Test script

tdcli.lua is a Work In Progress. Most of tdlib functions are not yet tested or not optimally tested.
Below is my test script. It's a modified version of example script from https://valtman.name/telegram-cli. If you have a better script or testing method, let me know.

• Install luarocks

  sudo apt install luarocks

• Install lua serpent module to pretty print the messages

  sudo luarocks install serpent

• Place telegram-cli binary and this test script on a same directory.

  -- Look for lua 5.2 libraries on these PATH  
  package.path = package.path .. ';.luarocks/share/lua/5.2/?.lua'
    .. ';.luarocks/share/lua/5.2/?/init.lua'
  package.cpath = package.cpath .. ';.luarocks/lib/lua/5.2/?.so'
  
  -- Load the libraries
  serpent = require "serpent"
  -- dofile is prefered than require as we will edit some function on tdcli.lua to make it work.
  -- dofile need a PATH, except if this script is on the same directory level with the module we would like to import. 
  tdcli = dofile('tdcli.lua')
  
  -- Print message
  local function vardump(value)
    print(serpent.block(value, {comment=false}))
  end
  
  -- Print callback. See this result to see if our commands is working.
  function dl_cb(arg, data)
    print('=====================================================================')
    vardump(arg)
    vardump(data)
    print('=====================================================================')
  end
  
  function tdcli_update_callback(data)
    -- dumping all Telegram message structure
    vardump(data)
    
    if (data.ID == "UpdateNewMessage") then
      local msg = data.message_
      local input = msg.content_.text_
      local chat_id = msg.chat_id_
      local user_id = msg.sender_user_id_
      
      -- dumping Telegram message structure
      vardump(msg)
      
      -- if message is a text message
      if msg.content_.ID == "MessageText" then
        -- and the text is pang
        if input == "pang" then
          -- call a function
          tdcli.getActiveSessions()  
        elseif input == "peng" then
          tdcli.getAuthState()
        elseif input == "ping" then
          tdcli.getMe()
        elseif input == "pong" then
          tdcli.getSupportUser()
        elseif input == "pung" then
          tdcli.resetAuth()
        -- these lines below if we need to input a value into a function
        elseif input:match('^tas') then
          local text = input:gsub('tas', '')
          tdcli.getWebPagePreview(text)
        elseif input:match('^tes') then
          local text = input:gsub('tes', '')
          tdcli.sendMessage(chat_id, 0, 0, '<b>' .. text .. '</b>', 1, 'html')
        elseif input:match('^tis') then
          local text = input:gsub('tis', '')
          tdcli.changeAbout(text)
        elseif input:match('^tos') then
          local text = input:gsub('tos', '')
          tdcli.changeUsername(text)
        elseif input:match('^tus') then
          local text = input:gsub('tus', '')
          tdcli.changeAccountTtl(text)
        end
      end
    elseif (data.ID == "UpdateOption" and data.name_ == "my_id") then
      tdcli_function ({
        ID="GetChats",
        offset_order_="9223372036854775807",
        offset_chat_id_=0,
        limit_=20
      }, dl_cb, nil)
    end
  end