Restructure backend

[bartekpacia]

Synopsis

Currently, the bot runs well in a single group. There are a single language and behavior config and single storage of exceptions. This one and only config works for all groups where the bot is used. This creates several problems:

• What if somebody wants to force the bot to enforce English, and somebody other: to enforce German?
• What if somebody wants the bot to mute people and translate messages, and somebody other: to do the exact opposite?

Solutions

This problem seems to be a bit more complicated than the ones we faced previously. The general, high-level solution I can think of now is:

• separate config for every group Every group would have a separate collection in Firebase Firestore, where the group's admins could add exceptions and configure bot's behavior
• setup wizard When the bot is added to the group, ask a few questions and save them (for this specific group)

Any suggestions/help are welcome.

[kj7rrv]

Can't you just run two copies?

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 5:15 PM Bartek Pacia [email protected] wrote:

Synopsis

Currently, the bot runs well in a single group. There are a single language and behavior config and single storage of exceptions. This one and only config works for all groups where the bot is used. This creates several problems:

• What if somebody wants to force the bot to enforce English, and somebody other: to enforce German?
• What if somebody wants the bot to mute people and don't translate messages, and somebody other: to do the exact opposite?

Solutions

This problem seems to be a bit more complicated than the ones we faced previously. The general, high-level solution I can think of now is:

• separate config for every group Every group would have a separate collection in Firebase Firestore, where the group's admins could add exceptions and configure bot's behavior
• setup wizard When the bot is added to the group, ask a few questions and save them (for this specific group)

Any suggestions/help are welcome.

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[bartekpacia]

Only 1 Telegram Bot instance can receive webhook events at the same time. Also, running a single instance for every language and behavior config doesn't sound like a good idea.