The latest articles on DEV Community by David Pichsenmeister (@pichsenmeister). https://dev.to/pichsenmeister https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F373768%2Fb2cabd1b-a47c-47e3-9c18-de8f23f45b09.jpeg https://dev.to/pichsenmeister en David Pichsenmeister Wed, 26 May 2021 03:30:36 +0000 https://dev.to/pichsenmeister/building-a-telegram-bot-with-node-js-in-10-minutes-37k3 https://dev.to/pichsenmeister/building-a-telegram-bot-with-node-js-in-10-minutes-37k3 <p>👋Hello devs! I made a new video tutorial on building bots for Telegram. Hope you enjoy!</p> <p><iframe width="710" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlsygSzikOQ"> </iframe> </p> <h3> Who is it for? </h3> <p>This tutorial is for javascript / node.js developers who are new to building bots on Telegram's Bot platform.</p> <h3> What you'll learn </h3> <p>We will go into the very basics of building a bot, including how to:</p> <ul> <li>create a Telegram Bot using the <strong>Botfather</strong> account</li> <li>use ngrok to develop the bot on a localhost</li> <li>setup a Telegram webhook</li> <li>receive messages from Telegram using a webhook</li> <li>sending messages using the sendMessage API</li> </ul> <h4> Resources </h4> <p><a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api/">Telegram Bot API</a> <br> <a href="https://ngrok.com">ngrok</a><br> <a href="https://github.com/pichsenmeister/youtube-build-a-telegram-bot">Github repository</a></p> telegram node javascript bots