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The official source for news about the Telegram Bot API. https://core.telegram.org/bots
Some more good news for bot developers from Russia. Sberbank is now available as a payment option in the Bot API.
To connect it to your bot, pay a visit to @BotFather > Edit Bot > Payments and select Sberbank.
Read more about the platform here: https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments
The Bot API v.3.3 has arrived!
- Mention users via inline mentions, without using usernames.
- Get pinned messages from group chats.
- And a little more.
See the full changelog here:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#august-23-2017
May the Bot API v.3.2 be with you! Your bot can now handle sticker sets:
- Create sets of stickers or masks
- Rearrange and delete stickers from sets
See full changelog:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#july-21-2017
The Bot Payment Platform now supports payments from more than 200 countries via 4 payment providers.
Three new payment providers have joined the platform since launch:
- Paymentwall, a global provider that works in 200 countries
- Yandex.Money, well known in Russia
- Paycom, popular in Uzbekistan
To connect them to your bot, pay a visit to @BotFather > Edit Bot > Payments. Read more about the platform here: https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments
We will be adding more payment providers soon.
We're having some DNS issues with our web properties (the issues are not on our side). Messaging is alive and well, but your bot may have trouble reaching api.telegram.org until this is resolved. Working on this, back soon!
Sorry about that.
Moar good news, everyone!
We're extending the #BotPrize and will continue giving out grants to great bots in 2017.
Introducing Bot API 2.3.1, a nifty little update that will give you more control over how your bot gets its updates.
Changelog:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#december-4-2016
In the coming Bot API update, the edit_message parameter in setGameScore will default to True (currently defaults to False).
Please consider explicitly passing False in the cases where you don't want the message with high scores to be updated.
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#setgamescore
We've refreshed Botfather's interface, adding two new commands: /mybots and /mygames. The new interface is based on inline buttons and will keep your chat with Botfather neat and tidy.
We're also adding status alerts for developers of popular bots today. If your bot is getting on the order of 300 requests per minute, Botfather will now contact you if it becomes less responsive than usual. (Make sure it's the real Botfather, look for the 'verified' badge).
Read more about status alerts:
https://core.telegram.org/bots#status-alerts
And it's up again. All good! Be sure to ping bot support if you're still having issues.
Stay tuned for cool updates coming very soon!
Inline keyboards may now be used in groups and are coming to channels soon. Check out our @vote and @like bots for some examples.
More about inline keyboards:
https://core.telegram.org/bots#inline-keyboards-and-on-the-fly-updating
Recent updates:
- Added consistency to what messages bots get in groups and supergroups.
https://core.telegram.org/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get
- Bots can now get the relevant emoji for a sticker.
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#recent-changes
Good news, everyone!
Your bot can win a grant of $25K or more this year. Pavel Durov will be giving away 1 million dollars to bot developers in 2016.
Check this post for details:
https://telegram.org/blog/botprize
Today we're introducing the biggest change to Telegram's Bot Platform since June 2015. The Bot API 2.0 includes:
- New inline keyboards with callback and URL buttons
- On-the-fly updating for messages
- Switch to PM/inline buttons
- 15 new types of content for inline bots
- Location and phone number permission requests
- Group management methods
- And more
These new tools will help you create fluid and intuitive interfaces and extremely powerful bots.
Read the blog announcement:
https://telegram.org/blog/bots-2-0
Check out our detailed introduction to Bot API 2.0:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/2-0-intro
See the full changelog:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#recent-changes
And stay tuned for more updates coming your way!
We forgot to announce this, but you can use either HTML-style or markdown-style formatting in your bot's messages to get italic, bold or fixed-width text and inline links.
See this section for details:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#formatting-options
African bot developers, rejoice! Rave by Flutterwave is now available as a payment option in the Bot API.
To connect it to your bot, pay a visit to @BotFather > Edit Bot > Payments and select Rave by Flutterwave there.
Read more about the platform here: https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments
A new provider has been added to the Bot Payment Platform: CLICK.
To connect it to your bot, pay a visit to @BotFather > Edit Bot > Payments and select CLICK Uzbekistan there. Read more about the platform here: https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments
The Bot Payment Platform currently supports payments from more than 200 countries via 5 payment providers.
