What are Telegram bots

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Bots are third-party utilities that run inside the Telegram app. In fact, these are accounts that are not managed by people, but by software.

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Such entries often have advanced functionality that goes beyond regular profiles. They can do everything: play with you, educate, search for information, broadcast and live stream, remind you of dates and events, connect to encrypted networks, integrate with other services, or even send commands to smart home appliances.

One of the latest innovations is bots. The platform itself is most interesting precisely because its bots have a richer user interface (compared to the Facebook or Vkontakte platform).

Today's updates to the app make interacting with it even easier. In most cases, you won't even have to enter text, because the bot's interface will provide you with a set of custom buttons.

How do they work

The algorithm of bot-utilities is quite simple. Messages, commands and requests sent by users are transmitted to the software running on the developers' servers. The intermediary anonymous Telegram server handles encryption and provides feedback between the utility and the user.

You communicate with servers using a simple HTTPS interface, which is a simplified version of Telegram. In another way, this interface can be called a program catalog or a bot algorithm. You can learn more about how a telegram bot works by becoming a software developer. New bot utilities are created using the special @BotFather utility, which greatly simplifies the development process.

What are they needed for

You can communicate with them by sending them messages and built-in commands. All your messages are encoded into specialized HTTPS requests that are sent to the Telegram application interface and processed by the bot algorithm program.

Such programs make it easier for the user to interact interactively, so there is no need to leave the current application to search for content on the Internet. This allows you to stay up to date with the latest news, translate text, shop, check the weather, and much more without interrupting your Telegram conversation.

Thousands of different bots have been created for Telegram to make it easier to surf the web. Their functionality is still rather limited, but this does not prevent them from being useful in a wide variety of situations. Telegram @bot is a rapidly developing and daily updated technology of the future.

What are Telegram bots used for?

What bots are there in the telegram, and how can you simplify your life with their help? Initially, they were used as smart magazines that send you relevant content. Thanks to individual notifications and news, you will always be up to date.

Conventionally, all bot utilities can be divided into several functional subgroups, each of which has its own application:

• Integration with other services. The bot can enrich Telegram chats with content from external services (@Gmail, @GIF, @IMDB, @YouTube).
• Accepting payments from Telegram users. Embedded programs have the ability to offer paid services or act as a virtual store (@DemoShopBot).
• Creating your own tools. The bot may provide you with notifications, weather forecasts, translations, document formatting, or other services (@Markdownbot, @Stickerbot, @Votebot, @Likebot).
• Creation of games. The bot utility can offer a rich HTML5 interface, from simple arcade and puzzle games to 3D shooters and real-time games (@GameBot, @Gamee).
• Building social networks inside Telegram. Artificial intelligence can connect people looking for conversation partners based on common interests (@HotOrBot).

With so many uses for bot utilities, you can basically do whatever you want with them.

How and where to find a bot in a telegram

• To search, you can use the official Telegram website, on which there is a special section "". The most useful and interesting utilities of the application are listed there.
• Use other information resources to find interesting and unique bots. Numerous collections on YouTube can help with this.
• You can also use @Storebot, which searches for a telegram bot right in the app. Its functionality includes interesting and useful commands that facilitate the search.

How to use and communicate with the bot in the telegram.

Users can interact with programs by sending them messages, commands, and built-in prompts. These may include pre-specified keywords, voice messages, geolocations. There are two ways to start chatting with a bot:

1. Send messages to team members by opening a chat with them or adding them to groups. This is useful for chat bots or news bots like the official @TechCrunch bot.
2. Submit requests directly from the input field by entering @bot username and request. This allows you to send content from built-in bots directly to any chat, group or channel.

Today, there is hardly a bot that will cause difficulties even for the most inexperienced users of the application. They become simpler, more accessible and faster. You can also create your own bot if you know how.
Here are some of the more useful ones:

@youtubebot

Enter @youtube, leave a space and enter the name of the video if you want to send the video you are interested in without leaving Telegram.

Search GIFs @GIF

GIFs work inline, so all you have to do is type @GIF, leave a space, and type in the reaction you want to see. For example, when you type in an angry emoticon, a series of gif animations will appear illustrating that emotion. Scroll down the page to find the best one.

@Weatherman bot

Just add him to your contact list and you will always be aware of what is happening with the weather in your city.

@Stickers

Stickers are without a doubt the coolest thing about messengers, and there are nowhere better and more diverse stickers than Telegram. Until now, the process of accumulating your own collection of stickers has been difficult. All you have to do is enter @Stickers in the field and then search through your , which you want to turn into a sticker.

The development of Telegram does not stand still, the bot-sharing technology is developing and gaining more and more popularity. This is the most convenient and massive way to perform a wide range of tasks - from PR to managing home appliances. Already, the range of tasks that is impossible for a bot is rapidly narrowing, and in the near future there will be no such “impossible” tasks at all.