icq-bot-sdk

ICQ New Bot SDK for Node.js.

This client is build on top of the ICQ New bot API.

The full description of the bot api can be found on icq.com/botapi/ or agent.mail.ru/botapi/.

Getting Started

Create your own bot by sending the /newbot command to Metabot and follow the instructions.

Installation

$ npm install icq-bot-sdk --save

Usage

const ICQClient = require('icq-bot-sdk').default;

const icqBot = ICQClient({
  token: process.env.ICQ_BOT_TOKEN, // your bot token goes here
});

icqBot.on('error', (error) => {
  console.log(error);
  icq.stop(); // stop event loop or handle error some other way
});

icqBot.on('newMessage', (result) => {
  // do something with the result
});

icqBot.on('all', (result) => {
  // handle every new event here
});

icqBot.startPolling(); // start event loop

Construction

Usage:

const ICQClient = require('icq-bot-sdk').default;

const eventIdStorage = {
  id: 0,
  async getId() { return this.id; },
  async setId(id) { this.id = id; },
},

const icqBot = ICQClient({
  token: process.env.ICQ_BOT_TOKEN, // your bot token goes here
  pollTime: 2,
  timeout: 3,
  eventIdStorage,
});

Description:

Create a new instance of the ICQ Bot client.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
token	String	Secret token that you've recieved from the Metabot.	[required]
pollTime	Integer	Time for keeping the connection alive (secs) during events polling.	[optional] [default to 1]
timeout	Integer	Time for sleeping between long polling requests to the server (secs).	[optional] [default to 5]
eventIdStorage	Object	Object with two async methods getId and setId to track the last known server event id.	[optional] [default to the build-in in-memory storage]

Instance methods

Method	Description
startPolling	Start polling events from the server
stop	Stop polling
on	Subscribe to the event from server
off	Unsubscribe from the event from server
chats.blockUser	Block a user in a chat
chats.getAdmins	Get the list of admins
chats.getBlockedUsers	Get the list of all users that have been banned in the chat
chats.getInfo	Get the info about a chat
chats.getMembers	Get the list of all members of a chat
chats.getPendingUsers	Get the list of users waiting to be accepted into chat.
chats.pinMessage	Pin a missage in the chat
chats.resolvePending	Decide whether to accept or not pending users.
chats.sendActions	Send an action to a chat
chats.setAbout	Change the description of a chat
chats.setRules	Change the rules for the chat
chats.setTitle	Change the title of a chat
chats.unblockUser	Unblock a user in a chat
chats.unpinMessage	Unpin a message in a chat
events.get	Get events
files.getInfo	Get info about a file
messages.answerCallbackQuery	A button click handler
messages.deleteMessages	Delete messages
messages.editText	Edit a message
messages.sendFile	Send a previously loaded file
messages.sendVoice	Send a previously uploaded voice message
messages.sendText	Send a message
messages.uploadAndSendFile	Upload and send a new file
messages.uploadAndSendVoice	Upload and send a new voice message
self.get	Get info about the bot

General API

startPolling

Usage:

icqBot
  .startPolling({
    pollTime: 1, 
    timout: 3,
  });

Description:

Start polling events from the server.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
pollTime	Integer	Time for keeping the connection alive (secs).	[optional] [default to the value specified during the construction]
timeout	Integer	Time for sleeping between requests to the server (secs).	[optional] [default to the value specified during the construction]

stop

Usage:

icqBot.stop();

Description:

Stop polling events from the server.

on

Usage:

icqBot
  .on('newMessage', function handler({ payload: { chat }}) {
      this.messages.sendVoice({
        chatId: chat.chatId,
        text: 'Some text',
      })
  });

Description:

Add event listener to an event from the server.

The instance of EventEmitter is actually in the prototype chain of the icqBot object. It means it's possible to use any method on EventEmitter including the on method.

The list of available events is: newMessage, editedMessage, deletedMessage, pinnedMessage, unpinnedMessage, newChatMembers, leftChatMembers, callbackQuery

The event object passed to the event handler is depends on the type of the event. See icq.com/botapi/ for more details.

on

Usage:

icqBot
  .off('newMessage', someHandler);

Description:

Remove event listener to an event from the server.

The instance of EventEmitter is actually in the prototype chain of the icqBot object. It means it's possible to use any method on EventEmitter including the off method.

The list of available events is: newMessage, editedMessage, deletedMessage, pinnedMessage, unpinnedMessage, newChatMembers, leftChatMembers, callbackQuery

Chats API

chats.blockUser

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.blockUser({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    userId: 'some-id',
    delLastMessages: true,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Block a user in a chat

If the user was a member of the chat, he is going to be removed from the chat and banned. It is also possible to delete the user's last messages delLastMessages. The bot has to be an admin of the chat in order to be able to perform these actions.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
userId	String	Unique user nick or id.	[required]
delLastMessages	Boolean	Delete last messages of the given user.	[optional] [default to false]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.getAdmins

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.getAdmins({
    chatId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get the list of admins

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]

Result:

The list of admins.

