1# Dev Null
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3A JS function and API inspired by `/dev/null` that will throw away whatever you send it and return `null`.
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5## Function usage
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11## API Usage
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13https://api.val.town/v1/run/stevekrouse.devNull?args=[%22useless%20data%22]
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15## Why?
21## Usage
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23You can call this function via the [@stevekrouse.runValAPIAuth](/v/stevekrouse.runValAPIAuth) helper:
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25```js
26@stevekrouse.runValAPIAuth({
27 val: "@stevekrouse.dm",
28 args: ["hi steve!"],
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50## How it works
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52Telegram has a lovely API.
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541. I created a @ValTownBot via [Bot Father](https://t.me/botfather).
552. I created a [webhook](https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.telegramValTownBotWebhook) and [registered it with telegram](https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.telegramValTownBotWebhookSetup)
563. Whenever someone new messages @ValTownBot, I generate a secret and save it along with their Chat Id in @stevekrouse/telegramValTownBotSecrets (a private val), and message it back to them
574. Now whenever you call this val, it calls [`telegramValTownAPI`](https://www.val.town/v/stevekrouse.telegramValTownAPI), which looks up your Chat Id via your secret and sends you a message
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59## Telegram Resources
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72- [ ] Store user data in Val Town SQLite
73- [ ] Parse user data on the API side using Zod
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75Migrated from folder: External_APIs/telegram/telegram
1A wrapper for OpenAI's DALLE API. See the API reference here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/images/create?lang=curl
1A quick method to derive the ATProto PLC from a domain using Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 service.
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3Use as an API with val.town's usual URL structure: eg. https://api.val.town/v1/run/byjp.atproto?args=%5B%22byjp.me%22%5D
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5Migrated from folder: ATProto/atproto
5Using these two vals, you can put an interactive guestbook on any website.
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7`valUser` and `valName` are used to build the Express API URL for your forked version of [`@vtdocs.guestbook`](https://www.val.town/v/vtdocs.guestbook).
1# Shortlinks for the decentralised web
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3This is a script to allow API-based updating of the shortlinks/redirects in an IPFS-based shortlink repo (using val.town). I've written up how all this works on my blog at https://byjp.me/posts/link-shortener
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5Migrated from folder: Shortlink/addShortlink
