Telegram speedtest bot

This Python bot reports speedtests to a Telegram channel.

Install dependencies

sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
sudo pip3 install python-telegram-bot speedtest-cli

Create config file

Create the file config.json in the root directory of this project, which has the following format:

{
    "telegram": {
        "token": "abc...",
        "channel": "@channel_xy"
    }
}

Create a Telegram bot

Write to the account @BotFather the message /newbot and follow the instructions. Enter the retreived token to the token property in config.json

Create a Telegram channel

Create a Telegram channel and add your created bot as an admin with the privileges to post messages. Then add the name of the created channel (with a leading @) to the channel property in config.json. Make shure your channel is public, otherwise it will not work.

Run the script

python3 . 

If you want to run the script repeatedly, you can create a cronjob for that.