Debt Bot for Telegram

Telegram bot for recording restaurant bills and split them with participants efficiently

Commands

• reg - registers new participant.

• list - lists of participants

• share <Amount> [in <Restaurant>] with <@username1> <@username2>... - means that message sender paid <Amount> in <Restaurant> and want to split the bill equally between pointed participants and himself/herself. E.g.:

  @A sent: share 12 with @B @C
  So, @A paid 12 for @A, @B and @C
  Since that @B and @C owe to @A 4

• calc - summarizes all debts and get optipmal way to get debts back. E.g.:

  A: /share 12 with @B @C
  B: /share 12 with @A @C
  C: /calc
  Bot:

  list of debts:
@C -> @A - 4.00
@C -> @B - 4.00

• history - shows personal history of debts

• amnesty - wipe off all debts, be careful!

How to start your own server

• git clone git@github.com:cloudedcat/debt-bot.git
• get Token from @BotFather
• set up empty fields in config.go
• go build && ./debt_bot

If you want to start Bot as a systemd service

• customize User and ExecStart in debt_bot.service
• exec

sudo cp debt_bot.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable debt_bot
sudo systemctl start debt_bot