🤖 Bot API version: Bot API 8.0 (November 17, 2024) 🎃
Televerse is a powerful, easy-to-use, and highly customizable Telegram bot framework built with Dart programming language. It provides a complete and well-structured API that enables developers to create and deploy complex Telegram bots with ease. Televerse provides a total of 0 dynamic types on its public interface, making it easy for developers to write strictly typed code.
(🗓️ November 17, 2024)
In a nutshell, this update majorly is about Telegram Mini Apps, though we have a few new methods for Bot API including editUserStarSubscription, getAvailableGifts etc. Being said that, now Bots can send Gifts to the user. 🎁
Checkout changelog for more details! 🚀
(🗓️ June 28, 2024)
Televerse now lets you build even more powerful bots with custom contexts!
- Design custom context classes to store information specific to your bot's needs.
- Keep your bot's logic organized with private context members and methods.
- Add features like localization by integrating mixins.
With the new Bot.contextBuilder method, you can define specialized context
constructors to create context objects with personalized behaviors and
capabilities. This update allows you to tailor your bot's responses, handle
complex workflows, and integrate additional features seamlessly.
Read more here.
Creating a bot with Televerse is very easy! First, you need to import the Televerse package:
Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:
dependencies:
televerse: <latest>Now in your Dart code, you can import the Televerse package:
import 'package:televerse/televerse.dart';After importing the package, you can create a new bot instance by providing your bot token:
Bot bot = Bot('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN');Now, you can start listening for updates such as messages, commands, etc. To start polling updates from Telegram servers, simply call:
await bot.start();That's it! Your bot is now ready to receive updates from Telegram.
Note
Remember to await the bot.start() call! This call initializes the bot and
fetches details like its username. Starting the bot without awaiting could
lead to unexpected behavior if initialization fails.
If you want to handle a specific command, such as the /start command, you can
use the bot.command method. For example:
bot.command('start', (ctx) async {
await ctx.reply('Hello, World!');
});And that's all you need to get started with Televerse!
Televerse has a new API that is much simpler and easier to use. You can now use
the bot instance to access the powerful Televerse methods and properties, and
if you want to access the Telegram Bot API methods, you can use the bot.api
getter. Simple, and clean.
Now, when you're inside a callback function, you can use the Context parameter
which also provides you with the api property.
For example, if you want to send a message to a specific chat you can do it like this:
bot.api.sendMessage(ChatID(123456), "Hello, World!");
// or with the context
ctx.api.sendMessage(ChatID(123456), "Hello, World!");Televerse also offers a set of custom methods to simplify your development process. Some of these methods include:
bot.commandto listen for commands
Let's see an example:
bot.command("hello", (ctx) async {
await ctx.reply("Hello World 👋");
// ...
});Similarly, you have access to many listener methods including bot.hear,
bot.on, bot.callbackQuery etc to listen to specific events.
Televerse also let's you create your own filter to cherrypick the specific update and process it.
For example, if you want to listen for messages that contain a photo with a size greater than 1MB, you can do it like this:
bot.filter((ctx) {
return (ctx.message.photo?.last.fileSize ?? 0) > 1000000;
}, (ctx) {
ctx.reply('Wow, that\'s a big photo!');
});More listener methods listed in the features section.
Televerse uses 0 dynamic types on the public interface, ensuring type safety and reliability throughout your bot development process.
Host your own Bot API server and listen to updates effortlessly with Televerse.
Simply use the Bot.local constructor to configure your bot with a custom base
URL.
/// Creates the bot instance, optionally passing the base URL of the local Bot API Server.
final Bot bot = Bot.local(
"YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
baseURL: "mybotapi.com",
);Whether you're using Cloud Functions or Lambda Functions, Televerse has you
covered. Utilize Bot.handleUpdate to handle updates manually in your
serverless environment.
// Create bot instance, and setup listeners
// ...
final json = jsonDecode(event.body);
final update = Update.fromJson(json);
bot.handleUpdate(update);Say goodbye to uncertainty with Televerse's LoggerOptions, allowing you to
customize network logging options to your heart's content.
final bot = Bot(
"YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
loggerOptions: LoggerOptions(
requestBody: true,
requestHeader: true,
responseBody: true,
methods: [
APIMethod.sendMessage,
APIMethod.sendPhoto,
],
),
);Easily create Keyboard Reply Markup and Inline Keyboard Markup with Televerse's intuitive utility classes. Easy as it sounds.
