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šŸ“± Telegram Bot

embedchain/docs/examples/telegram_bot.mdx

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šŸ–¼ļø Template Setup

  • Open the Telegram app and search for the BotFather user.
  • Start a chat with BotFather and use the /newbot command to create a new bot.
  • Follow the instructions to choose a name and username for your bot.
  • Once the bot is created, BotFather will provide you with a unique token for your bot.
<Tabs> <Tab title="docker"> ```bash docker run --name telegram-bot -e OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-xxx -e TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=xxx -p 8000:8000 embedchain/telegram-bot ```
<Note>
If you wish to use **Docker**, you would need to host your bot on a server.
You can use [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) to expose your localhost to the
internet and then set the webhook using the ngrok URL.
</Note>

</Tab>
<Tab title="replit">
<Card>
    Fork <ins>**[this](https://replit.com/@taranjeetio/EC-Telegram-Bot-Template?v=1#README.md)**</ins> replit template.
</Card>

- Set your `OPENAI_API_KEY` in Secrets.
- Set the unique token as `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` in Secrets.

</Tab>
</Tabs>
  • Click on Run in the replit container and a URL will get generated for your bot.
  • Now set your webhook by running the following link in your browser:
url
https://api.telegram.org/bot<Your_Telegram_Bot_Token>/setWebhook?url=<Replit_Generated_URL>
  • When you get a successful response in your browser, your bot is ready to be used.

šŸš€ Usage Instructions

  • Open your bot by searching for it using the bot name or bot username.
  • Click on Start or type /start and follow the on screen instructions.

šŸŽ‰ Happy Chatting! šŸŽ‰