Use a config file for credentials

.gitignore

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+config.py

install

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Functions
+mkconfig(){
+	echo "Please get your credentials from https://my.telegram.org."
+	read -p "App API ID (api_id): " api_id
+	read -p "App API hash (api_hash): " api_hash
+	echo "api_id = $api_id" >> config.py
+	echo "api_hash = '$api_hash'" >> config.py
+}
+
+# Preliminary sanity checks
+[ ! -f ubot.py ] && echo "ubot.py not found, quitting." && exit 1
+[ $0 != ./install ] && echo "Not launched from current directory." && exit 1
+[ ! -f config.py ] && mkconfig
+
+return 0

ubot.py

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 #!/usr/bin/python3
 import os
 from telethon import TelegramClient, events
+from config import *
 
-# Use your own values from my.telegram.org
-api_id = os.environ['api_id']
-api_hash = os.environ['api_hash']
 client = TelegramClient('ubot', api_id, api_hash)
 
 @client.on(events.NewMessage)