Social Connector - Telegram

Social Connector - How to connect Telegram Account

Step by step procedure to connect a Telegram account.

Procedure on Telegram for Bot creation

1. Download Telegram app on your smartphone or PC.

Then open it.

2. Go to Search Mode
(depending on the device and the operating system, the search mode is different)

Then type and search BotFather (is the "bot to rule them all" ).

3. Start a chat with BotFather and till now you can start creating your own bot.

 

4. To create a new "bot application" tap on /newbot link or type /newbot.

Now you have to create a name and a username (this is the name that will be visualized by users) for your bot application.

The Application will give you your bot link that will open a telegram chat and the access token that you will use to call the APIs

5. Next you will have to use the access token because it's the "Bot unique ID".