bot.command('keyboard', (ctx) async {
final keyboard = Keyboard()
.text("Account")
.text("Referral")
.row()
.text("Settings")
.resized();
await ctx.reply(
"Choose an option:",
replyMarkup: keyboard,
);
});Televerse offers a wide array of listener methods to cater to your bot's needs, including:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
bot.command |
For listening commands |
bot.hears |
For listening to specified Regular Expression |
bot.inlineQuery |
For listening to inline query with specified query text |
bot.text |
For listening to message with specified text |
bot.callbackQuery |
For listening to specified callback data |
bot.onDocument |
For listening to messages that contain a document |
bot.onPhoto |
For listening to photo messages |
bot.chatType |
For filtering updates on specific type of chat such as Super Group or Channel or Private Chat |
bot.entity |
Sets up handler method for messages that contains specified entity type |
bot.myChatMember |
Listens to change in Bot's chat member status - such as bot is added to a channel or kicked from a group etc. |
- And much much more :)
Wait a second, did we miss your use case? Create your own listener methods with
ease using Bot.filter.
bot.filter((ctx) {
return (ctx.message.photo?.last.fileSize ?? 0) > 1000000;
}, (ctx) async {
ctx.reply('Wow, that\'s a big photo!');
});Stay up-to-date with the latest version of the Telegram Bot API, supported by Televerse. That's a promise.
Handle errors gracefully with Bot.onError, catching almost all uncaught errors
from any handlers.
import 'dart:developer';
// ...
bot.onError((err) {
log(
"Something went wrong: $err",
error: err.error,
stackTrace: err.stackTrace,
);
});Engage users in one-on-one conversations with the Conversation API, waiting for their messages seamlessly.
// Create your bot instance
final bot = Bot(
"YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
);
// Create the Conversation API instance
final conv = Conversation(bot);
bot.command('start', (ctx) async {
await ctx.reply("Hello, I am ${ctx.me.firstName}. What should I call you?");
// Now wait you can wait for the user's reply message. Easy, right?
final nameCtx = await conv.waitForTextMessage(chatId: ctx.id);
await nameCtx?.reply("Good to meet you, ${ctx.message?.text}");
});Effortlessly build Inline Reply Markup and Keyboard Reply Markup with Televerse's utility classes, bound with handler methods for button taps.
// Define handler methods
Future<void> accountHandler(Context ctx) async {
await ctx.replyWithPhoto(InputFile.fromFile(File("hello.png")));
await ctx.reply("Here's your account details...");
}
// Define menu options
final menu = KeyboardMenu()
.text("Account", accountHandler)
.text("Referral", referralHandler)
.text("Settings", settingsHandler)
.resized();
// Attach menu to bot
bot.attachMenu(menu);
// Start bot
bot.command('start', (ctx) async {
await ctx.reply(
"Hello, I am ${ctx.me.firstName}. Let's start.",
replyMarkup: menu,
);
});Efficiently build inline query results with the InlineQueryResultBuilder, simplifying the process of generating inline query results.
Televerse support Middlewares and Transformers in the library. These features allow you to preprocess and manipulate API requests seamlessly.
Middlewares let you execute code before your main handler is run. This is useful for tasks like logging, authentication, and more.
class LoggingMiddleware implements Middleware {
@override
Future<void> handle(
Context ctx,
NextFunction next,
) async {
print('Received update: ${ctx.update}');
await next();
}
}
// Usage
bot.use(LoggingMiddleware());Transformers allow you to alter the request payloads directly, providing a more flexible way to modify requests before they are sent to the API.
class AutoReplyEnforcer implements Transformer {
@override
Future<Map<String, dynamic>> transform(
APICaller call,
APIMethod method, [
Payload? payload,
]) async {
final isSendMethod = APIMethod.sendMethods.contains(method);
final isNotChatAction = method != APIMethod.sendChatAction;
if (isSendMethod && isNotChatAction) {
payload!.params["reply_markup"] = ForceReply().toJson();
}
return await call(method, payload);
}
}
// Usage
bot.use(AutoReplyEnforcer());Chain multiple middlewares directly to specific commands or handlers using ScopeOptions.chain. This allows for granular control over middleware execution at the scope level, perfect for implementing features like command or scope specific authentication or rate limiting.
// Define middleware functions
final admins = [12345, 67890];
MiddlewareFunction adminCheck = (ctx, next) async {
if (!admins.contains(ctx.id.id)) return;
return next();
};
// Apply middleware chain to specific commands
bot.command(
'admin',
(ctx) async {
await ctx.reply("Hello Admin!");
},
options: ScopeOptions.chain([adminCheck]),
);If you find Televerse helpful, please consider shooting a star on our Github repository. This helps us to know that our work is appreciated and motivates us to continue improving Televerse.
We have an active Telegram group where you can discuss Televerse and get help from other users and developers.
Televerse is a powerful and easy-to-use library for building Telegram bots in Dart. With its fully typed interface and helpful helper methods, you can write clean, maintainable code that responds to messages and updates on Telegram. So, what are you waiting for? Start building your Telegram bot with Televerse today!
