml:

en:
  telegram_webhooks:
    inline_keyboard:
      alert: Answer with alert
      no_alert: Without alert
      prompt: 'Check my inline keyboard:'
      repo: Open gem repo
    callback_query:
      alert: This is ALERT-T-T!!!
      no_alert: Simple answer