Open AccessMiddleware Development to Connect Telegram Messenger and Instant Messenger for the Elderly
Author(s) -
Charles Eka Swandi,
Kristian Adi Nugraha,
Danny Sebastián,
Restyandito Restyandito
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1077/1/012007
Subject(s) - instant , computer science , middleware (distributed applications) , second messenger system , instant messaging , computer network , operating system , medicine , chemistry , food science , receptor
For the elderly, instant messengers can be a media for them to interact with other people so that they don’t feel lonely. However, the elderly often find it difficult to interact with big instant messengers such as LINE, Whatsapp and Telegram, which is why an instant messenger designed specifically for the elderly is needed. Unfortunately, there are several limitations in which the messages can only be exchanged within the same instant messenger. To tackle this problem, a middleware that will be used to connect this instant messaging for the elderly with Telegram messenger. The middleware is developed with API and Webhook method. Other than that, Telegram bot is used so that messages can be sent out from Telegram. Through the testing done, the middleware developed has successfully sent out messages from Telegram to the instant messenger for elderly and vice versa.