In the fast-paced world of 2025, with digital technology on the rise, chatbots have become a necessary utility for individuals as well as organizations to make the communication path smoother and provide a better user experience. Of all the many options, Telegram is exceptional due to its strong capabilities and user-friendly interface, which makes it the best platform to build chatbots. Besides this, telegram is enormously capable with group management.
Connecting a telegram account with the BotSailor platform is really easy.
First, you need to go to Telegram and search for BotFather.
Select BotFather and type /start.
Type /newbot. BotFather will ask you to provide a Bot Name. Here, we have entered TeleBot. Next, we are asked to provide a username for the Bot.
As you can see the username is accepted. Please note, your user name should be a unique one to get accepted by BotFather.
Next, copy the HTTP API by clicking on that and jump to BotSailor’s Dashboard.
Navigate to the Botsailor’s Telegram section and click on Connect Bot. Paste the copied HTTP API to the Telegram Bot Token section and click on Connect.
Thus, your account should be connected. You should be able to see the account on the Connected Bots section if you scroll down the page.
Now, navigate to the Bot Manager Section.
You can see your account is selected on the left side and currently you are in the Bot Reply section. Click on Create which will take you to the Visual Flow Builder.
Double click on the Start Bot Flow and the left window will open.
Now, type one or more trigger words and provide a suitable title for the bot. Save the bot by clicking on the Save button.
Click on Compose Next Message and take an Image. Double click on the Images section and upload an image and save it.
Next, click on Add Buttons. Double click on the button and give a button name. Select Redirect to Website URL when user presses the button. Copy and paste the website URL to the Web URL section. Save the button. Lastly, save the bot. Now, let’s see how the bot works.
Search for the bot with the bot link and click on start.
Now, type the trigger word ‘hi’. As you can see we have got the reply from the bot.
By clicking on the Go to Website button we will be redirected to the BotSailor’s website.
This is a very simple way to create a telegram bot.
Now, let’s find out how the Telegram bot Group Manager works.