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Environment Variables
Aahnik Daw edited this page Apr 3, 2021
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Telewater needs some variables to run successfully. These can be passed as CLI options as described in CLI Usage, or by setting environment variables.
A detailed description is given below:
| Variable name | Description | CLI option |
|---|---|---|
API_ID |
Obtain it from my.telegram.org for your telegram account. | --API_ID |
API_HASH |
Obtain it from my.telegram.org for your telegram account. | --API_HASH |
BOT_TOKEN |
Create a bot account using @BotFather and get its token. |
--token or -t
|
BOT_USERNAME |
The user name of the bot account you are using. |
--name or -n
|
LOUD |
Boolean value (true/false), to control verbosity of logging. |
--loud or -l
|
In UNIX you can use the export statement. Like,
export VAR_NAME=VALUETelewater reads the .env file from the directory from which it is invoked.
Fill the .env file like this:
API_ID=13.....1
API_HASH=49111111ed8...........b09fb7dd1
BOT_TOKEN=1452222220:AAG_...................tbssssQ8
BOT_USERNAME=yourAwesomeName_botAs described in CLI Usage, you can pass the value of these variables via the CLI options.