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#### [Home](../README.md)
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## Create a Telegram Bot with botfather
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**[BotFather is the one bot to rule them all](https://core.telegram.org/bots#3-how-do-i-create-a-bot). It will help you create new bots and change settings for existing ones.** [Commands known by Botfather](https://core.telegram.org/bots#generating-an-authorization-token)
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### Creating a new Bot
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1. Message @botfather https://telegram.me/botfather with the following
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text: `/newbot`
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If you don't know how to message by username, click the search
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field on your Telegram app and type `@botfather`, you should be able
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to initiate a conversation. Be careful not to send it to the wrong
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contact, because some users has similar usernames to `botfather`.
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2. @botfather replies with `Alright, a new bot. How are we going to
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call it? Please choose a name for your bot.`
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3. Type whatever name you want for your bot.
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4. @botfather replies with `Good. Now let's choose a username for your
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bot. It must end in bot. Like this, for example: TetrisBot or
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tetris_bot.`
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5. Type whatever username you want for your bot, minimum 5 characters,
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and must end with `bot`. For example: `telesample_bot`
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6. @botfather replies with:
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Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at
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telegram.me/telesample_bot. You can now add a description, about
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section and profile picture for your bot, see /help for a list of
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commands.
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Use this token to access the HTTP API:
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<b>123456789:AAG90e14-0f8-40183D-18491dDE</b>
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For a description of the Bot API, see this page:
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https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
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7. Note down the 'token' mentioned above.
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8. Type `/setprivacy` to @botfather.
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9. @botfather replies with `Choose a bot to change group messages settings.`
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10. Type `@telesample_bot` (change to the username you set at step 5
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above, but start it with `@`)
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11. @botfather replies with
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'Enable' - your bot will only receive messages that either start
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with the '/' symbol or mention the bot by username.
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'Disable' - your bot will receive all messages that people send to groups.
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Current status is: ENABLED
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12. Type `Disable` to let your bot receive all messages sent to a
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group. This step is up to you actually.
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13. @botfather replies with `Success! The new status is: DISABLED. /help`
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#### [Prev Installation](0_install.md)
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#### [Next Getting started](2_usage.md)
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#### $$VERSION$$ v0.96-0-g3871ca9
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