bic_bot

Breaking Italy Club bot

Instructions

Get a Telegram bot API token (@botfather), allow groups and set the bot group privacy to off.

Install bic_bot

git clone https://gogs.davte.it/Davte/bic_bot.git
cd bic_bot
bash ./run_me.sh

Add the bot to the BIC chat as administrator
Write /set_chat in the chat
Send a csv file to the bot named "patrons.csv" with patreons emails
```
person@example.com,
someone@gmail.com,
[...]
```
[NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] Using Patreon's API, the patrons list will be automatically downloaded from the server
[NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] Users will be able to link their email to their Telegram account automatically. A confirmation email will help to verify the association

Whenever a person joins the chat, the bot will check whether their Telegram account is linked to an email listed in the patrons list. If not, the user will be kicked out.
Whenever an email is removed from the white list, the linked Telegram account will be kicked out.
[NOT YET IMPLEMENTED] Any user can automatically link their email to their Telegram account. If their email is white-listed, they can join the chat.

This davtelepot-based bot has been developed by @Davte. No official endorsement has been given by Breaking Italy.