![]() ![]() ![]() * name (the name that will be displayed in Telegram, for example your company name, but can be changed later via BotFather) and The BotFather bot is a quite helpful guy and will lead you through the process: Type /newbot and he will ask you for Via search, or you could use the link t.me/botfather on your phone or in the browser app (first connect the app to your phone number on - from that point on, it will be synced with your phone) and press 'Start'. Open Telegram and find Telegrams own 'BotFather' bot. ![]() I will put together some information to get you started.įirst - and easiest - step, creating a bot in Telegram: But I recommed using the Telegram webapp for internet browsers or the desktop app (which you can connect to with your phone number) for testing purposes - it's easier to see the results of the first tests, although not necessary - without having to pick up the phone every time. Your script will be running anyway on your computer and your bot will be a separate user and not visibly connected to your normal account. To just test this and to look if it is an option for you, you don't need an extra SIM card. I use it myself for several months now and I even set up multiple bots to send messages with "webscraped" information to myself and some friends - who installed Telegram to be able to get the messages. It seems they are providing it to attract more users. On the other hand, I don't think there is a hidden pricing plan with Telegram. I am sure they have some kind of access to the WhatsApp API, but they might have to pay for it themselves. There already seem to be commercial services which offer messaging via WhatsApp for businesses. So far, they seem to be in the early stages ( ), but it probably wouldn't hurt to register there to see what they are planning exactly and if their services would be worth it. But I read somewhere that they are planning to capitalize on business users in the future. Yes, I would think that this might be interesting for certain business owners - and also private users (I had already planned to post here an AHK wrapper for the Telegram API, but so far it didn't find the time) and of course, using Whatsapp would be more interesting because of its much wider, already existing, user base. ![]()
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