Questions tagged [telegram]

Telegram is a cross-platform cloud-based instant messenger with a focus on security. Use this tag for questions about interacting with Telegram, including use of its official API.

Main features

Messaging

It was the main feature of Telegram. It allows you to send messages to users who have the contacts and we know the nickname.

Groups

The groups are conversations between more than two users, I can reach up to 200 users. Each member of a group can add users, change the name of the group or avatar. Exceeded 200 members, the group becomes a "Supergroup". The supergroup can get to 100,000 users.

Channels

The channels are groups that do not have a limit of users . The peculiarity is that only administrators can write to the channel.

Bots

Telegram Bots are programmed accounts without a phone number. they can not initiate a conversation with a real user. The bot API provides methods to interact with users including sending and editing messages, custom keyboards, commands. (API Documentation)

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Why is '.' a reserved character in MarkdownV2 in Telegram's Bot API?

As of Telegram's Bot API version 4.5, the API supports a new text format, MarkdownV2. This is an enhanced version of the previous Markdown support. The "specification" for MarkdownV2 says: Inside (...) part of inline link definition, all ')' and…
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In telegram i want bullet points , numbering and indentations but its not working

I need to format my text in telegram. I try to use markdown language for the following text: * Item * Item It prints the text as it is. It is supposed to print bullets instead. I am following this link:…
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How to delete Telegram app (api_key & api_hash)?

I am trying to delete telegram api_key & api_hash, or atleast reset api_hash. But i can't find the option to do this in this page https://my.telegram.org/apps. Does anyone know how to delete or reset api_hash of telegram api app?
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Telegram not updating link preview from github

I changed my profile picture on github quite some time ago, but whenever I share a link to any of my repositories via telegram, it still displays old profile pic. If I share it via skype, correct image is displayed. I tried to use webpage bot and…
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Telegram calls via Dante socks5 proxy server not working

I've confugured Dante 1.4on Ubuntu 16.04 as a socks5 proxy for Telegram. Chats are working, but voice calls are not, failing at "Connecting". Is there something special I need to configure in order to proxy Telegram voice traffic? I'm using a single…
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How to publish Telegram instant view template for review

I created an Telegram IV template from my website. All checks are green and the template is working fine when published through: https://t.me/iv?url=example.com How can I publish my template for approval? so any URL…
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Open Telegram chat (with a Bot) from a iOS app

I'm trying to open Telegram from my app, for the users to talk with a bot I made. So far, it is working but the only way I found to get the bot chat opened was using the https://telegram.me/MyBot url. But this way, it opens Safari, and then the user…
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How a channel creator that deleted his account in Telegram, can became the creator of same channel?

A person with ID @person and MOB +969123456789 has a channel named TEST in Telegram (for example). This channel has 3 administrator. @person, unintentionally deactivate his account. This means creator of channel deleted. How @person can became the…
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Telegram API POST /editmessagereplymarkup method executes with delay

Given: Telegram channel Telegram group Telegram bot with long polling strategy on board which handles all updates Messages with reply markup buttons Bot is based on https://github.com/rubenlagus/TelegramBots Action: Click any button twice (or…
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Send markdown text with telegram bot (telegraf), nodejs

How to send markdown text by telegram bot using telegraf library on nodejs?
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How to send large file with Telegram Bot API?

Telegram bot has a file size limit for sending in 50MB. I need to send large files. Is there any way around this? I know about this project https://github.com/pwrtelegram/pwrtelegram but I couldn't make it work. Maybe someone has already solved…
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What is rate limit of accessing Telegram bot APIs?

I read in the docs that bot can send: 30 messages/second to different chats 1 message per second to the same chat 20 messages per minute to the same group chat but this is all about sending messages, what about other endpoints? more specifically…
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How to download all shared media files from a telegram group?

There is a telegram group with more than 40,000 shared files in it. Is there any bot to download all of them all at once? If not is there any telegram api script method using python to download shared media files?
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telegram channel's post view count

I want to learn more about telegram channel's post view count system. How does it work ? and what are the API (in VB) parts involved regarding to this.
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How to obtain some telegram accounts to test my project

I need three telegram accounts to test my project. Is it possible to create or obtain them someway? Or i have to buy three sim-cards and register three accounts?
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