1# EscarBot
 2
 3Earthbound Café's custom delivery bot with other cool utilities built-in.
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 5## Features
 61. The bot's main feature is listening for posts in a channel and forwarding them to a group.
 72. If the bot receives a private message, it will be forwarded to the bot's admin.
 83. If the bot senses an Instagram, Twitter (X) or YouTube link, it will try to send a custom link with better thumbnail generation.
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10## How to use
11
12Copy the `.env.example` file into `.env` and insert the following info:
13* `token`: your Telegram Bot Token;
14* `channel_id`: the channel the bot will listen to;
15* `group_id`: the group that will receive the channel messages;
16* `admin_id`: the user that will receive the bot's private messages.
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18Create a new virtual environment and install required packages:
19```
20python -m venv venv
21source venv/bin/activate
22pip install -r requirements.txt
23```
24
25Then, start the bot by running:
26```python main.py```