RPi-TELEBOT

Python based Telegram bot to monitor and control the headless raspberry pi servers.

Setting up the bot

• Install telepot library for enabling the Raspberry Pi to communicate with the Telegram bot using the API.

  sudo apt-get install python-pip
  sudo pip install telepot
  

• Request the BotFather to create a new Bot.
• Paste the HTTP access token here (in the code):

  bot = telepot.Bot('  Enter your Telegram bot API token here  ')
  

• Run gpiotel20.py as sudo
• Try out the commands given below in the Telegram bot chat (see Usage section below)
• GPIO of led1 and led2 set as 5 and 10 respectively(BCM numbering).

Commands:

• help - List of commands
• ledon1 - Switch on LED 1
• ledoff1 - Switch off LED 1
• ledon2 - Switch on LED 2
• ledoff2 - Switch off LED 2
• cpu - Get CPU info (lscpu)
• usb - See connected USB devices (lsusb)
• hi - To check if online
• time - Returns time
• date - Returns date
• temp - CPU Temperature
• repoupdate - update repositories (sudo apt-get update)
• upgrade - upgrade packages (sudo apt-get upgrade -y)
• shutdown - Shutdown RPi (sudo shutdown -h now)
• reboot - Reboot RPi (sudo reboot)

Usage:

• Use ' / ' before each command
• Example: To check the CPU Temperature;

/temp

Tips:

• See more about telegram bots here: https://core.telegram.org/bots
• As the /repoupdate and /upgrade takes time you can use /ledon1 or /ledon2 command to alert you when the process is complete.
• If you are running this script on boot [systemd users] , refer : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget/

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