README.md

Running locally with polling

1. Create file bot.ini with following content:

[Common]
DATABASE_URL = '/tmp/avatar-decorator-bot.sqlite'  # Or wherever you want to put your database
TOKEN = 'your-token-from-@BotFather'
USE_WEBHOOK = no

2. Create virtualenv and install dependencies:

python3 -m virtualenv venv -p python3 && source ./venv/bin/activate && python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run tests:

python -m nose .

3. Run bot in the current console:

python main.py

Running on Heroku

1. Initialize an app:

heroku login && heroku create && heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev

2. Set environment variables:

heroku config:set TOKEN=your-token-from-@BotFather
heroku config:set WEBHOOK_URL=$(heroku info -s | grep web_url | cut -d= -f2)

3. Deploy:

git push heroku master && heroku ps:scale web=1