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How to Create a New Telegram Bot Through @BotFather

Creating bots is done quickly and simply through the special Telegram bot @BotFather (in Telegram, bots are made by a bot).

The created bot can then be used to communicate with users by connecting it to Hotline.

Video of Creating Bot in Telegram

Working Procedure in @BotFather

  1. Go to Telegram bot @BotFather and start it.

  2. Select the /newbot command from the menu or explicitly send it, you can also use the web application.

  3. Specify the bot name, the name can have several words separated by spaces (the name can be changed later).

  4. Specify the bot @username, using only Latin letters or numbers, it must be unique and end with 'bot'.

    Changing bot @username will be impossible later. Be careful at this step.

  5. Get the token for connecting to Hotline.

Later you can set an image and description for the bot.

How to connect bot to Hotline CRM