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is it possible to automatically read messages from specific telegram groupchat(I am included in this groupchat) without adding bot to a group? Basically the goal is to process specific telegram messages using java, but without notifying ppl included in the group that bot is being used. Thank you.

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  • What do you want to do with the messages? – Menasheh Sep 25 '16 at 01:17
  • Just process them as they come. I thought about some Telegram api that would fire a method whenever there is a new message. Ofcourse I would log in to Telegram using login api call. So far Telegram API looks quite confusing, its nowhere as neat as bot api, so I would be very grateful for any help from more experienced developer :) – dev85 Sep 25 '16 at 05:21
  • @dev85 did you able to resolve your problem if yes what solution you found – vinod Jan 03 '19 at 21:51

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A bot cannot possibly read messages without adding the bot to a group, as that would be a security and privacy issue. You can, however, make it slightly harder for people to notice by making sure not to have any commands listed with @botFather. See this answer.

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  • Thank you for being helpful :). I don't see bot being a security breach because as I mentioned I have full access to messages. I mean I can set up a clicker that will copy all incoming messages. I just thought there is some better way, maybe a possibility to login with my account from java and get the messages with some request. Maybe turn my account into a bot :P. Thanks again. – dev85 Sep 23 '16 at 07:53
  • Or Maybe achieve the same using only telegram API with username and password. – dev85 Sep 23 '16 at 08:02
  • Oh! By mentioning a bot you sort of limited my thought process there... That should definitely be possible... – Menasheh Sep 25 '16 at 00:32
  • Great! :) Is there some example of personalized client online? – dev85 Sep 25 '16 at 05:22
  • All or most of the clients are open sourced, you can find a list [here](https://telegram.org/apps#source-code). You just need to find the code that gets messages and add whatever you want there. – Menasheh Sep 25 '16 at 21:09
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Why you wont try to add a bot to group? 

https://telegram.me/[botname]?startgroup=foo
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