Telegram Messaging App

Current Personal Project

Full-stack messaging application that communicates with a telegram user via a telegram bot.
I'm building this application to make use of the various full-stack related topics that I've learned.

I'm using the MEAN stack:

• Angular
• Nodejs with Expressjs
• MongoDb

I'm making use of the following key concepts and technologies:

• Angular routing
• RxJs
• JSON Web Tokens
• User authentication and authorisation
• Websockets

Running the Project on Your Machine

Follow these steps to set up and run the project on your local machine. Before you begin, ensure you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Git
• Node.js
• NPM (Node Package Manager)
• Angular CLI (Command Line Interface)
• MongoDB

Once you have these installed, proceed with the steps below.

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone git@github.com:AnevRensburg/telegram-app.git

2. Navigate to the Project Directory:

   cd telegram-app

3. Install Dependencies:

   npm install

4. Open your code editor: VS Code is opened like this:

    code .

5. Navigate into the 'config' folder and create a file called keys.js:

   cd config

    touch keys.js

6. Add code to private.js: Add the following code to private.js, replacing the strings with your values, also as strings:

   module.exports = {
       // Secret key for JWT
       secret: 'your_secret_key',
       // Bot ID
       botId: 'your_telegram_bot_token',
       // Channel ID
       channelId: 'your_telegram_channel_id'
   }

   6.1 Replace your_secret_key with another string; it should look like a password, and you should treat it like one too!
   
   

   6.2 Replace your_telegram_bot_token with the unique token you get when creating a telegram bot:

   6.2.1 Search BotFather on Telegram.
   6.2.2 Type /start to get started.
   6.2.3 Type /newbot to get a bot.
   6.2.4 Enter your Bot name and unique Username, which should end with the bot.
   6.2.5 Then, you would get your Bot token.
   
   

   6.3 Replace your_telegram_bot_token with the unique id of a telegram channel:

   6.3.1 Create a new telegram channel.
   6.3.2 Add your bot to the channel as an admin.
   6.3.3 Send a message in the channel and forward it to @userinfobot to get the channel id.
   
   

7. Change back into your root directory:

    cd ..

8. Run the Project:

   npm start

9. Navigate to the Angular App: In another tab, cd into the angular-src folder:

   cd angular-src

10. Install Dependencies:

    npm install

11. Serve the Application:

    ng serve

12. Open the Application: Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:4200/ to see the application in action.

Note: You can change the MongoDB database configuration in config/database.js.

If you encounter any errors or need assistance, please feel free to contact me directly at anejvr06@gmail.com.