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This guide will walk you through the steps to run a Telegram bot locally using Java, system environment variables, and the OpenAI API.

To successfully run the Telegram bot locally, make sure you have the following:

• Java Development Kit (JDK) installed on your machine.
• Telegram Bot Token obtained from the BotFather on Telegram.
• OpenAI API credentials (API key or access token) to access the OpenAI services.
• An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as IntelliJ or Eclipse.

Follow the steps below to set up and run the Telegram bot locally:

• Clone or download the ChatBot project to your local machine.
  $ git clone https://github.com/decoder-17/chatbot

• Open your preferred IDE and import the project.

• Set up system environment variables for your Telegram Bot Token and OpenAI API credentials:

  • Windows: Open the command prompt and execute the following command:

    setx CHAT_BOT_TOKEN "YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"
    setx OPENAI_TOKEN "YOUR_OPENAI_TOKEN"

  • Linux/macOS: Open the terminal and execute the following command:

    export CHAT_BOT_TOKEN="YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"
    export OPENAI_TOKEN="YOUR_OPENAI_TOKEN"

• In your IDE, locate the Main class and run it.

• Congratulations! Your Telegram bot is now running locally and ready to respond to user queries.

This guide will walk you through the steps to run a Telegram bot locally using Docker, Java, system environment variables, and the OpenAI API.

To successfully run the Telegram bot locally, make sure you have the following:

• Docker installed on your machine.
• Java Development Kit (JDK) installed on your machine.
• Telegram Bot Token obtained from the BotFather on Telegram.
• OpenAI API credentials (API key or access token) to access the OpenAI services.

Follow the steps below to set up and run the Telegram bot using Docker:

• Clone or download the ChatBot project to your local machine.
  $ git clone https://github.com/decoder-17/chatbot

• Open your preferred IDE and import the project.

• Build the Docker image using docker compose :

  docker compose build

• Set up system environment variables for your Telegram Bot Token:

  • Windows: Open the command prompt and execute the following command:

    setx CHAT_BOT_TOKEN "YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"
    setx OPENAI_TOKEN "YOUR_OPENAI_TOKEN"

  • Linux/macOS: Open the terminal and execute the following command:

    export CHAT_BOT_TOKEN="YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"
    export OPENAI_TOKEN="YOUR_OPENAI_TOKEN"

• Run the Docker container using the built image:

  docker compose up

• Congratulations! Your Telegram bot is now running inside a Docker container and ready to respond to user queries.

To start the bot:

/start

To get help or to learn about the different commands available:

/help

To search your query:

/search <type_your_query>

To learn about the bot and it's creator:

/about

For support, email tanupamsaha26@gmail.com or raise an issue.