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| title: "📱 Telegram Bot" | |
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| ### 🖼️ Template Setup | |
| - Open the Telegram app and search for the `BotFather` user. | |
| - Start a chat with BotFather and use the `/newbot` command to create a new bot. | |
| - Follow the instructions to choose a name and username for your bot. | |
| - Once the bot is created, BotFather will provide you with a unique token for your bot. | |
| <Tabs> | |
| <Tab title="docker"> | |
| ```bash | |
| docker run --name telegram-bot -e OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-xxx -e TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=xxx -p 8000:8000 embedchain/telegram-bot | |
| ``` | |
| <Note> | |
| If you wish to use **Docker**, you would need to host your bot on a server. | |
| You can use [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) to expose your localhost to the | |
| internet and then set the webhook using the ngrok URL. | |
| </Note> | |
| </Tab> | |
| <Tab title="replit"> | |
| <Card> | |
| Fork <ins>**[this](https://replit.com/@taranjeetio/EC-Telegram-Bot-Template?v=1#README.md)**</ins> replit template. | |
| </Card> | |
| - Set your `OPENAI_API_KEY` in Secrets. | |
| - Set the unique token as `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` in Secrets. | |
| </Tab> | |
| </Tabs> | |
| - Click on `Run` in the replit container and a URL will get generated for your bot. | |
| - Now set your webhook by running the following link in your browser: | |
| ```url | |
| https://api.telegram.org/bot<Your_Telegram_Bot_Token>/setWebhook?url=<Replit_Generated_URL> | |
| ``` | |
| - When you get a successful response in your browser, your bot is ready to be used. | |
| ### 🚀 Usage Instructions | |
| - Open your bot by searching for it using the bot name or bot username. | |
| - Click on `Start` or type `/start` and follow the on screen instructions. | |
| 🎉 Happy Chatting! 🎉 | |