ghostbird

A simple Ghost webhook -> Telegram backend

message template

Possible replacements: %TITLE%, %EXCERPT% (prefer URL preview), %AUTHORS% (comma separated), %AUTHOR% (primary author), %TAGS% (comma separated), %TAG% (primary tag), %URL%

The message is processed as Telegram HTML (Telegram documentation)
Remember: <, >, & and " instead of <>&" when not in HTML tags.

developing

Developing is tricky, as we need a local Ghost instance to test webhooks.
Luckily I've spent a couple of hours setting up a docker-compose file that brings up a local test environment.
Unfortunately it's currently missing database seeding or a sample database.

1. clone this repository
2. docker-compose up
3. navigate to localhost:3001/ghost
4. set up blog with any information
5. configure webhook (ghost settings -> integrations -> custom)
   • add a webhook with event: Post published and URL: http://vendla:willebrand@ghostbird.localhost:3000/published
6. test webhook by publishing a post in ghost

The ghostbird app will automatically update as you develop locally, as it reads the docker host's index.js and runs with nodemon for automatic reloads.