Telegram Bot API

The Telegram Bot API is the direct, HTTPS-based interface for building and deploying secure, feature-rich bots that interact with Telegram users, groups, and channels.

This is your official, HTTP-based gateway to the Telegram ecosystem. The Bot API handles all MTProto encryption and network communication, letting you focus strictly on bot logic. Developers use methods like `sendMessage` and `getUpdates` via a simple endpoint structure: `https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/<method>`. Bots, provisioned instantly through the @BotFather, support a massive feature set: rich media, inline queries, custom keyboards, and integrated Payments 2.0. It’s a free, open API, enabling real-time automation for Telegram’s over one billion monthly active users.

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api