Node.js Telegram Bot API

Install

``sh
npm i node-telegram-bot-api
`

Usage

`js
const TelegramBot = require('node-telegram-bot-api');

// replace the value below with the Telegram token you receive from @BotFather
const token = 'YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN';

// Create a bot that uses 'polling' to fetch new updates
const bot = new TelegramBot(token, {polling: true});

// Matches "/echo [whatever]"
bot.onText(/\/echo (.+)/, (msg, match) => {
// 'msg' is the received Message from Telegram
// 'match' is the result of executing the regexp above on the text content
// of the message

const chatId = msg.chat.id;
const resp = match[1]; // the captured "whatever"

// send back the matched "whatever" to the chat
bot.sendMessage(chatId, resp);
});

// Listen for any kind of message. There are different kinds of
// messages.
bot.on('message', (msg) => {
const chatId = msg.chat.id;

// send a message to the chat acknowledging receipt of their message
bot.sendMessage(chatId, 'Received your message');
});
``

Documentation

* [Usage][usage]
* [Examples][examples]
* [Tutorials][tutorials]
* [Help Information][help]
* API Reference [api-release] / [development][api-dev] / [experimental][api-experimental])
* [Contributing to the Project][contributing]
* [Experimental Features][experimental]

_Note: Development is done against the master branch.
Code for the latest release resides on the release branch.
Experimental features reside on the experimental branch._

Community

We thank all the developers in the Open-Source community who continuously
take their time and effort in advancing this project.
See our [list of contributors][contributors].

We have a [Telegram channel][tg-channel] where we post updates on
the Project. Head over and subscribe!

We also have a [Telegram group][tg-group] to discuss issues related to this library.

Some things built using this library that might interest you:

* tgfancy: A fancy, higher-level wrapper for Telegram Bot API
* node-telegram-bot-api-middleware: Middleware for node-telegram-bot-api
* teleirc: A simple Telegram ↔ IRC gateway
* bot-brother: Node.js library to help you easily create telegram bots
* redbot: A Node-RED plugin to create telegram bots visually
* node-telegram-keyboard-wrapper: A wrapper to improve keyboards structures creation through a more easy-to-see way (supports Inline Keyboards, Reply Keyboard, Remove Keyboard and Force Reply)
* beetube-bot: A telegram bot for music, videos, movies, EDM tracks, torrent downloads, files and more.

Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright © 2019 Yago

[usage]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/usage.md
[examples]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/examples
[help]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/help.md
[tutorials]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/tutorials.md
[api-dev]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/api.md
[api-release]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/release/doc/api.md
[api-experimental]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/experimental/doc/api.md
[contributing]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[contributors]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/graphs/contributors
[experimental]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/experimental.md
[tg-channel]:https://telegram.me/node_telegram_bot_api
[tg-group]:https://telegram.me/ntbasupport