Telegram Bots Book

Telegram.Bot is the most popular .NET client for Telegram Bot API, allowing developers to build bots for Telegram messaging app.

This book covers all you need to know to create a chatbot in .NET, with many concrete examples written in C#.
Begin with our Quickstart, or choose from the Table Of Content (left/top), and don't miss our useful Frequently Asked Questions.

🧩 Installation

Install the package from Nuget using Nuget package manager (in your IDE or command line).

🎉 The problem with Nuget.org seems resolved. Our latest library version 22.* is now available on it!

Make sure to follow the Migration Guide for v22.* if you have existing bot code.

🪄 More examples

This book is filled with ready-to-use snippets of code, but you can also find full project examples at our Telegram.Bot.Examples Github repository, featuring:

• Simple Console apps (long polling)
• Webhook ASP.NET example (with Controllers or Minimal APIs)
• Full-featured advanced solution
• Serverless Functions implementations

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