Wrapper for interacting with the Telegram Bot API
npm install telegrambot nodejs
npm install telegrambot
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Available Methods
All methods available on the API can be access using this library. The list of methods and expected results can be found in the Bot API document.
The methods can be used like this (wrappers):
` nodejs
var TelegramBot = require('telegrambot');
var api = new TelegramBot('');
api.getMe(callback);
api.sendMessage(opts, callback);
api.forwardMessage(opts, callback);
api.sendPhoto(opts, callback;
api.sendAudio(opts, callback);
api.sendDocument(opts, callback);
api.sendSticker(opts, callback);
api.sendVideo(opts, callback);
api.sendLocation(opts, callback);
api.sendChatAction(opts, callback);
api.sendContact(opts, callback);
api.getUserProfilePhotos(opts, callback);
api.getFile(opts, callback);
api.kickChatMember(opts, callback);
api.unbanChatMember(opts, callback);
api.answerCallbackQuery(opts, callback);
api.editMessageText(opts, callback);
api.editMessageCaption(opts, callback);
api.editMessageReplyMarkup(opts, callback);
api.answerInlineQuery(opts, callback);
api.getUpdates(opts, callback);
api.setWebhook(opts, callback);
`
Usage
` nodejs
var TelegramBot = require('telegrambot');
var fs = require('fs');
var api = new TelegramBot('');
api.sendMessage({ chat_id: 1, text: 'test' }, function (err, message) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(message);
});
api.sendPhoto({ chat_id: 1, photo: fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/test.jpg') }, function (err, message) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(message);
});
`
Using 'invoke'
The library contains an invoke call that can be used to call any API method even before it's been implemented as part of the library interface. All library calls wrap this call and serve mostly as a convenience.
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