📅 2025-09-29 — Session: Developed and Enhanced Telegram Bot Features
🕒 08:40–11:00
🏷️ Labels: Telegram Bot, Python, Automation, Task Scheduling, CSV
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary goal of this session was to develop and enhance features for a Telegram bot, focusing on automation and task scheduling.
Key Activities
- Telegram Bot Implementation: Created a minimal Telegram bot using Python, including a guide for local setup and BotFather tasks.
- VS Code Productivity: Explored methods to access keyboard shortcuts in VS Code to improve development efficiency.
- Data Storage Solutions: Discussed using CSV with pandas for data storage in a single-user bot, providing implementation examples.
- BotFather Configuration: Outlined settings for a self-pinging bot and explored advanced BotFather menu features.
- API Integration Fixes: Adjusted code for SQLite and CSV store API integration, providing corrected examples.
- Python Script Updates: Updated Telegram bot scripts for compatibility with python-telegram-bot v21.x, including JobQueue usage.
- Error Handling: Addressed function call mismatches and event loop issues in Python, offering refactored code solutions.
- Task Management Automation: Transitioned from a heartbeat system to a rules-driven planner for scheduled pings, enhancing daily pings automation.
Achievements
- Successfully implemented a minimal Telegram bot with essential features.
- Enhanced bot functionality with advanced BotFather settings and error handling improvements.
- Improved task scheduling through a rules-driven planner, enabling efficient daily pings automation.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing and refinement of the rules-driven planner for scheduled pings.
- Exploration of additional BotFather features for future enhancements.