Testing on your Local Machine

NOTE: Following environment variables are used to configure the bot in PRODUCTION/LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.

TELEGRAM_TOKEN -> Telegram bot token.
DEV_CHAT_ID -> The chat id of the developer where the bot will send debug messages.
GROUP_CHAT_ID -> The chat id of your group.
SECRET_KEY -> The secret key for the file decryption process (You can find your key inside DATA directory).

You can set these environment variables in your terminal using the following commands:

export DEV_CHAT_ID=use_your_chat_id_here_obtained_from_idbot
export TELEGRAM_TOKEN=use_your_telegram_token_obtained_from_botfather_earlier
export SECRET_KEY=use_your_secret_key_here_obtained_from_encrypting_data
export GROUP_CHAT_ID=use_your_group_chat_id_here_obtained_from_idbot

Run the bot using the following command:
On Linux:
```
python3 bla_bot.py
```
On Windows:
```
py bla_bot.py
```
On Linux using Poetry:
```
poetry run python3 bla_bot.py
```
Cool! Now you can start using your bot.
Open the Telegram app and search for your bot and start a conversation with it. Send /help to your bot to see the list of commands. Test all other features and make sure everything is working as expected.
Press Ctrl-C on the command line to stop the bot.