PhotoFromURL.ino

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 *  An example of how to use a custom reply keyboard markup.       *
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 *  written by Vadim Sinitski                                      *
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#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClientSecure.h>
#include <UniversalTelegramBot.h>

// Wifi network station credentials
#define WIFI_SSID "YOUR_SSID"
#define WIFI_PASSWORD "YOUR_PASSWORD"
// Telegram BOT Token (Get from Botfather)
#define BOT_TOKEN "XXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

const unsigned long BOT_MTBS = 1000; // mean time between scan messages

unsigned long bot_lasttime;          // last time messages' scan has been done
X509List cert(TELEGRAM_CERTIFICATE_ROOT);
WiFiClientSecure secured_client;
UniversalTelegramBot bot(BOT_TOKEN, secured_client);

String test_photo_url = "https://www.arduino.cc/en/uploads/Trademark/ArduinoCommunityLogo.png";

void handleNewMessages(int numNewMessages) {
  Serial.print("handleNewMessages ");
  Serial.println(numNewMessages);

  for (int i=0; i<numNewMessages; i++) {
    String chat_id = bot.messages[i].chat_id;
    String text = bot.messages[i].text;

    String from_name = bot.messages[i].from_name;
    if (from_name == "") from_name = "Guest";

    if (text == "/get_test_photo") {
      bot.sendPhoto(chat_id, test_photo_url, "Caption is optional, you may not use photo caption");
    }

    if (text == "/start") {
      String welcome = "Welcome to Universal Arduino Telegram Bot library, " + from_name + ".\n";
      welcome += "This is Send Image From URL example.\n\n";
      welcome += "/get_test_photo : getting test photo\n";

      bot.sendMessage(chat_id, welcome, "");
    }
  }
}

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println();

  // attempt to connect to Wifi network:
  configTime(0, 0, "pool.ntp.org");      // get UTC time via NTP
  secured_client.setTrustAnchors(&cert); // Add root certificate for api.telegram.org
  Serial.print("Connecting to Wifi SSID ");
  Serial.print(WIFI_SSID);
  WiFi.begin(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASSWORD);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
  {
    Serial.print(".");
    delay(500);
  }
  Serial.print("\nWiFi connected. IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  // Check NTP/Time, usually it is instantaneous and you can delete the code below.
  Serial.print("Retrieving time: ");
  time_t now = time(nullptr);
  while (now < 24 * 3600)
  {
    Serial.print(".");
    delay(100);
    now = time(nullptr);
  }
  Serial.println(now);
}

void loop()
{
  if (millis() - bot_lasttime > BOT_MTBS)
  {
    int numNewMessages = bot.getUpdates(bot.last_message_received + 1);

    while (numNewMessages)
    {
      Serial.println("got response");
      handleNewMessages(numNewMessages);
      numNewMessages = bot.getUpdates(bot.last_message_received + 1);
    }

    bot_lasttime = millis();
  }
}