PoGo Raid Helper

Telegram Bot for summaries and deleting of raids in combination with PokeAlarm and MyPGoBot

Prerequisites

• Git
• NodeJS, NPM
• Telegram Bot ('/newbot' in a chat with the Botfather)

Installation

• Clone the source git clone https://github.com/PickleRickVE/PoGo-Raid-Helper.git
• Run npm install to set up the project
• Copy config.js.example to config.js, edit the latter and add your bot-token
• Set a webhook for your bot in your browser: https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/setwebhook?url=<https://your-server:3000/webhook> (a certificate is needed, take a look at this guide) or use a reverse proxy with a subdomain that links to your bot address.

Running

• Run npm start (preferred in a tmux or screen session)
• Add your bot to one or more channels in Telegram

Way of working

• The bot reads new raid messages posted to a channel by PokeAlarm and/or MyPGoBot and adds them to a summary (works with styles shown below)
• The summary will be deleted and reposted when a raid is added
• Raids will be deleted in summary and channel if expired
• Channels will be cleaned at 21:30h (local time)

Possible Styles