Movie Info Telegram Bot

Description

A telegram Bot made using python which scrapes IMDb website and has the following functionalities

1. Replies to a movie name with genre and rating of the movie
2. Replies to a genre with a list of top movies and tv shows belonging to that genre

Setup Instructions

1. Install required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

2. Create a bot in telegram:

   1. Go to @BotFather and click /start and type /newbot and give it a name. 
   2. Choose a username and get the token 
   

3. Paste the token in a .env file (Take .env.example as an example)

4. Run the python script to start the bot

5. Type /start command to start conversation with the chatbot.

6. Type /name <movie_name> to get the genre and Rating of the movie. The bot replies with atmost three results.

7. Type /genre <genre> to get a list of movies and TV shows belonging to that genres

Output

/start command

/name command

/genre command

Author

Aishwarya A J