A simple, small and fast discord to telegram bridge written in node.js
npm install -g bridgecross
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Create a Discord bot.
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Create a Telegram bot by talking to botFather IMPORTANT: Make the bot an admin in your group, or go to BotFather -> bot settings and disable private mode.
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Create a Discord webhook. You can do this by going to Server settings -> Webhooks. Copy the URL, you'll need it later.
If you want to run it on heroku, you can just click the button below.
- Set env variables:
Env variable | type | value |
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TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN |
string | You can get this by speaking with @BotFather on telegram and creating a new bot. |
DISCORD_TOKEN |
string | The bot token for your Discord application. Create a new app at the Discord Developer Portal , go to the bot section, click on Create a bot and copy the bot token it gives to you. |
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID |
string | The ChatId of the telegram group you want to bridge. |
DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID |
string | The Discord ChannelId of the channel you want to bridge. |
webhook_id and webhook_token
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string | Those are part of the webhook URL you copied. webhook_id is a 18 characters long int, webhook_token is a ~70 chars long randomly generated string. Those are seperated by slashes in the url. |
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