Telegram Image Compressor Bot (telegram-image-compressor)

A Telegram bot that validates image URLs, downloads the pictures, compresses them, and shares the compressed picture back with the user.

Features

• Validates user-submitted URLs to ensure they are valid and accessible.
• Checks if the URL returns a 200 HTTP status code (no 404 or invalid URLs).
• Retrieves file metadata, such as image size, without downloading the image.
• Downloads the image in the background.
• Compresses the image with efficient settings.
• Sends the compressed image back to the user as a downloadable file.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/basemax/telegram-image-compressor.git
   cd telegram-image-compressor

2. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up your bot token:

Obtain a bot token from BotFather on Telegram.

Replace YOUR_BOT_TOKEN in the main.py script with your actual bot token.

Usage

Start the bot:

python main.py

Send a image URL to the bot in Telegram.

The bot will:

• Validate the URL.
• Download the image.
• Compress the image using Python.
• Send the compressed image back to you.

Example

User sends:

https://example.com/image.jpg

Bot responds:

✅ URL is valid!
🔄 Downloading image...
🗜️ Compressing image...
📤 Sending compressed image...

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• requests Python library
• python-telegram-bot library

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork this repository and submit a pull request with your changes.

Contact

Feel free to reach out for any questions or suggestions: @basemax

Copyright 2024, Max Base