Telegram

Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. The answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.

Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrat

Delete a message, including service messages. Limitations: cannot delete messages older than 48 hours in groups, forwarded messages, or content in protected chats (returns 400 'message can’t be delete

Edit text messages sent by the bot. Only bot-authored messages can be edited; editing messages from other users will fail. In groups, the bot must have edit permissions.

Forward messages of any kind. Service messages can't be forwarded.

Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.). The bot must be a member of or have access to the

Get a list of administrators in a chat. On success, returns an Array of ChatMember objects containing information about all chat administrators except other bots. Only meaningful for supergroups and c

Get chat history messages via the getUpdates polling method, filtered by chat_id. Returns only updates from the specified chat. Bot can only retrieve messages sent after it joined the chat; missing ol

Get a chat member's status/role (including the bot itself) to preflight permissions and troubleshoot 403/empty-history issues. Use before sending messages to verify bot membership and permissions.

Get the number of members in a chat. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work. Insufficient admin permissions surface as authorization errors, not as a zero or empty count.

Get basic information about the bot using the Bot API getMe method. Returns fields like id, username, first_name, and capabilities. If the response returns ok=false, the bot token is invalid or revoke

Use this method to receive incoming updates using long polling. An Array of Update objects is returned. IMPORTANT: This method will not work if an outgoing webhook is set up. Webhooks and getUpdates a

Send general files (documents) to a Telegram chat using the Bot API. Prefer over TELEGRAM_SEND_PHOTO when original file format or image resolution must be preserved. Rapid sends trigger flood control

Send point on the map location to a Telegram chat using the Bot API.

Send a text message to a Telegram chat using the Bot API. Bots must be members of target groups/channels with post rights. Rate limit: ~1 msg/sec per chat, ~30 msg/sec globally; exceeding returns 429

Send photos to a Telegram chat using the Bot API. Telegram compresses and re-encodes images; use TELEGRAM_SEND_DOCUMENT to preserve original resolution/format. Each call produces a separate post; no m

Send a native poll to a Telegram chat using the Bot API.

Use this method to change the list of the bot's commands. See https://core.telegram.org/bots#commands for more details about bot commands.