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Namibia Telegram Bot

A proactive Telegram bot for engaging conversations about Namibia in group chats.

Features

—Proactive group chatting
—Greeting responses
—Conversation initiation
—Interactive prompts
—New member engagement
—Scheduled messages
—Engagement statistics

Setup

Environment Variables (Required)

Set these in Hugging Face Spaces Secrets:

—TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: Your bot token from @BotFather
—ADMIN_IDS: Comma-separated Telegram user IDs
—GROUP_ID: Your Telegram group ID (must be negative)

Google Sheets Integration

The bot uses a Google Sheet for Q&A knowledge base. Make sure your sheet is publicly accessible.

Usage

In your Telegram group:

—Say "hi" or "hello" - the bot will respond
—Mention "Namibia" in any message
—Ask travel questions
—Use /engage to encourage chatting
—Use /stats to see engagement statistics (admins only)

Technical Details

Built with:

—python-telegram-bot
—Flask web server
—Pandas for data handling
—RapidFuzz for text matching

The bot runs continuously on Hugging Face Spaces and maintains a web interface for monitoring.

Deployment

This bot is deployed on Hugging Face Spaces and runs as a Docker container with:

—Flask web server on port 7860
—Telegram bot polling in background thread
—Scheduled jobs for regular engagement

License

MIT License