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This is a simple Telegram bot which converts SRT files into PO file format, additionally replacing newlines with a special <nl> tag, so it is convenient to process them in different CAT tools like Smartcat.
This is a reversible operation, which means you can send to bot (translated) PO files and get back your SRT files.
Keep in mind, since PO files which bot generates store cue's index and timestamps in the comment (#.) attribute, it won't be able to convert back any random PO files. Those have to be ones produced by the bot.
Python 3.9+
Check requirements.txt to see the full list of dependencies with pinned versions.
All parameters are set via environment variables.
TELEGRAM_TOKEN - you can get one by creating a new bot.
ENV - can be either production or any other value (or unset).
If ENV=production - bot will run using webhooks.
Otherwise, it will use polling.
If running webhooks, you need to additionally provide these environment variables:
URL - your application URL, which will be used to receive webhooks (it probably should have a valid SSL certificate). If you are hosting the bot on Heroku, just copy your application URL and put it here.
PORT - port the bot will be running on. You can omit it while running on Heroku, it sets it automatically.
SECRET - a string which will be used as a part of the path to receive webhooks. Usually, you don't want to put Telegram token here. You can generate nice token with Python:
import secrets
print(secrets.token_urlsafe(4))You can omit it if you created Heroku app using the "Deploy to Heroku" button at the top of this readme, it will create token for you automatically.