telegram-bot-bash/doc/1_firstbot.md

## Create your first telegram bot

1. Message @botfather https://telegram.me/botfather with the following
text: `/newbot`
   If you don't know how to message by username, click the search
field on your Telegram app and type `@botfather`, you should be able
to initiate a conversation. Be careful not to send it to the wrong
contact, because some users has similar usernames to `botfather`.

   ![botfather initial conversation](http://i.imgur.com/aI26ixR.png)

2. @botfather replies with `Alright, a new bot. How are we going to
call it? Please choose a name for your bot.`

3. Type whatever name you want for your bot.

4. @botfather replies with `Good. Now let's choose a username for your
bot. It must end in bot. Like this, for example: TetrisBot or
tetris_bot.`

5. Type whatever username you want for your bot, minimum 5 characters,
and must end with `bot`. For example: `telesample_bot`

6. @botfather replies with:

    Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at
telegram.me/telesample_bot. You can now add a description, about
section and profile picture for your bot, see /help for a list of
commands.

    Use this token to access the HTTP API:
    <b>123456789:AAG90e14-0f8-40183D-18491dDE</b>

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

7. Note down the 'token' mentioned above.

8. Type `/setprivacy` to @botfather.

   ![botfather later conversation](http://i.imgur.com/tWDVvh4.png)

9. @botfather replies with `Choose a bot to change group messages settings.`

10. Type `@telesample_bot` (change to the username you set at step 5
above, but start it with `@`)

11. @botfather replies with

    'Enable' - your bot will only receive messages that either start
with the '/' symbol or mention the bot by username.
    'Disable' - your bot will receive all messages that people send to groups.
    Current status is: ENABLED

12. Type `Disable` to let your bot receive all messages sent to a
group. This step is up to you actually.

13. @botfather replies with `Success! The new status is: DISABLED. /help`

### Install bashbot
1. Go to the directory you want to install bashbot, e.g.

   - your $HOME directory (install and run with your user-ID)
   - /usr/local if you want to run as service

2. Clone the repository:
```
git clone --recursive https://github.com/topkecleon/telegram-bot-bash
```
3. Change to directory ```telegram-bot.bash```, run ```./bashbot.sh init``` and follow the instructions. At this stage you are asked for your Bots token given by botfather.

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