Build and manage Telegram bots via the Telegram Bot API. Create bots, send messages, handle webhooks, manage groups and channels.
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Build and manage Telegram bots directly from Clawdbot.
/newbot123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyzexport TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your-bot-token"
All requests go to:
https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/METHOD_NAME
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getMe" | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getMyCommands" | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/setMyCommands" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "commands": [ {"command": "start", "description": "Start the bot"}, {"command": "help", "description": "Show help message"}, {"command": "settings", "description": "Bot settings"} ] }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "text": "Hello from Clawdbot!", "parse_mode": "HTML" }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "text": "Choose an option:", "reply_markup": { "inline_keyboard": [ [{"text": "Option 1", "callback_data": "opt1"}, {"text": "Option 2", "callback_data": "opt2"}], [{"text": "Visit Website", "url": "https://example.com"}] ] } }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "text": "Choose from keyboard:", "reply_markup": { "keyboard": [ [{"text": "Button 1"}, {"text": "Button 2"}], [{"text": "Send Location", "request_location": true}] ], "resize_keyboard": true, "one_time_keyboard": true } }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendPhoto" \ -F "chat_id=CHAT_ID" \ -F "photo=@/path/to/image.jpg" \ -F "caption=Photo caption here" | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendPhoto" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "photo": "https://example.com/image.jpg", "caption": "Image from URL" }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendDocument" \ -F "chat_id=CHAT_ID" \ -F "document=@/path/to/file.pdf" \ -F "caption=Here is your document" | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendLocation" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "latitude": 40.7128, "longitude": -74.0060 }' | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates" | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates?offset=UPDATE_ID" | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates?timeout=30" | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/setWebhook" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "url": "https://your-server.com/webhook", "allowed_updates": ["message", "callback_query"] }' | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getWebhookInfo" | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/deleteWebhook" | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getChat?chat_id=CHAT_ID" | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getChatMemberCount?chat_id=CHAT_ID" | jq
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getChatAdministrators?chat_id=CHAT_ID" | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/banChatMember" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "user_id": USER_ID }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/unbanChatMember" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "user_id": USER_ID, "only_if_banned": true }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/editMessageText" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID, "text": "Updated message text" }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/deleteMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/pinChatMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/forwardMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "TARGET_CHAT_ID", "from_chat_id": "SOURCE_CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID }' | jq
curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/answerCallbackQuery" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "callback_query_id": "CALLBACK_QUERY_ID", "text": "Button clicked!", "show_alert": false }' | jq
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#!/bin/bash OFFSET=0 while true; do UPDATES=$(curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates?offset=$OFFSET&timeout=30")for UPDATE in $(echo "$UPDATES" | jq -c '.result[]'); do UPDATE_ID=$(echo "$UPDATE" | jq '.update_id') CHAT_ID=$(echo "$UPDATE" | jq '.message.chat.id') TEXT=$(echo "$UPDATE" | jq -r '.message.text')
if [ "$TEXT" != "null" ]; then curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d "{\"chat_id\": $CHAT_ID, \"text\": \"You said: $TEXT\"}" fi OFFSET=$((UPDATE_ID + 1))done done
# 1. Send a message to your bot # 2. Run this to see your chat ID: curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates" | jq '.result[-1].message.chat.id'
# Use @channelname or channel ID (starts with -100) curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "@your_channel_name", "text": "Channel announcement!" }' | jq
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