![]() Now that we have generated the token for our newly created Telegram bot, we can go ahead and start building its logic. In the response, you should be able to access the token generated, which can be used to control our newly created bot. And, finally, pick a user name (note this must be unique).Click the Start button on the bottom of the screen.On your Telegram application (either on your mobile or desktop), search for the BotFather account (make sure to use the verified one): The BotFather account that will be used to generate a token for the Telegram Bot API. In order to make use of the Telegram Bot API, we first need to generate a token that will be used by subsequent requests to the API endpoint (this is going to be handled by the Python client, but we still have to pass this token once). ![]() Now that we have created the virtual environment, we can go ahead and activate it: source ~/telegram-tutorial-venv/bin/activateĪnd finally, let’s install the Python wrapper for the Telegram Bot API using pip : pip install python-telegram-bot -pre -upgrade First, let’s create a fresh virtual environment that we will use to install the dependencies required as part of this tutorial: python3 -m vevn ~/telegram-tutorial-venv Python-telegram-bot is an asynchronous interface for the Telegram Bot API. ![]() For example, you could build a notification system that makes use of the Telegram Bot API that, in turn, calls the GitHub Actions API and informs you when a build has failed and/or succeeded. Other potential use cases for Telegram Bot API include building interactive games or providing personalized news updates.Īdditionally, the Telegram Bot API allows for the creation of bots that can be easily integrated with other services and interact with external APIs. Telegram Bot API can be used for a variety of purposes, from video or image manipulation to systems that are responsible for managing notifications. For the purpose of this tutorial, we’ll be using the Python client. These wrappers are written in various languages and let you interact programmatically with the API. Note that several wrappers exist for the Bot API. It is available on a variety of platforms, including iOS, Android and desktop (Windows and OSX). Telegram allows users to send messages, photos, videos, and other files to others and to create group chats with up to 200,000 members. It was created by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov and is known for its emphasis on security and speed. There’s a “feedback” section, and I encourage you to submit thoughts on the bot and help us improve its functionality.įollow the bot here on Telegram, and check out a few pics of it in action below.Telegram is a messaging app that is similar to WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Maybe one day we can get the bot to Tony Stark level, but until then, we need your help. This is our first crack at a bot, and we know it’s not perfect. The bots are taking over, but we still want human feedback You can also ask the bot questions like “Who is Jack Dorsey?” or “What is Disrupt?” By default it will send you the most popular stories. The bot will send you a digest of trending stories about the topics you want twice a day. For example, I’m subscribed to news about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat. ![]() You can subscribe to different topics, authors or sections of the site, and the bot will send you news articles from TechCrunch about the things you are interested in the most. The goal of the bot is to help you stay on top of the topics and stories you care about the most. If you are already on Telegram, you can check out the bot by following this link (or search for “techcrunchbot” within the platform). We teamed up with Chatfuel to build the bot, and after a month of development we’re thrilled to show it off to the world. We’re excited to announce the launch of our first artificial intelligence-powered news bot on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram. ![]()
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