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## 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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