This project is a Telegram bot built using the Telegraf framework that allows users to fetch and download Spotify tracks. The bot caches the downloaded tracks on the server and serves them via a simple HTTP server.

• Authorization command to control access to the bot.
• Inline queries to search and fetch Spotify tracks.
• Cached audio files served via HTTP.
• Modularized structure for maintainability and scalability.
• Uses environment variables for configuration.

• Node.js (v12.x or higher)
• npm (Node package manager)
• Python 3.x
• yt-dlp (for downloading media from YouTube and other sources)
• ffmpeg (for audio processing)

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/enoughdrama/Now-Playing-Bot.git
cd Now-Playing-Bot

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Set up environment variables:

Create a .env file in the root of the project:

BOT_TOKEN=your-telegram-bot-token
PORT=8888
USER_DB=users.json
CACHE_DIR=cache
AUDIO_BASE_URL=https://yourserver.com/audio

Replace your-telegram-bot-token with your actual Telegram bot token.

4. Install yt-dlp and ffmpeg:

For Linux users, it's recommended to use a virtual environment for Python packages.

sudo apt-get install python3-venv ffmpeg
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install yt-dlp

1. Download and install Python 3.x
2. Install yt-dlp and ffmpeg:

pip install yt-dlp
choco install ffmpeg

5. Start the bot:

node index.js

• Authorization: Users can authorize themselves by sending the /god command to the bot.
• Search Tracks: Authorized users can search for tracks using inline queries in any chat.

The following environment variables should be configured in the .env file:

• BOT_TOKEN: Your Telegram bot token.
• PORT: The port number for the HTTP server.
• USER_DB: The path to the JSON file storing authorized users.
• CACHE_DIR: Directory where audio files will be cached.
• AUDIO_BASE_URL: Base URL to serve the cached audio files.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.