Result example:

{
  "admins": [
    {
      "userId": "string", // required
      "creator": true // optional
    }
  ]
}

chats.getBlockedUsers

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.getBlockedUsers({
    chatId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get the list of all users that have been banned in the chat

The bot has to be an admin of the chat in order to be able to perform this action.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]

Result:

The list of blocked users.

Result example:

{
  "users": [
    {
      "userId": "string"
    }
  ]
}

chats.getInfo

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.getInfo({
    chatId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get the info about a chat

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]

Result:

The info about about the chat.

Result example:

{
  "type": "private",
  "firstName": "Name",
  "lastName": "Surname",
  "nick": "nickname",
  "about": "Information about user",
  "isBot": true
}

chats.getMembers

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.getMembers({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    cursor: 'cursor',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get the list of all members of the chat.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
cursor	String	Identifier for obtaining the continuation of the users' list. The cursor can be obtained from the first/previous getMembers request.	[optional] [default to null]

Result:

The list of all members of the chat.

Result example:

{
  "members": [
    {
      "userId": "string",
      "creator": true
    }
  ]
}

chats.getPendingUsers

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.getPendingUsers({
    chatId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get the list of users waiting to be accepted into chat.

The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]

Result:

The list of pending users.

Result example:

{
  "users": [
    {
      "userId": "string"
    }
  ]
}

chats.pinMessage

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.pinMessage({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    msgId: 156,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Pin a missage in the chat

The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
msgId	Integer	Message id.	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.resolvePending

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.resolvePending({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    userId: 'some-id',
    approve: true,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Decide whether to accept or not pending users.

One of the params userId or everyone has to be sent. You can`t send both these params. The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
approve	Boolean	Approve or reject.	[required]
userId	String	User nick or id who is waiting for joining the chat. Can't be sent with the everyone param.	[optional] [default to null]
everyone	Boolean	Decision about all the users waiting for joining the chat. Can't be sent with the userId param.	[optional] [default to null]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.sendActions

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.sendActions({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    actions: ['looking', 'typing'],
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Send an action to a chat

The method have to be called on every change of the action or every 10 seconds if the action hasn't been changed. After the request with action has been sent there is no point in sending message about the empty action.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
actions	List of actions' strings	Current actions in the chat. Send empty if all actions have been finished.	[required] [enum: looking, typing]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.setAbout

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.setAbout({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    about: 'Info about the chat',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Change the description of a chat

The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
about	String	Chat description	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.setRules

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.setRules({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    rules: 'Rules of the chat',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Change the rules for the chat

The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
rules	String	Chat rules	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.setTitle

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.setTitle({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    title: 'Title of the chat',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Change the title of a chat

The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
title	String	Chat title	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.unblockUser

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.unblockUser({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    userId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Unblock a user in a chat

The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
userId	String	Unique user nick or id.	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

chats.unpinMessage

Usage:

icqBot
  .chats.unpinMessage({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    msgId: 149,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Unpin a message in a chat

The bot has to be an adming of the chat in order to be able to perform this action

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, chat id or user id. Id could be obtained from incoming events (поле chatId).	[required]
msgId	Integer	Message id.	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

Events API

events.get

Usage:

icqBot
  .events.get({
    lastEventId: 35,
    pollTime: 1,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get events

Every event has an identifier eventId. When you call the method you have to send the biggest knonw event id in the parameter lastEventId. For the first call set this param to 0. If there are no events on the server at the moment of the call, the connection is going to be kept alive. As soon as an event has occured the server will send it back and close the connection. If after pollTime seconds of waiting no events have been emitted, the server will return an empty array of events.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
lastEventId	Integer	Id of the last known event.	[required]
pollTime	Integer	Time for keeping the connection alive (secs).	[required]

Result:

A list of events since lastEventId.

Result example:

{
  "events": [
    {
      "eventId": 1,
      "type": "newMessage",
      "payload": {
        "msgId": "57883346846815032",
        "chat": {
          "chatId": "[e-mail]",
          "type": "channel",
          "title": "The best channel"
        },
        "from": {
          "userId": "1234567890",
          "firstName": "Name",
          "lastName": "SurName"
        },
        "timestamp": 1546290000,
        "text": "Hello!",
        "parts": [
          {
            "type": "sticker",
            "payload": {
              "fileId": "2IWuJzaNWCJZxJWCvZhDYuJ5XDsr7hU"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Files API

files.getInfo

Usage:

icqBot
  .files.getInfo({
    fileId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get info about a file

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
fileId	String	Id of the previously uploaded file.	[required]

Result:

Information about a file.

