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Ways to create a bot in Telegram + step-by-step instructions for working in the constructor

You will learn what bots can do in the Telegram messenger, how without programming knowledge you can create such a robot and how to make money on it. Read on to find out which bot builders are in greatest demand.

Good afternoon, dear readers! With you Alla Prosyukova - financial expert of the magazine "HeatherBober".

Several years ago, most of us not only did not know how to use various messengers and robotic programs, but did not even know their names.

The world does not stand still! And what seemed fantastic yesterday is commonplace today. We not only began to actively use all this digital wealth, but also learned how to create simple bots with our own hands.

If you still have not tried yourself in this exciting and useful business, then my new article will come in handy!

Having familiarized yourself with it, you:

  • learn what telegram bots are and what they are for;
  • learn how to create your own robotic assistants for the telegram channel and more;
  • get acquainted with some ways to make money on their creation.

Interesting? Let's go then!

1. What are bots in Telegram and what they can do

I propose to start with a definition that will help you put everything in its place at once.

The bot(sometimes it is also called a chat bot) is an abbreviated name (from the word robot) of special assistant programs that perform monotonous, routine, repetitive tasks.

The functionality of robots is varied.

They are able:

  1. Conduct polls.
  2. Deliver information about updates from the site.
  3. Show news on the topic specified by the user.
  4. Find and download any information.
  5. Send mailing.
  6. Control your smart home.
  7. Entertain.
  8. Engage in car sales.
  9. Teach, etc.

Robot programs have combined in the messenger all the information that previously had to be searched through various search engines on the Internet. Now there is no need to install many applications. One Telegram and several chat bots are enough.

Example

Olga talked in a telegram chat with her friend Dasha, who went to rest, but instead of a fun trip she fell ill with a cold in a hotel. The girl wanted to support her friend, and she sent her a funny gif.

Olya did not have to leave the application, surf the Internet in search of the desired option. The girl took advantage of @gifbot. She sent a message to the bot indicating the emotion that the GIF should express. And then, after a few seconds, the robot offered her several wonderful options to choose from.

Telegram bot has undeniable advantages:

  • round-the-clock operation;
  • quick response to a request;
  • use of third-party servers for operation, which saves the power of the owner's device;
  • security (the robot does not have access to the user's personal information, it interacts only with text messages).

Read about that in a separate article.

2. How to create a bot in Telegram - step by step instructions

A bot can be created knowing the programming language or not knowing it at all.

In the first case, the program is written manually by a programmer - as a rule, in the universal language PHP. In the second case, development is carried out by users who do not have professional knowledge and skills, using special constructors, for example, Manybot.

My step-by-step instructions are just for non-specialists.

Step 1. In the search box, enter the name of the bot

We go to Telegram through the application or the web version. Once in the messenger, we drive the word Manybot into the search line. From several proposed options, choose exactly the one you were looking for. The chat will open on the screen, the button "Start" will appear at the bottom. We press it.

Step 2. Select the language and click the item "Add new bot"

Step 3. Go to @BotFather and enter the newbot command

Step 4. Enter the account name and technical name

After all the above manipulations, we come up with a name for the rookie bot. It can be any name you like. If the selected name already exists, a warning will appear on the screen. You will have to select it until the name is unique.

Let's say we are creating a bot for selecting culinary recipes from the products available to the user. Based on its purpose, let's call the newbie cook.

We use the previously selected variant of the name, we get the link cook_bot.

Step 5. Save the API token and send it to @Manibot

BotFather will issue an API token as a string with a set of many numbers and letters. Copy it, then go back to @Manibot and send the copied token as a regular message.

Step 6. Enter the account description

After successful processing and acceptance of the API, the system will offer to create a short description of the received robot. The message should be short, reflect the purpose of its use, so that the user immediately understands how this robot will be personally useful to him.

Example

Here's the description I made for our culinary bot: "Selecting a recipe from the list of products you have."

@Manibot lets you skip the descriptive step by sending the / skip command in the message. But I don't recommend doing this. After all, the description is the face of the bot, by which future subscribers will choose it.

That's all! Your assistant robot has been created. Now it needs to be configured. We send the message "/ commands", after which a menu with configuration options will open: "Create command" and "Configure chap. menu".

Create command - write custom commands to which the robot will respond. For example, for our cook we create the / rezept command. Having received it, the robot will send a culinary recipe for a given grocery set.

3. Review of TOP-3 constructors for creating bots in Telegram

More recently, without programmers, it was impossible not only to make a website or a bot, but even in the standard installation / updating of programs, their help was required.

