Bot configuration using UI tools

This guide walks you through setting up your own decentralized video streaming service using the Telegram Media Bot. The guide is suitable for both technical and non-technical users.

Requirement

Ownership of a Telegram Channel
Free Cere Developer Account (www.developer.cere.network)

Prerequisites

Content should be organised as follows in your desktop’s file system:
- the thumbnails folder contains the video thumbnails
- the videos folder contains the video files
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We currently support only MP4 video format!
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1. Upload your files

Content should be organised as follows in your desktop’s file system:

Go to Developer Console and create a new account
- Developer Console
Start with creating your first bucket
and upload files
Upload the thumbnails folder into the first bucket (616) using the Upload Folder option
Create another bucket (617) for videos
Go to Content Delivery section and make the video bucket (617) private
Go back to the Content Storage section and upload your videos folder to the private bucket (617)
Now when you have video files and their thumbnails uploaded to DDC, let’s prepare the files URLs. Use share button to copy the files URLs.
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In our case the URLs are:
- Thumbnails
  - https://cdn.dragon.cere.network/616/fs/thumbnails/thumb1.jpg
  - https://cdn.dragon.cere.network/616/fs/thumbnails/thumb2.jpg
- Videos
  - https://cdn.dragon.cere.network/617/fs/videos/video1.mp4
  - https://cdn.dragon.cere.network/617/fs/videos/video2.mp4
Done! The files are stored on DDC and we have links to them 👍

2. ConfigurING the bot

Got to the bot: Telegram STG DDC Streaming Bot
Start configuration by typing
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/start
```
You will see
Share your channel with the bot by clicking Share channel .
Select your channel. In my case it is SKTestTube
Start configuration by retrieving the Bot public key
- Click Set Bot Access token to get the bot public key. You will see a message from the bot with its public key in hex formatde of a div block.
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Generate access token for public key from the next message and send it to me in hex format


0x08fc09ba94bc4778cbe9fdb539abb549143b42b74fb124167a0d9ad2c03b1404
```
- Copy the public key for now
Login to Global Access Registry app using your Cere Wallet
You did not share any access yet, so the list is empty.
Start sharing access to your private bucket with the bot by pressing Share Access
- Select the private bucket with the video content (617)
- Enter the bot’s account address (Bot configuration using UI tools - Click Set Bot Access token to get the bot public key. You w… )
- Make sure Can delegate and Read operation are checked
Press Share Access and you will see the access record in the list where you can copy the access token

Send the token to the bot

You will see this message from the bot

Access token is configured for channel. Bucket id is 617, expires in 30d

Configure your payouts address by pressing Set payouts address
- Send your TON wallet address to the bot and it should respond you with this message (should include your address 🙂):
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Payouts address set to UQC...RbL5X
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Configure your subscription by clicking on the ‘Configure subscriptions’ button.
- Send the length of subscription
- Send the description
- Send the subscription price

Check the bot configuration by pressing Check configuration button. You should see something like this

Config for channel "SKTestTube":
Bot access token is configured
Payouts address is configured
Number of videos: 0
You are all set. Share this link in your channel:
https://t.me/STG_DDC_Streaming_Bot/cere?startapp=-1002333928722

Done! The bit now has access to your private bucket and can pass user payments to your wallet 👍

3. Add the bot to the channel

You will need to add the Cere Media Bot (@STG_DDC_Streaming_Bot) to your channel, and provided it with admin rights. For more info on how to provide a bot with admin rights, expand the toggle below

How to add a telegram bot to your group / channel

Step 1: Add your Telegram Bot to your Group

The first step is to add a Telegram Bot to the group.
In Telegram, go to your Telegram group and click on the top bar:

Click on Add:

And fill in the name of your Telegram group bot:

Step 2: Make your Bot Administrator of the Group

The next step is to make your bot an admin of the Telegram group.
After you’ve added your bot, you can just click on Edit in your Telegram Group settings:

Choose for Administrators:

And click on Add Admin:

Select your Telegram Bot:

And then give it all the rights and click on Done:

Now, your Telegram Bot automatically replies to messages in your Telegram group!

What if your bot only responds when someone mentions it?

If your Telegram bot has no access to messages and only responds to mentions, change the privacy settings. This is a common issue for many users learning how to add bots to Telegram group for the first time.
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When you do that, the bot will respond to all messages in the group.
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To change the privacy settings, search for “Botfather” in Telegram. Then, start a conversation with him:

And then type in the command /mybots and select your Telegram Bot:

Click on Bot Settings:

And select Group Privacy:

And then click on Turn off to disable the privacy mode of your bot:

4. Add videos

Now lets add the videos and thumbnails to the bot

Click Add Video button in the bot configuration menu. It will ask you to send him the video URL.
Copy the previously uploaded video1 URL (Bot configuration using UI tools - Videos ) and send it to the bot.
Then the bot will ask you to sent the video title and description. We will use random words.
The it will ask you to send the video thumbnails URL. We already have for the video1 (Bot configuration using UI tools - Thumbnails ) - send it to the bot.
Done! You added the first video 👍
Repeat steps 1-4 for the second video.

Check the bot configuration by clicking Check configuration in the bot menu. You should see:

Config for channel "SKTestTube":
Bot access token is configured
Payouts address is configured
Number of videos: 2
You are all set. Share this link in your channel:
https://t.me/STG_DDC_Streaming_Bot/cere?startapp=-1002333928722

Congratulations 🎉 You have configured your own decentralized YouTube!!!

Share the link in your channel

https://t.me/STG_DDC_Streaming_Bot/cere?startapp=-1002333928722

Enjoy !!!