Door State Updates by Telegram

Sends messages about the door state by telegram

Preparation

1. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
2. sudo apt-get install python-pip
3. sudo pip install telepot
4. sudo apt install python-gpiozero
5. Create bot in telegram, use the Chat 'BotFather' and type the command /newbot.
6. Enter bot name, e.g. "This is my Bot"
7. Enter bot Id, e.g. this_is_my_bot
8. You will get a bot ID
9. Write a file 'cnfg/botId.txt' to the root directory of this project. Write your bot id to this file.

The bot id suffice the following format.

1234567890:aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMoOpPqQrRs

Write this ID only to the cnfg/botId.txt.

Acknowledgments

To create a bot and send some messages I found a useful description. See https://www.instructables.com/id/Set-up-Telegram-Bot-on-Raspberry-Pi/. Many thanks to NickL17.