Bot API v.3.1 is here! Build your own robotic police force for supergoups with these new methods for admin bots:
- Ban and restrict group members
- Promote new admins
- Manage group info and invite links
See full changelog:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#june-30-2017
Finally, our DNS provider fixed it (took them a while, sorry).
You may still see some residual issues due to caching, but things will get back to normal very soon.
Bot API v.3.0 is here!
- Brand new payment platform. Stripe supported out of the box, a dozen more payment providers on the way. See the Telegram blog for details:
https://telegram.org/blog/payments
- Tools for sending and receiving the new video messages.
- The User object now has a field for the user's language.
- Bot admins can unban people in channels.
- Bots can delete messages.
- And more...
See the full changelog:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#may-18-2017
Introducing The Telegraph API
You can now create bots and standalone tools to log in and manage Telegraph posts, and get page view statistics for any post on Telegraph.
See the @Telegraph bot for an example.
API Documentation:
http://telegra.ph/api
Bot API v.2.3 is now live!
- Bot privacy mode updated for the sake of consistency.
- Bots can now get messages from channels as updates.
- And more.
Full changelog:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#recent-changes
Meet the first five #BotPrize winners!
In this batch we focused on bots that have already gained massive popularity in some markets. The $200,000 that we divided between their developers will help create an even better experience for their existing and future users.
@icon8bot – an AI-based bot that allows you to apply great-looking filters to photos using neural networks and machine learning technology.
@integram_bot – a bot that allows you to set up integrations with third-party services for developers such as Trello, Gitlab, Bitbucket, and more.
@werewolfbot – a ‘Werewolf Game’ bot for group chats that gained popularity in SE Asia long before we launched our gaming platform last month.
@strangerbot – a bot that connects two random users to chat anonymously that gained huge popularity after going viral in Southern Europe.
@octopocket_bot – a smart-wallet bot that allows users from the EU to transfer money to each other and is integrated into the ATM system of Spain.
We will continue awarding creators of great bots this and the following year in $200,000 batches.
Read more:
https://telegram.org/blog/botprize1
Introducing the new Gaming Platform. As of today, your bot can offer HTML5 games – anything from simple puzzles and arcades to multiplayer 3D-shooters and real-time strategy games.
Read the blog announcement:
https://telegram.org/blog/games
Check out our introduction to Games:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/games
Also in this update:
- You can now specify an HTTP URL for a file in all methods where InputFile or file_id can be used. Telegram will get the file from the specified URL and send it to the user.
- Added a new method for checking current webhook status.
- Added a detailed guide to webhooks:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks
- And more.
See the full changelog:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#recent-changes
A DDoS attack on the Bot API is in progress. Hang on tight, we're fighting back.
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Bot API v.2.1. is here. We've added support for edited messages and new mentions from Telegram 3.9., and introduced a handful of new methods for group administrator bots.
Your bot can now get a list of administrators in a group, know how many members there are in a group and check a user's current status (administrator, creator, left the group, kicked from the group).
If a group starts getting on your bot's nerves, the bot can now leave it using the new leaveChat method.
Check out the full changelog here:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#recent-changes
#BotTip If you created a cool bot and would like to get a better username, ping us at @BotSupport. We love bot developers, and we don't like squatters here.
Just make sure you already have a working bot worthy of the name. 😎
Check out these cool sample bots to see where this is going:
@music – find and share public domain classical music
@sticker – find and share stickers based on emoji input
@foursquare – find and share venues near you
@youtube – connect your youtube account and share personalized videos
The Bot API now supports silent notifications. We've added an optional disable_notification parameter to all sending-related methods.
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#available-methods
Please note that only users with updated apps will receive the message silently. iOS users will not receive a notification, Android users will receive a notification with no sound. Coming soon to other apps.
You can now build accurate ratings and charts for content shared via your inline bot.
Simply send /setinlinefeedback to @BotFather to receive updates on which of the results provided by your bot got chosen by its users.
To give just one example, you could use this data to return the top-10 most popular results when a user first types your bot's username in the input field (i.e., as an answer to an empty request).
More info here:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/inline#collecting-feedback
This update:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#recent-changes