<h1 align="center">Node.js Telegram Bot API</h1>

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Node.js module to interact with the official [Telegram Bot API](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api).


[![Bot API](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bot%20API-v.9.0-00aced.svg?style=flat-square&logo=telegram)](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api)
[![npm package](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/node-telegram-bot-api?logo=npm&style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/node-telegram-bot-api)
[![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api?style=flat-square&logo=codecov)](https://codecov.io/gh/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api)

[![https://telegram.me/node_telegram_bot_api](https://img.shields.io/badge/💬%20Telegram-Channel-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://telegram.me/node_telegram_bot_api)
[![https://t.me/+_IC8j_b1wSFlZTVk](https://img.shields.io/badge/💬%20Telegram-Group-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://t.me/+_IC8j_b1wSFlZTVk)
[![https://telegram.me/Yago_Perez](https://img.shields.io/badge/💬%20Telegram-Yago_Perez-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://telegram.me/Yago_Perez)

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## 📦 Install

```sh
npm i node-telegram-bot-api
```

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> ✍️ **Note:** If you use Typescript you can install this package that contains type definitions for this library
>```sh
>npm install --save-dev @types/node-telegram-bot-api
>```

## 🚀 Usage

```js
const TelegramBot = require('node-telegram-bot-api');

// replace the value below with the Telegram token you receive from @BotFather
const token = 'YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN';

// Create a bot that uses 'polling' to fetch new updates
const bot = new TelegramBot(token, {polling: true});

// Matches "/echo [whatever]"
bot.onText(/\/echo (.+)/, (msg, match) => {
  // 'msg' is the received Message from Telegram
  // 'match' is the result of executing the regexp above on the text content
  // of the message

  const chatId = msg.chat.id;
  const resp = match[1]; // the captured "whatever"

  // send back the matched "whatever" to the chat
  bot.sendMessage(chatId, resp);
});

// Listen for any kind of message. There are different kinds of
// messages.
bot.on('message', (msg) => {
  const chatId = msg.chat.id;

  // send a message to the chat acknowledging receipt of their message
  bot.sendMessage(chatId, 'Received your message');
});
```

## 📚 Documentation

* [Usage][usage]
* [Examples][examples]
* [Tutorials][tutorials]
* [Help Information][help]
* API Reference: ([api-release](../master/doc/api.md) / [development][api-dev] / [experimental][api-experimental])
* [Contributing to the Project][contributing]
* [Experimental Features][experimental]

_**Note**: Development is done against the **development** branch.
Code for the latest release resides on the **master** branch.
Experimental features reside on the **experimental** branch._


## 💭 Community

We thank all the developers in the Open-Source community who continuously
take their time and effort in advancing this project.
See our [list of contributors][contributors].

We have a [Telegram channel][tg-channel] where we post updates on
the Project. Head over and subscribe!

We also have a [Telegram  group][tg-group] to discuss issues related to this library.

Some things built using this library that might interest you:

* [tgfancy](https://github.com/GochoMugo/tgfancy): A fancy, higher-level wrapper for Telegram Bot API
* [node-telegram-bot-api-middleware](https://github.com/idchlife/node-telegram-bot-api-middleware): Middleware for node-telegram-bot-api
* [teleirc](https://github.com/FruitieX/teleirc): A simple Telegram ↔ IRC gateway
* [bot-brother](https://github.com/SerjoPepper/bot-brother): Node.js library to help you easily create telegram bots
* [redbot](https://github.com/guidone/node-red-contrib-chatbot): A Node-RED plugin to create telegram bots visually
* [node-telegram-keyboard-wrapper](https://github.com/alexandercerutti/node-telegram-keyboard-wrapper): A wrapper to improve keyboards structures creation through a more easy-to-see way (supports Inline Keyboards, Reply Keyboard, Remove Keyboard and Force Reply)
* [beetube-bot](https://github.com/kodjunkie/beetube-bot): A telegram bot for music, videos, movies, EDM tracks, torrent downloads, files and more.
* [telegram-inline-calendar](https://github.com/VDS13/telegram-inline-calendar): Date and time picker and inline calendar for Node.js telegram bots.
* [telegram-captcha](https://github.com/VDS13/telegram-captcha): Telegram bot to protect Telegram groups from automatic bots.


## 👥 Contributors

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/graphs/contributors">
    <img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=yagop/node-telegram-bot-api" />
  </a>
</p>

## License

**The MIT License (MIT)**

Copyright © 2019 Yago

[usage]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/usage.md
[examples]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/examples
[help]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/help.md
[tutorials]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/tutorials.md
[api-dev]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/api.md
[api-release]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/release/doc/api.md
[api-experimental]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/experimental/doc/api.md
[contributing]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[contributors]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/graphs/contributors
[experimental]:https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/tree/master/doc/experimental.md
[tg-channel]:https://telegram.me/node_telegram_bot_api
[tg-group]:https://t.me/+UTbprHdcw0JdZdbL
