This integration allows your Bot to respond and answer queries sent through the Telegram app.

Step 1 - Create a Botfather Token in Telegram

1. Open and log into your Telegram account at https://web.telegram.org/

   • Go to the [Chats] tab and search for "BotFather"
   • Click "BotFather" to open a conversation, then click the [Start] button
   
   

2. Create a new bot.

   • Type and send "/newbot" on the message box;
   • Then click the [send] button
   
   

3. Give the bot a name.

   • Botfather will ask you to choose a name for your bot, this is the name that Telegram users will see when engaging with your bot.
   • Type in a name, then click the [send] button
   
   

   

4. Give the bot a username.

   • BotFather will ask you to choose a username for your bot. The username must end in "bot," eg. TetriBot or tetris_bot.
   • Type in a username, then click the [send] button.
   
   

   

5. Copy the token generated by BotFather to your clipboard (you will be asked to use it in the next step).

   

Step 2 - Connect & Install

1. Go to your "Your Bots" Page and click on a bot. If you haven't created a Bot yet, read this Quick Start Guide.

   

2. Click [Integrations] from the left hand side menu, then click [Apps]

   

3. Look for the [Telegram] integration. Click [Connect], then click [Install]

   

   
   

4. Go to [Installed apps]

   • Click [Setup Now] on the [Telegram] integration
   • Paste in the Token generated from your Telegram account;
   • Then click [Save]
   
   

Step 3 - Test the integration

Note: Make sure your Botsonic chatbot is trained with an uploaded file or FAQ that answers the question/message that you're posting

1. Open a conversation with your Telegram bot, by accessing the link generated by BotFather

   

2. Click [Start] then type and send your message.

   

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To change the Bot's name, profile pic, or delete the Telegram bot, etc.

Go to "Botfather" and refer to the corresponding commands to edit the bot