Rollno-game

A simple, beautiful telegram quiz game made using NodeJS and Express

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Installation

1. Make sure you have node and npm installed. Only tested with Node v14+
2. Install dependencies using npm i
3. Add your server certificates server.crt and server.key in the secrets folder for https
4. Add your bot token and other configuration data to secrets/config.js
5. Add the list of roll numbers and corresponding names to assets/js/data.js. Check data.sample.js for an example on how the data structure.
6. npm start to start the webserver on port 443.
7. Set the telegram updates webhook to your server using setWebhook.

Epilogue

This was a quick n dirty implementation of an idea I had. Originally, the node-telegram-bot-api library was used, but then this was later on refactored to use only express. Sharing the game with my class was a grand success! (Disclaimer: this may be a exaggeration)

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