Fortunately, everything flows and everything changes. Now even users who are far from all programming languages ​​independently, without much difficulty, create robotic programs for social networks, etc.

This became possible with the advent of online constructors. I bring to your attention 3 services for creating telegram bots.

Flow XO

Flow XO is perhaps the most serious of all the services for designing robots presented in the review. It is designed to create and maintain smart software for business processes.

Developers offer various functionality on a paid and free basis. Users only pay for what they really need.

The designer's arsenal includes templates for ready-made modules.

Chatfuel

This is a free bot-constructor for Telegrams and Facebook, easy to use, with extensive functionality.

The quality of the service is evidenced by the list of its permanent eminent consumers:

  1. National Geographic.
  2. TechCrunch.
  3. UBER.
  4. Forbs, etc.

The demand for Chatfuel is confirmed by the total number of users (over 15 million) and the number of created bots (over 500 thousand). Robots created on this platform can be easily integrated into various services and networks: YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

Recast AI

And finally, the last constructor from my mini-review is Recast. AI. The developers position their brainchild as the easiest bot builder to understand and learn. Its initial development takes about 8 minutes on average. The service works on a specially developed natural language recognition technology.

The constructor has 2 tariffs: paid and free. The functionality of both is practically the same, the main difference is that the paid tariff is intended for corporate clients.

For clarity, the main characteristics are summarized in a comparative table:

4. Useful bots for business

Before ordering a new bot for your business or creating it using the constructor, I recommend checking the existing ones in Telegram. Perhaps there is already a suitable one!

Having monitored the messenger catalog, I selected 3 robots that will be useful for almost any company. All of them are able to speak Russian. Meet!

Mirabellabot

Even in the smallest firms, the position of a secretary is most often provided. However, in the age of high technologies, it is not difficult to shift some functionality onto the "shoulders" of mirabellabot - a robot secretary.

He easily:

  • will create a list of all to-do's;
  • will remember and save the necessary links;
  • remind you of unfinished business / unfulfilled tasks;
  • will save important notes.

Pravorubot

Quite often, complex legal situations arise in business, but the firm does not have its own lawyer. Of course, finding a consultant is not a problem, even in small towns there are several law firms that provide such services. At worst, the answer can be found on the Internet. However, sometimes there is simply no time for this.

There is a way out of this situation - the Pravorubot telegram bot. Everyone is here within 15 minutes. will receive answers to their legal questions. The robot will help you find lawyers of the desired specialization near a user-specified location.

At the same time, @Pravorubot works tirelessly around the clock, without holidays and weekends!

Out_bot

Every year, the legislation of the Russian Federation increasingly requires companies, regardless of their forms of ownership and taxation system, to exercise due diligence when choosing a counterparty and concluding contracts.

All legal entities and individual entrepreneurs must conduct a preliminary check of their future partners, otherwise the violators will face troubles with the tax office up to the liquidation of the company.

For these purposes, it will be very useful_bot. With its help, you will quickly and easily request an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, find out information about the founders, and this is just one of the points of that very mandatory check. It is enough only to inform the TIN or OGRN of the person being checked. The document will come in PDF format.

5. Is it possible to make money on bots

It is not only possible, but also necessary! There are several ways to do this in Telegram.

Here are just a few of them:

  1. Creation of bots to order.
  2. Participation in the competition for the creators of robot programs from Pavel Durov.

In my opinion, both methods are suitable only for programmers who want to make decent money. Professionals who know programming languages, as a rule, create bots on the instructions of customer companies, less often individuals. The price of a quality robot starts from 15 thousand rubles

Users who do not have special knowledge and skills can also earn small sums by creating programs using special constructors, and then selling them to those who cannot or do not want to do it themselves.

Just remember that the functionality of such a creation is limited by the capabilities of the constructor on which it was created. And the income from such transactions is small. Usually their cost ranges from RUB 500 .

Pavel Durov periodically holds a competition among the creators of bots for grants. Prize fund - $ 1 million... The amount of each grant is not less than 25 thousand dollars... Information about the event is posted in the public messenger on VKontakte.

Basic requirements for newly created bots:

  • high-speed performance;
  • utility;
  • functioning on the basis of Telegrams;
  • work in inline mode.

Choose the most suitable method for you and start earning!

6. Conclusion

After reading the article to the end, you have learned how to create a bot in a telegram. Robots are capable of not only facilitating the interaction between communicating in telegram chat. It is really possible to make money on their creation, even without being a programmer.

Question to readers:

Did the information you receive prompted you to create your own telegram bot?

We wish you success and prosperity! Comments will be appreciated. Do you have any questions on the topic? Ask, we will definitely answer!