About

This is a personal two-way hack.chat-to-Telegram bridge that forwards any messages sent to it. It is designed to be used by a single user on the Telegram side and thus might not work when used in Telegram group chats.

Installation

Install all necessary dependencies
Clone the repository
Create a bot on Telegram by messaging @BotFather and following the instructions.
Copy config.py.sample to config.py
Change the hack.chat username, password, channel, and the Telegram API token in config.py
Change the Telegram chat ID by following the instructions in config.py

Dependencies

Python package websocket-client

Usage

To start the bridge, run python control.py. The reconnect feature is based on SIGALRT and thus might not work on Windows.

The bridge will automatically log all events to the logfile specified in config.py. It also supports the following console commands: - quit: Gracefully shuts down both bots. - kill: Disconnects the hack.chat WebSocket connection. You can use this to test the reconnect feature.