Update: I created a GitHub repository with a very simple PHP application to illustrate the concept explained below: https://github.com/pevdh/telegram-auth-example Whether you use a webhook or not actually does not really matter. The “deep linking” explained: Let the user log in on an actual website with actual username-password authentication. Generate a unique hashcode (we will call … Read more
Go to @webpagebot and send the link (up to 10) you want to update. Automatically will scan your site and generate the new image thumbnail, site name and description. Remember to have og prefix in your html tag as: <html prefix=”og: http://ogp.me/ns#”> or telegram bot will not update the graph cache. via telegramgeeks
That Wiki page is outdated. Telegram accepts standard Markdown text formatting: Bold: Double * = **hello world** Italic: Double _ = __hello world__ Monospace: Triple ` = “`hello world“`
Today I found that in the Telegram desktop client I can add a hyperlink pressing Ctrl-K (or through popup menu by RightClick)! It’s great! No bots and markdown needed!
Install-Package Telegram.Bot Create a bot using the botfather get the api key using the /token command (still in botfather) use this code: var bot = new Api(“your api key here”); var t = await bot.SendTextMessage(“@channelname or chat_id”, “text message”); You can now pass a channel username (in the format @channelusername) in the place of chat_id … Read more
Post one message from User to the Bot. Open https://api.telegram.org/bot<Bot_token>/getUpdates page. Find this message and navigate to the result->message->chat->id key. Use this ID as the [chat_id] parameter to send personal messages to the User.
For those who are still looking for this answer in 2021. The problem is probably that you are using VPN accessing https://my.telegram.org/apps I switched my off and it works now
Edit: now there is yet an easier way to do this – when creating your group, just mention the full bot name (eg. @UniversalAgent1Bot) and it will list it as you type. Then you can just tap on it to add it. Old answer: Create a new group from the menu. Don’t add any bots … Read more
According to official documentation it is possible to mention user by its numerical id with markup: [inline mention of a user](tg://user?id=123456789)