Telegram Auto-Forward Bot

A reliable Telegram bot that automatically forwards messages from source channels to destination channels with improved error handling and logging.

Features

• Forward messages from multiple source channels to multiple destination channels
• Preserves message formatting, captions, and reply markup
• Word filtering with blacklist/whitelist support
• Custom footer for forwarded messages
• Webhook support for cloud deployment
• Comprehensive error handling and logging
• Configuration validation

Setup

1. Get Telegram API Credentials

• Visit my.telegram.org
• Create a new application to get APP_ID and API_HASH

2. Generate Session String

• Use this Colab notebook to generate your session string

3. Configure Environment Variables

Edit config.env file:

APP_ID=your_app_id
API_HASH=your_api_hash
SESSION=your_session_string
FROM_CHANNEL=-1001234567890 -1001234567891
TO_CHANNEL=-1001234567892 -1001234567893
ADD_FOOTER=True
FOOTER_TEXT=📢 Forwarded by MyBot
BLACKLIST_WORDS=spam,advertisement,scam
WEBHOOK_URL=https://yourapp.herokuapp.com/webhook

4. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the Bot

Local (Polling):

python bot.py

Webhook (Deployment):

python webhook.py

Configuration

• FROM_CHANNEL: Source channel IDs separated by spaces
• TO_CHANNEL: Destination channel IDs separated by spaces
• ADD_FOOTER: Enable/disable custom footer (True/False)
• FOOTER_TEXT: Custom text added to forwarded messages
• BLACKLIST_WORDS: Comma-separated words to filter out
• WHITELIST_WORDS: Comma-separated words that must be present
• WEBHOOK_URL: For webhook deployment (optional)
• PORT: Webhook server port (default: 8080)

Getting Channel IDs

1. Forward a message from the channel to @userinfobot
2. The bot will show the channel ID
3. Use the ID with the minus sign (e.g., -1001234567890)

Deployment

The bot includes configuration for:

• Heroku (Procfile)
• Render (render.yml)
• Local development

Credits

• Original concept by LmaoDED
• Enhanced with improved error handling and multi-channel support