php_rss_telegram_bot

A simple RSS to Telegram Channel bot written in PHP.

Requirement

Tested with PHP5.6 and PHP7.1, require curl library. There's no requirement for the telegram API because it simply use a GET request via HTTP.

Configuration

Edit "bot_config.php" file with your favorite editor, this file contain all the variables used by the bot:

• $token must contain the apikey of your bot, if you don't have one you can register your bot with @BotFather (https://telegram.me/BotFather), directly on Telegram.
• $chat must contain the id of the channel, user chat or group who the bot should send messages. Bot must have write permission on that destination.
• $rss must contain the URL of the Feed RSS, from that url all the new messages will be converted and then sent to the chat.
• $log_file is the name of the log file
• $pid_file is the file where the bot write the pid process, can be used for multiple purpose.
• $attesa is the ammount of sleep time between requests

How to use

Start bot.php with "php bot.php" command from CLI. It should be launched with screen, nohup or simply by attaching an ending "&" after the command.