TODO: #

  1. User logs in with telergam & permits bot to send private messages.
  2. We get user telegram_id and save it in database.
  3. Send CRUD notifications to user via telegram.

prerequisites:

1. Button to log in with telegram #

Create a widget: https://core.telegram.org/widgets/login

Example result that can be added to any view:

<script async 
  src="https://telegram.org/js/telegram-widget.js?14" 
  data-telegram-login="gorocrm_bot" 
  data-size="small"
  data-userpic="false"
  data-auth-url="https://localhost:3000/"
  data-request-access="write">
</script>

after pressing the button and authenticating with telergam, the user will be redirected to the data-auth-url

with the following params

https://localhost:3000/?id=123456&first_name=Yaro&last_name=Shm&username=yarotheslav&auth_date=1613682858&hash=fa242eca

these params can be accessed in the redirect view .html.erb file by adding:

<%= params[:id] %>
<%= params[:first_name] %>
<%= params[:last_name] %>
<%= params[:username] %>

At this point the user is authenticated, and our bot is allowed to send him private messages.

2. Save telegram_id for current_user #

Now we want to save the users telegram id to the database to be able to send him chat messages.

For this we will:

  1. after successfull telegram authentication redirect user to a controller action
  2. controller action will save the params[:id] to current_user.telegram_id
  3. redirect to user_path(current_user)

console - add telegram_id to users table

rails g migration add_telegram_id_to_users telegram_id:integer

Change the telegram data-auth-url to redirect to a controller action.

Example 1: to users_path(current_user)

data-auth-url="<%= url_for(controller: "users", action: 'show', id: current_user.id) %>"

Example 2 (our way): to telegram_controller.rb, action telegram_auth

data-auth-url="<%= url_for(controller: "telegram", action: 'telegram_auth') %>"

telegram_controller.rb save the telegram_id and redirect

class TelegramController < ApplicationController
  def telegram_auth
    if params[:id].present?
      current_user.update(telegram_id: params[:id])
    end
    redirect_to user_path(current_user), notice: "Telegram authentication: success"
  end
end

routes.rb

  get "telegram_auth", to: "telegram#telegram_auth"
  post "telegram_auth", to: "telegram#telegram_auth"

now in users/show.html.erb you can access the user.telegram_id

<%= @user.telegram_id %>

3. Send private message to user on CRUD action if user has a telegram_id #

app/controllers/posts_controller.rb - add a new TelegramMailer that specifies a user

def create
  @post = Post.new(post_params)
  if @post.save
    text = "#{current_user} created post: #{@post.title}"
    TelegramMailer.private_message(text, current_user).deliver_now
    redirect_to @post, notice: 'Post was successfully created.'
  else
    render :new
  end
end

app/mailers/telegram_mailer.rb - action for bot to send message to the user

def private_message(text, user)
  api_secret_key = "1629298034:AAGMejWo9WFeZ-XP51f4Tpbb_L_0t8nO4xM"
  chat_id = user.telegram_id

  HTTParty.post("https://api.telegram.org/bot#{api_secret_key}/sendMessage",
    headers: {
      'Content-Type' => 'application/json'
    },
    body: {
      chat_id: chat_id,
      text: text
    }.to_json
  )
end

4. Next steps #

  • app with telegram-only log in
  • check if telegram authentication hash is valid
  • telegram communication bot