Telegram

Connect to Telegram via official Telegram BotFather.

oChats.io tip: If you have created a Telegram BotFather account before, please start from Step 6.

Steps to create an account with Telegram BotFather & integrate their API with us:

1. Create a Telegram account / Sign in to your Telegram

2. Click on the 3 line on top left corner

3. Click on Add Account / Switch to the account you want to connect

4. Search for BotFather on Telegram

   
5. Click Start to message BotFather on Telegram

6. Type /newbot (It will show “Alright, a new bot. How are we going to call it? Please choose a name for your bot.”)

7. Type the name of your bot. After, it’ll show “Good. Now let’s choose a username for your bot. It must end in `bot`. Like this, for example: TetrisBot or tetris_bot.”

8. After giving the name it’ll show :-

   • “Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at t.me/ShibinTest3bot. You can now add a description, about section and profile picture for your bot, see /help for a list of commands. By the way, when you’ve finished creating your cool bot, ping our Bot Support if you want a better username for it. Just make sure the bot is fully operational before you do this.

   • Use this token to access the HTTP API: “TOKEN”

   • For a description of the Bot API, see this page: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

9. Copy the API Token & paste it at oChats.