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# Lynx (Node.js Telegram Bot)
Lynx is a a simple Telegram bot made in Node.js.

## Requirements
 - A Telegram bot (create one at [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather))
 - Node.js 20 (or above)
 - node-telegram-bot-api

## 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 and create a ``config.env`` file and put the content below:
```
# insert your bot token here
# get it with @BotFather on Telegram
TGBOT_TOKEN=0000000000:AAAaaAAaaaaAaAaaAAAaaa_aaaaAAAAAaaa
``` 
Put your bot token that you created at [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather) at the variable ``TGBOT_TOKEN`` (as the example above) and save the file.

At last, run the bot with ``npm start``.

## Notes
The source code itself of the bot is at ``src/lynx_main.js``. You can rename this file and change the ``package.json`` file as your needs.

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