Telegram Index

Python Web App which indexes a telegram channel(or a chat) and serves its files for download.

Overview

This app indexes all the available messages.
If the message is a media message, you can download the file.
You can search for specific terms too.

Deploy Guide

Clone to local machine.

$ git clone https://github.com/odysseusmax/tg-index.git
$ cd tg-index

Create and activate virtual environment.

$ pip3 install virtualenv
$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies.

$ pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt

Environment Variables.

| Variable Name | Value | API_ID (required) | Telegram api_id obtained from https://my.telegram.org/apps. | API_HASH (required) | Telegram api_hash obtained from https://my.telegram.org/apps. | CHAT_ID (required) | Id of the telegram channel (or chat) to be indexed. | 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). | PORT (optional) | Port on which app should listen to, defaults to 8080. | HOST (optional) | Host name on which app should listen to, defaults to 0.0.0.0.

Run app.

$ python3 -m app

Contributions

Contributions are welcome.

Contact

You can contact me @odysseusmax.

License

Code released under The GNU General Public License.