Telegram Service/Notify Bot — v0.1

A modern, production-ready Telegram bot skeleton for services, notifications, and lightweight order management.
Built with python-telegram-bot (async), SQLAlchemy, and httpx. Fully containerized and easy to deploy on any small VPS.

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✨ Features

• User-friendly commands:
  • /start → Welcome & orientation
  • /help → Clear, scannable list of all commands
  • /order → Guided multi-step order placement (title, qty, optional note)
  • /status <id> → Live status lookup (external API integration)
  • /history → Review last 3–5 orders
  • /contact → Leave a support message
• Persistent storage: SQLite (via SQLAlchemy) for orders & message logs
• Admin-ready: Easy to extend with admin-only commands (e.g., /ping)
• Rate limiting: Built-in per-user cooldown to prevent spam
• External API stub: Mock-first design for order status endpoint
• Deployment ready: Dockerfile + docker-compose.yml provided
• Clean architecture: Clear separation of handlers, services, and models

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🚀 Quickstart (Local)

# 1. Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/yourname/telegram-service-bot.git
cd telegram-service-bot

# 2. Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# 3. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 4. Configure environment
cp .env.example .env  # edit with your values

# 5. Run the bot
python -m src.bot

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🐳 Quickstart (Docker)

# Build & start
docker compose up -d --build

# View logs
docker compose logs -f

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⚙️ Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
BOT_TOKEN	✅	—	Telegram BotFather token
ADMIN_IDS	Optional	—	Comma-separated list of admin user IDs
EXTERNAL_API_BASE	Optional	—	Base URL of external API for /status
EXTERNAL_API_KEY	Optional	—	API key if required by external API
DATABASE_URL	Optional	sqlite:///data.db	Database URL (SQLite/Postgres)
RATE_LIMIT_SECONDS	Optional	3	Per-user rate limit (seconds)

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📂 Project Structure

telegram-service-bot/
├─ src/
│  ├─ bot.py              # App entrypoint
│  ├─ config.py           # Environment config
│  ├─ handlers/           # Command handlers
│  ├─ models/             # SQLAlchemy models
│  ├─ services/           # API + storage utilities
│  └─ middleware/         # Rate limiting
├─ tests/                 # (future) Unit tests
├─ requirements.txt
├─ Dockerfile
├─ docker-compose.yml
└─ README.md

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🔐 Security Best Practices

• Keep your BOT_TOKEN and API keys in .env only (never commit).
• Enable Privacy Mode in BotFather.
• Validate user input (title, qty, etc.).
• Use rate limiting to reduce spam & abuse.

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📈 Roadmap

• v0.1 → Core features (this release)
• v0.2 → Webhook support (Caddy/Nginx, HTTPS)
• v0.3 → Admin dashboard (FastAPI)
• v0.4 → Push notifications (status changes, inventory alerts)
• v1.0 → Multi-language support + CI/CD pipeline

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests and issues are welcome! Please:

• Use English for all code, comments, and commit messages.
• Follow PEP8 + project conventions.
• Keep feature branches small and focused.

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📜 License

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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Telegram Service/Notify Bot — designed for reliability, clarity, and quick iteration.

“Simple flows, real persistence, and production focus from day one.”