Can a telegram bot running on node.js be hacked

Question

Lets say we have a telegram bot running on node.js using node library: node-telegram-bot-api

Do we need to worry about any security problems, like can someone hack my server and access the source code or data through the API connection?

The bot can be served in two modes, one is long polling other is webhooks. long polling is more secure and your firewall will likely protect from external requests. If you use the other approach, you should be more cautious. https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#getting-updates — balki, Feb 07 '18 at 00:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '18 at 00:52

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Don't worry about it, every API connection is through HTTPS, which is regarded as safe.

answered Feb 07 '18 at 00:52

Sean Wei

but I thought it uses polling to get the messages? – Mr. Blockchain Feb 07 '18 at 19:06

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