Bot functions

Function

Description

Bot.sendMessage(text)

Bot.sendMessage("Hello from bot")

Bot.runCommand(command, options)

Run other command

Bot.runCommand("/contact")

and with options:

Bot.runCommand("/contact", {phone: "+15424", email: "example@example.com"})

in second command /contact:

Bot.sendMessage("Phone is:" + options.phone);

Bot.run(options)

Run other command

Bot.run({ command: "/contact" })

Bot.clearRunAfter(options)

Clear other command with run_after by label

Bot.runAll(options)

Run other command for all chats

Bot.runAll({ command: "/broadcast" })

Bot.sendKeyboard(buttons, message)

send keyboard and message. Message is required

Bot.sendKeyboard("about, help,\ncontacts", "send keyboard now")

Bot.sendInlineKeyboard(buttons, message)

Send inline keyboard and message. Message is required. Buttons is array. Button must have text fields: title(required), url or command.

Bot.sendInlineKeyboard([ {title: "google", url: "http://google.com" }, {title: "other command", command: "/othercommand"} ], "Please make a choice.")

Bot.editInlineKeyboard(buttons)

Edit exist inline keyboard after executing the command that was called by its button

Bot.editInlineKeyboard([ {title: "google", url: "http://google.com" } ])

Bot.setProp(name, value)

Bot.setProp("TotalScore", 100)

Also you can pass type: Bot.setProp(name, value, type)

Type can be: integer, float, string, text, json, datetime

Bot.getProp(name)

Bot.getProp("TotalScore")

can get property with default value for non exist property:

Bot.getProp("TotalScore", 100)

can get property of another bot: Bot.getProp({ name: "propName", other_bot_id: OTHER_BOT_ID })

Bot.deleteProp(name)

Delete property by it name

Bot.importCSV()

Bot.blockChat(chat_id)

Block chat:

Bot.blockChat(chat.id)

Bot.unblockChat(chat_id)

Unblock chat:

Bot.unblockChat(chat.id)

Bot.inspect(value)

Send inspected value to chat. Good for debug

Access to property in answer:

You can also use the properties in the command's answer. For example, you can do this with the / hello command:Total score: <TotalScore>!

Bot.run(params)

Run other command

Bot.run(params)

Field

Description

command

Required. Command for run. For example "/start". Can pass params

options

json for passing to command. Available through options in this command

run_after

delay in seconds before command callingName is case sensitive. can be float. Exact execution time is not guaranteed. Command will be executed in background.

background

Boolean: (true or false). By default: false. If true - command will be executed in background.

bot_id

bot_id for passing. By default this is current bot.id. This bot must be in the same BB Account

user_id

user_id for passing. By default this is current user.id

user_telegramid

user_telegramid for passing

chat_id

chat_id for passing. By default this is current chat.id

label

can be used for clearing with Bot.clearRunAfter

ignoreMissingCommand

Example 1. Run another command /balance with delay 1 hour for current user

Bot.run( {
    command: "/balance",
    run_after: 1*60*60,  // 1 hour delay
    // label: "runBalance"  // label can be used for remove future calling
} )

Example 2. Run another command /balance with delay 5 days for this user

Bot.run( {
    command: "/balance",
    run_after: 60*60*24*5,  // 5 days delay
    // options: { amount: 5, currency: "BTC" }  // you can pass data
    // chat_id: chat.id  // or use another chat_id
    user_id: user.id,  // or use another user.id
    // user_telegramid: tgId // or another user's telegram id
    // bot_id: ANOTHER_BOT_ID // to run command for your another bot 
} )

Bot.clearRunAfter(options)

Can clear future command(s) execution setted by Bot.run

Use this function if future command calling not needed already

// delete all future commands executions
Bot.clearRunAfter()
// delete all future commands executions with label "myLabel"
Bot.clearRunAfter({ label: "myLabel"})

Field

Description

label

Required. Command for clearing. For example "myLabel"

Example 1. Run another command /work with delay 5 days. And remove that delay (for example on 3th day)

Bot.run({
    command: "/balance",
    run_after: 60*60*24*5,  // 5 days delay
    label: "myLabel"
})

On the third day we learned that the call is no longer needed:

// remove all future executions with label "mylabel"
Bot.clearRunAfter({
    label: "myLabel"
})

Bot.runAll(options)

Run other command for all chats

Use this command for broadcasting any information: message, photo, video, keyboard and etc

Bot.runAll works for worked bots only. If you start a new task before the previous old task has completed, there is no guarantee that the old task will complete for all chats.

You need to wait for the old task to complete before starting the new one.

Bot.runAll(params)

Field

Description

command

Required. Command for run. For example "/start". Can pass params

options

json for passing to command. Available through options in this command

on_create

run this command on task creation with task information

for_chats

Command will be runned for this chats type only. Can be:

"private-chats"

"group-chats"

"super-group-chats"

"all" - default

Example:

Command: /news

Bot.runAll( {
    // this command will be executed
    // for each private chat (user)
    command: "/broadcast",
    for_chats: "private-chats",
    on_create: "on_new_brodcast_task",
    // you can pass data via options
    options: { news: "Hello! it is news!" }
} )

Command: /broadcast

// it have user and chat object!
// so we can send any information now: message, keyboard, photo and etc

Bot.sendMessage(options.news)

// we can get brodcast info via task
/*
let task = options.task;
Bot.sendMessage(
   "Task progress: " + task.progress +
   "\n total: " + task.total +
   "\n cur index: " + task.cur_position +
   "\n status: " + task.status +
   "\n errors: " + task.errors_count
)
*/

Command: on_new_brodcast_task

const task = options.run_all_task;
Bot.sendMessage(
  "Task for brodcasting created. Task id: " + task.id
);

// save task id:
Bot.setProperty("curBrodcastTaskID", task.id, "integer")

// Bot.inspect(options.run_all_task);

Command: /progress

// show current runAll progress

const taskID = Bot.getProperty("curBrodcastTaskID");
let task = new RunAllTask({ id: taskID });
// Bot.inspect(task) // you can check all fields

if(!task.status){
  Bot.sendMessage("This task not found")
  return
}

Bot.sendMessage(
  "Current brodcast: " + 
  "\n Status: " + task.status + " " + task.progress + "%" +
  "\n Progress:" + task.cur_position + "/" + task.total
)
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