Result example:

{
  "type": "video",
  "size": 20971520,
  "filename": "VIDEO.mkv",
  "url": "https://example.com/get/88MfCLBHphvOAOeuzYhZfW5b7bcfa31ab"
}

Messages API

messages.answerCallbackQuery

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.answerCallbackQuery({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    userId: 'Some text',
    showAlert: true,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

A button click handler

Use the method whenever the event [callbackQuery] is received

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
queryId	String	Id of the callback query received by the bot	[required]
text	String	Text that is going to be shown to a user. If not set, nothing will be shown.	[optional] [default to null]
showAlert	Boolean	If it has been set to true, the alert is going to be shown instead of notification.	[optional] [default to null]
url	String	URL to open by a client app	[optional] [default to null]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

messages.deleteMessages

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.deleteMessages({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    msgId: ['some-id'],
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Delete messages

There are some limitations when the method could be used. See the official docs for more details

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
msgId	List of message ids	Messages ids.	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

messages.editText

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.editText({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    msgId: 'some-id',
    text: 'Some text',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Edit a message

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
msgId	Integer	Message id.	[required]
text	String	Message text. A user can be tagged in a format @[userId].	[required]

Result example:

{
    "ok": true // required
}

messages.sendFile

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.sendFile({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    fileId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Send a previously loaded file

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
fileId	String	Id of the previously uploaded file.	[required]
caption	String	File caption.	[optional] [default to null]
replyMsgId	List of message ids	Id of a quoted message. Can't be sent with forwardChatId and forwardMsgId params.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardChatId	String	Chat id from which a message is going to be forwarded. Set only with the forwardMsgId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardMsgId	List of message ids	Message id to forwaded. Set only with the forwardChatId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]

Result example:

{
  "msgId": "57883346846815032",
  "ok": true
}

messages.sendVoice

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.sendVoice({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    fileId: 'some-id',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Send a previously uploaded voice message

The format of a message should be aac, ogg or m4a.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
fileId	String	Id of the previously uploaded file.	[required]
replyMsgId	List of message ids	Id of a quoted message. Can't be sent with forwardChatId and forwardMsgId params.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardChatId	String	Chat id from which a message is going to be forwarded. Set only with the forwardMsgId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardMsgId	List of message ids	Message id to forwaded. Set only with the forwardChatId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]

Result example:

{
  "msgId": "57883346846815032",
  "ok": true
}

messages.sendText

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.sendText({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    text: 'Some text',
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Send a message

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
text	String	Message text. A user can be tagged in a format @[userId].	[required]
replyMsgId	List of message ids	Id of a quoted message. Can't be sent with forwardChatId and forwardMsgId params.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardChatId	String	Chat id from which a message is going to be forwarded. Set only with the forwardMsgId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardMsgId	List of message ids	Message id to forwaded. Set only with the forwardChatId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]

Result example:

{
  "msgId": "57883346846815032",
  "ok": true
}

messages.uploadAndSendFile

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.uploadAndSendFile({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    file: someFile,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Upload and send a new file

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
caption	String	File caption.	[optional] [default to null]
replyMsgId	List of message ids	Id of a quoted message. Can't be sent with forwardChatId and forwardMsgId params.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardChatId	String	Chat id from which a message is going to be forwarded. Set only with the forwardMsgId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardMsgId	List of message ids	Message id to forwaded. Set only with the forwardChatId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]
file	File	File	[optional] [default to null]

Result example:

{
  "fileId": "0dC76vcKS3XZOtG5DVs9y15d1daefa1ae",
  "msgId": "57883346846815032",
  "ok": true
}

messages.uploadAndSendVoice

Usage:

icqBot
  .messages.uploadAndSendVoice({
    chatId: 'some-id',
    file: someFile,
  })
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Upload and send a new voice message

The format of a message should be aac, ogg or m4a.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Notes
chatId	String	Unique nick, group id or channel id. Id can be obtained from events (chatId).	[required]
replyMsgId	List of message ids	Id of a quoted message. Can't be sent with forwardChatId and forwardMsgId params.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardChatId	String	Chat id from which a message is going to be forwarded. Set only with the forwardMsgId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]
forwardMsgId	List of message ids	Message id to forwaded. Set only with the forwardChatId. Can't be set with the replyMsgId param.	[optional] [default to null]
file	File	File	[optional] [default to null]

Result example:

{
  "fileId": "0dC76vcKS3XZOtG5DVs9y15d1daefa1ae",
  "msgId": "57883346846815032",
  "ok": true
}

Self API

self.get

Usage:

icqBot
  .self.get()
  .then(handleResult)
  .catch(handleError);

Description:

Get info about the bot

The method can be used to check if token is valid.

Result:

Information about the bot.

Result example:

{
  "userId": "747432131",
  "nick": "test_api_bot",
  "firstName": "TestBot",
  "about": "The description of the bot",
  "photo": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com/expressions/getAsset?f=native&type=largeBuddyIcon&id=0110379ad781bcc4a969242f1f5a93144362"
    }
  ],
  "ok": true
}

Contributing

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CONTRIBUTING

License

MIT