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+[Unit]
+Description=Photographer.ru telegram to VK repost bot
+After=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=andrey
+Restart=always
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/andrey/bot-test/bot.py
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# systemd service...
+# see:
+#   https://tecadmin.net/run-shell-script-as-systemd-service/
+#   https://tecadmin.net/setup-autorun-python-script-using-systemd/
+
+import telebot
+import vk_api
+import requests
+import io
+import datetime
+import re
+
+
+# Токен бота в Телеграме
+telegram_token = open('telegrm.token', 'r').read().strip()
+
+# Токен группы ВКонтакте
+vk_token = open('vk.token', 'r').read().strip()
+
+# ID группы ВКонтакте
+vk_group_id = open('vk_group.id', 'r').read().strip()
+
+
+def getDate():
+    return datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+TEXT_SNIP = 50
+
+# CONTENT_TYPES = [
+#     "text", 
+#     "audio", 
+#     "document", 
+#     "photo", 
+#     "sticker", 
+#     "video", 
+#     "video_note", 
+#     "voice", 
+#     "location", 
+#     "contact",
+#     "new_chat_members",
+#     "left_chat_member",
+#     "new_chat_title",
+#     "new_chat_photo",
+#     "delete_chat_photo",
+#     "group_chat_created",
+#     "supergroup_chat_created",
+#     "channel_chat_created",
+#     "migrate_to_chat_id",
+#     "migrate_from_chat_id",
+#     "pinned_message",
+# ]
+TRACK_TYPES = [
+    "text", 
+    "photo", 
+]
+
+# Создаем объекты бота в Телеграме и API ВКонтакте
+bot = telebot.TeleBot(telegram_token)
+vk_session = vk_api.VkApi(token=vk_token)
+vk = vk_session.get_api()
+
+print(f'{getDate()}: Bot started...')
+
+
+# XXX TODO:
+#   - for some reason this does not see attached images at all...
+#        message.photo == None...
+#   - get telegram formatting (markdown???)
+#       (see notes for: repost_photo_to_vk(..) below)
+@bot.channel_post_handler(content_types=['text'])
+def repost_text_to_vk(message):
+    print(f"{getDate()}: Received message: {(message.text or '')[:TEXT_SNIP]}")
+
+    attachments = []
+
+    # Если в сообщении есть изображения, загружаем их в ВКонтакте
+    # XXX for some reason we are not getting any photos here...
+    print(f"  --- PHOTOS: {message.photo}")
+    if message.photo:
+        for photo in message.photo:
+            # Скачиваем фото
+            file_info = bot.get_file(photo.file_id)
+            photo_url = "https://api.telegram.org/file/bot{}/{}".format(
+                telegram_token, file_info.file_path)
+
+            # Загружаем фото в ВКонтакте
+            photo_id = upload_photo_to_vk(vk, photo_url)
+            attachments.append(photo_id)
+
+            print(f"  --- PHOTO {len(attachments)}: {attachments[-1]}")
+
+    # Публикуем сообщение в группе ВКонтакте
+    vk.wall.post(
+        owner_id="-" + vk_group_id,
+        message=message.text,
+        attachments=",".join(attachments),
+    )
+    print(f"{getDate()}: Posted message: {(message.text or '')[:TEXT_SNIP]}")
+
+
+# XXX HACK -- mini/cute html2 -> markdown parser...
+def html2md(text):
+    text = re.sub(r'<b>(.*)</b>', r'*\1*', text, flags=re.I|re.M)
+    text = re.sub(r'<i>(.*)</i>', r'_\1_', text, flags=re.I|re.M)
+    text = re.sub(r'<a\s+[ˆ>]*href="(.*)"[ˆ>]*>(.*)</a>', r'[\2](\1)', text, flags=re.I|re.M)
+    return text
+
+
+# see:
+#   https://github.com/python273/vk_api/blob/master/examples/upload_photo.py
+#   https://vk-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upload.html (see: photo_wall(..))
+#
+# XXX TODO
+#   - multiple images per post are treated  as separate posts for some reason -- need 
+#       to find a way to group...
+#   - get telegram formatting:
+#       - links
+#       - header
+#       - ...
+#   - Q: is the largest image alwways the last??
+#       ...check telegram API
+@bot.channel_post_handler(content_types=['photo'])
+def repost_photo_to_vk(message):
+    print(f"{getDate()}: Received photo: {(message.caption or '')[:TEXT_SNIP]}")
+
+    # download images (memory)...
+    upload = vk_api.VkUpload(vk_session)
+    ids = []
+    photo = message.photo[-1]
+    file_info = bot.get_file(photo.file_id)
+    photo_url = "https://api.telegram.org/file/bot{}/{}".format(
+        telegram_token, 
+        file_info.file_path)
+    response = requests.get(photo_url)
+
+    # upload images...
+    photo_info = upload.photo_wall(
+        io.BytesIO(response.content),
+        group_id=vk_group_id)[0]
+
+    ids += [
+        "photo{}_{}".format(
+            photo_info["owner_id"], 
+            photo_info["id"]) ]
+
+    print(f"  --- PHOTO {len(ids)}: {ids[-1]}")
+
+    vk.wall.post(
+        owner_id="-" + vk_group_id,
+        message=message.caption,
+        #message=message.html_caption,
+        attachments=",".join(ids))
+
+    print(f"{getDate()}: Posted photo: {(message.caption or '')[:TEXT_SNIP]}")
+
+
+# Запускаем бота в Телеграме с измененными параметрами опроса
+bot.polling(none_stop=False, interval=0, timeout=60)
+
+