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51 lines
1.8 KiB
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# RPi-TELEBOT
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Python based Telegram bot to monitor and control the headless raspberry pi servers.
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## Setting up the bot
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- Install telepot library for enabling the Raspberry Pi to communicate with the Telegram bot using the API.
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```
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sudo apt-get install python-pip
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sudo pip install telepot
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```
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- Request the BotFather to create a new Bot.
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- Paste the HTTP access token here (in the code):
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```
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bot = telepot.Bot(' Enter your Telegram bot API token here ')
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```
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- Run *gpiotel20.py* as sudo
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- Try out the commands given below in the Telegram bot chat (see Usage section below)
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- GPIO of led1 and led2 set as 5 and 10 respectively(BCM numbering).
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## Commands:
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- help - List of commands
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- ledon1 - Switch on LED 1
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- ledoff1 - Switch off LED 1
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- ledon2 - Switch on LED 2
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- ledoff2 - Switch off LED 2
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- cpu - Get CPU info (lscpu)
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- usb - See connected USB devices (lsusb)
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- hi - To check if online
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- time - Returns time
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- date - Returns date
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- temp - CPU Temperature
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- repoupdate - update repositories (sudo apt-get update)
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- upgrade - upgrade packages (sudo apt-get upgrade -y)
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- shutdown - Shutdown RPi (sudo shutdown -h now)
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- reboot - Reboot RPi (sudo reboot)
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## Usage:
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- Use ' / ' before each command
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- Example: To check the CPU Temperature;
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```
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/temp
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```
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## Tips:
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- See more about telegram bots here: https://core.telegram.org/bots
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- As the /repoupdate and /upgrade takes time you can use /ledon1 or /ledon2 command to alert you when the process is complete.
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- If you are running this script on boot [systemd users] , refer : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget/
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## Screenshots:
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