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94 lines
3.5 KiB
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# Telegram Index
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> Python Web App which indexes a telegram channel(or a chat) and serves its files for download.
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[](.) [](LICENSE)
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## Highlights
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* Index one or more telegram channels/chats.
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* View messages and media files on the browser.
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* Search through the channel/chat.
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* Download media files through browser/download managers.
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## Deploy Guide
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* **Clone to local machine.**
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``` bash
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git clone https://github.com/odysseusmax/tg-index.git
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cd tg-index
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```
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* **Create and activate virtual environment.**
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``` bash
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pip3 install virtualenv
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virtualenv venv
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source venv/bin/activate
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```
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* **Install dependencies.**
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``` bash
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pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt
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```
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* **Environment Variables.**
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| Variable Name | Value
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|------------- | -------------
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| `API_ID` (required) | Telegram api_id obtained from <https://my.telegram.org/apps>.
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| `API_HASH` (required) | Telegram api_hash obtained from <https://my.telegram.org/apps>.
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| `INDEX_SETTINGS` (required) | See the below description.
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| `SESSION_STRING` (required) | String obtained by running `$ python3 app/generate_session_string.py`. (Login with the telegram account which is a participant of the given channel (or chat).
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| `PORT` (optional) | Port on which app should listen to, defaults to 8080.
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| `HOST` (optional) | Host name on which app should listen to, defaults to 0.0.0.0.
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| `DEBUG` (optional) | Give `true` to set logging level to debug, info by default.
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| `BLOCK_DOWNLOADS` (optional) | Enable downloads or not. If any value is provided, downloads will be disabled.
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| `RESULTS_PER_PAGE` (optional) | Number of results to be returned per page defaults to 20.
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| `USERNAME` (optional) | Username for authentication, defaults to `''`.
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| `PASSWORD` (optional) | Username for authentication, defaults to `''`.
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| `SESSION_COOKIE_LIFETIME` (optional) | Number of minutes, for which authenticated session is valid for, after which user has to login again. defaults to 60.
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| `SECRET_KEY` (optional) | Long string for signing the session cookies, required if authentication is enabled.
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* **Setting value for `INDEX_SETTINGS`**
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This is the general format, change the values of corresponding fields as your requirements. Remember to remove spaces.
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``` json
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{
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"index_all": true,
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"index_private":false,
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"index_group": false,
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"index_channel": true,
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"exclude_chats": [],
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"include_chats": []
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}
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```
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> * `index_all` - Whether to consider all the chats associated with the telegram account. Value should either be `true` or `false`.
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> * `index_private` - Whether to index private chats. Only considered if `index_all` is set to `true`. Value should either be `true` or `false`.
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> * `index_group` - Whether to index group chats. Only considered if `index_all` is set to `true`. Value should either be `true` or `false`.
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> * `index_channel` - Whether to index channels. Only considered if `index_all` is set to `true`. Value should either be `true` or `false`.
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> * `exclude_chats` - An array/list of chat id's that should be ignored for indexing. Only considered if `index_all` is set to `true`.
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> * `include_chats` - An array/list of chat id's to index. Only considered if `index_all` is set to `false`.
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* **Run app.**
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``` bash
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python3 -m app
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```
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## Contributions
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Contributions are welcome.
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## Contact
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You can contact me [@odysseusmax](https://tx.me/odysseusmax).
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## License
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Code released under [The GNU General Public License](LICENSE).
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