kowalski/README.md

# Lynx (Node.js Telegram Bot)
Lynx is a a simple Telegram bot made in Node.js.
 - You can find Lynx at [@LynxBR_bot](https://t.me/LynxBR_bot) on Telegram.

## Requirements
 - A Telegram bot (create one at [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather))
 - Node.js 20 LTS (or above)
 - Python 3 (or above, for use with SpamWatch API)
 - Python dependencies: use ``pip install -r requirements.txt``
 - Node.js dependencies: use ``npm install``

## Run it yourself, develop or contribute with Lynx
First, [make a fork of this repo](https://github.com/lucmsilva651/lynx/fork), or clone it with
```
git clone https://github.com/lucmsilva651/lynx
```
Next, go to the repository directory, create a ``config.env`` file and put the content below:
```
TGBOT_TOKEN="0000000000:AAAaaAAaaaaAaAaaAAAaaaAaaaaAAAAAaaa"
TGBOT_ADMINS=[0000000000, 1111111111, 2222222222]
SW_KEY="aAaAAaaAAaAA_AAAAAaaAAaaAAaaAAAAAAaaAaaAaaAAaaAAaAaAAaaAAaaAAaAaA"
``` 
- **TGBOT_TOKEN**: Put your bot token that you created at [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather) at the variable ``TGBOT_TOKEN`` (as the example above).
- **TGBOT_ADMINS**: Put the ID of the people responsible for managing the bot (as the example above). They can use some administrative + exclusive commands on any group.
- **SW_KEY**: A API key to make a blocklist to banned SpamWatch users. You can refer to SpamWatch docs to create a API key for yourself.

After editing the file, save all changes and run the bot with ``npm start``.

## Notes
- The source code itself of the bot is at ``src/main.js``, and the commands are in ``src/commands``.
  - You can edit this file and the ``package.json`` file as your needs.
- The name of the command file will always be the command itself.
  - Example: ``whois.js`` will always be ``/whois`` on Telegram.
- Also, to see your changes, please restart the bot before making a issue.

## About/License
MIT - 2024 Lucas Gabriel (lucmsilva).