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Run it only on localhost, kill other instances. Console log stuff.
Are you using ngrok for webhooks?
Nope, I'm using polling with Node. github.com/yagop/node-telegra…
Are you using a service that loops over or just a cronjob/schedule task every X seconds?
It's a websocket connection to the Telegram server and keeps the process alive, so the bot never quits running.
Is this something specific to Node? I am using PHP, in this example it just goes recursively with
sleepmethod: github.com/kolar/telegram-pol…No idea. Maybe don't use PHP :D
Create two different bots with Bot Father, the first (A) runs on localhost and the second (B) runs on my server, they scan and handle the same telegram activity. I push a new version of A with the B token on the remote instance when it's necessary.
polling, i follow the same process with github.com/yagop/node-telegra…