tutorials

Tutorial

See below for a step-by-step tutorial on how to use TStickers

• Step 1 - Send a message to @BotFather
• Step 2 - Create a file called 'env'
• Step 3 - Get the URL of the telegram sticker pack(s)
  • Option 1 - Use a browser and search for the pack
  • Option 2 - Use telegram
• Step 4 - Use TStickers

Step 1 - Send a message to @BotFather

1. You must have a telegram account to use this
2. Send a message to @BotFather to get started.
3. Send a message containing /newbot
4. Send a message containing the name of the bot e.g. /test
5. Send a message containing the username of the bot e.g. /test_bot
6. @BotFather will send a message with the token

Step 2 - Create a file called 'env'

Create a file called 'env' (or env.txt) and paste your token from part 1.

e.g. env.txt

14************

Step 3 - Get the URL of the telegram sticker pack(s)

Option 1 - Use a browser and search for the pack

1. Use a browser and search for the pack e.g. telegram donut the dog

   

2. Click on the link

3. Copy the url: e.g. https://t.me/addstickers/DonutTheDog

Option 2 - Use telegram

1. Open telegram, find the desired sticker pack and share the pack (on mobile pick copy link). An example of sharing a pack is below

   

2. Click on share stickers/ link - this will copy the url: e.g. https://t.me/addstickers/DonutTheDog

Step 4 - Use TStickers

• Run the program python -m tstickers
• Enter the URL of the sticker pack
• Get the output in the downloads folder.

$ tstickers
Enter sticker_set url (leave blank to stop): https://t.me/addstickers/DonutTheDog
Enter sticker_set url (leave blank to stop):
INFO     | ============================================================
INFO     | Starting to scrape "DonutTheDog" ..
INFO     | Time taken to scrape 31 stickers - 0.044s
INFO     |
INFO     | ------------------------------------------------------------
INFO     | Starting download of "donutthedog" into downloads\donutthedog
INFO     | Time taken to download 31 stickers - 0.157s
INFO     |
INFO     | ------------------------------------------------------------
INFO     | -> Cache miss for DonutTheDog!
INFO     | Converting stickers "DonutTheDog"...
INFO     | Time taken to convert 31 stickers (tgs) - 60.970s
INFO     |
INFO     | Time taken to convert 31 stickers (webp) - 0.447s
INFO     |
INFO     | Time taken to convert 62 stickers (total) - 61.434s
INFO     |