How to add an telegram bot to your hood

What is a telegram bot?

Telegram bots are Telegram accounts operated by software. In our case we will show you how to add a bot for users to subscribe to, so they can send messages into your hood system, which get distributed to the other platforms. Also they can receive messages from other platforms

Example: You as a hood admin added the bot @kibicara-my-hood to your hood. John wants to send a message to all hood subscribers. He then uses his telegram account to subscribe to the bot @kibicara-my-hood and sends his message to the bot. His message will be distributed to the other platforms and Sandra who is subscribed to your email hood bot gets John's message via email.

How to add a telegram bot to your hood?

  1. Download the telegram app and create a telegram account for your hood if you don't have one.
  2. Start a conversation with the @botfather bot by sending a message with the content /start.
  3. Create a new bot by sending another message with the content /newbot. Follow the instruction of the botfather, pick a cool name for your bot when asked.
  4. The @botfather will give you a token (the line below Use this token to access the HTTP API:). Copy it.
  5. Add the telegram bot here by clicking on Add new platform connection!. Paste the token from the botfather in the input that says Telegram API Token.
  6. Add a welcome message that users will see if they subscribe to your bot.
  7. Click Add telegram bot to add your telegram bot. Done!

Can I stop relaying telegram messages?

Yes, if you want to stop relaying telegram messages from a specific telegram bot, just use the switch to the bot to stop relaying.