How to configure the source
The PosterBot
Description of all available settings and features.
Below are all existing source settings; their availability may depend on the type of source.
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Appearance
This section is responsible for how the messages delivered by the bot to your chat or channel will look like.
Source Link
If enabled: the bot will send a link to the original post on the social network in a separate message (for example: Post from a public page...)
Reactions
If enabled: buttons with reactions will be added to all messages in the channel, with them subscribers will be able to rate the message.
Auto-reactions: if you specify certain words, the bot will add buttons only to those posts where these words are contained (for example: publications with the word like)
Additional text
If added: the bot will add your own text to the post text, which may contain, for example, a link to your channel. In addition, you can choose the place where the text will be added — before or after the text of the main message.
Remove #tags
If enabled: all tags will be removed from the message text (for example: #interesting)
Remove «@ ...» from tags
If enabled: VK admins often add their public page logins to tags for easy navigation. To remove these logins and leave only tags, enable this setting (for example: #tag@author will turn into a #tag)
Send text
If enabled: the bot will send the text of the post, if disabled, only attachments will be delivered (if enabled).
Delete links
This setting is available only for Twitter sources.
If enabled: all links to external sites will be removed from the post text.
Send title
This setting is available only for RSS and YouTube sources.
If enabled: the bot will include the post or video title in the message body.
Message Formatting
This setting is available only for RSS sources.
Using this setting, you can configure how the message will be sent from the RSS feed.
Send links
This setting is available only for RSS sources.
If enabled: the bot will include in the message the URL link to the original publication from RSS.
Text for audio
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If the text is added: the bot will add a description to each audio file (for example, this way you can add the login of your channel).
Delivery at Telegraph
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If enabled: the bot will create a Telegraph article for each VK post, using SmartGraph you can specify the number of characters after which such articles will be created.
Send Location
This setting is available only for Instagram sources.
If enabled: the bot will publish a location under a photo or video from Instagram, if it is in the original publication.
Enable comments
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If enabled: the bot will add a button to each message, with the help of which comments created through @CommentsBot will be opened.
Delete t.me links
This setting is available only for Telegram sources.
If enabled: the bot will remove all links containing the t.me address from the message text.
Send author
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If enabled: the bot will add to the text of the message the name of the author who suggested the post and a link to his VK page.
HTML markup
This setting is available only for VK, Instagram and Twitter sources.
If enabled: all messages will be formatted with HTML markup, so you can add links or any other formatting to the additional text.
Filters
This section is responsible for which entries will come to your channel or chat, and which will not.
Filter by Likes
Using this filter, you can specify the number of likes that a post should get in order for the bot to publish it in your channel.
Stop words
If words are specified: the bot will not send the entry if it contains at least one word from the given list.
Keywords
If words are specified: the bot will not send an entry if it does not contain at least one word from the given list.
Posts with links
If disabled: the bot will not send posts that contain any links. Typically, links are contained in advertising posts, so this setting also filters ads.
Limit by photos
Using this setting, you can set the maximum number of photos in the post — if there are more than the specified number, the bot will not send the post.
Send reposts
If enabled: the bot will send reposts or retweets.
Posts with audio
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If enabled: the bot will send posts to which audio files are attached.
Posts with Wiki
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If enabled: the bot will send posts to which Wiki pages are attached.
Pots with videos
If enabled: the bot will send posts to which video files are attached.
Posts with photos
If enabled: the bot will send posts to which photos are attached.
Submitted by users
For VK groups, if enabled: the bot will publish all posts from the wall.
Posts with Polls
If enabled: the bot will send posts to which polls is attached.
Send replies
This setting is available only for Twitter sources.
If enabled: the bot will send user responses to other tweets.
Attachments
This section is responsible for what files the bot will send to your channels and chats.
Audio
If enabled: the bot will send audio files to your channel or chat.
Documents
If enabled: the bot will send documents up to 50mb from VK to your channel or chat.
GIF-animations
If enabled: the bot will send GIFs to your channel or chat.
Links as attachments
If enabled: the bot will send links attached to the post in a separate message.
Videos
If enabled, for VK: the bot will send links to videos attached to the post.
If enabled, for other sources: the bot will send video files if their size does not exceed 50mb.
Photos
If enabled: the bot will send all the photos from the post.
First photo + text
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If enabled: the bot will send only the first photo and post text.
Send polls
This setting is available only for VK sources.
If enabled: the bot will send polls from VK as native polls to Telegram.
Send Stories
This setting is available only for Instagram sources.
If enabled: every 6 hours the bot will send the latest stories from the Instagram profile.
HD photos
This setting is available only for Facebook sources.
If enabled: bot will send photos in high resolution. By default this option is turned off to minimise requests to Facebook and speed up delivery.
Send Videos
This setting is available only for YouTube sources.
If enabled: bot will upload YouTube videos to your channel or chat. However, bots can't upload long videos which are more than 50mb size.
Send Audio
This setting is available only for YouTube sources.
If enabled: bot will upload YouTube audio to your channel or chat. However, bots can't upload long audio which are more than 50mb size.
Delivery
This section is responsible for how messages will arrive in your channels and chats.
Send «silently»
If enabled: the bot will send all messages in silent mode.
Time Between Posts
If the time is set: the bot will send only one post in a given period (for example, one message per hour) so as not to clog the channel with a stream of new publications.
Message Delivery Hours
If the time is set: the bot will send messages to your channels and chats only at a certain period of the day (for example, you can configure message delivery from 8am to 9pm so that messages do not arrive at night).
If you still have questions, you can contact us using the /ask command in the bot.