Telegram Setup

Quickly set up your Telegram environment for unCoded: create a bot via BotFather, add it (plus @my\_id\_bot) to a group as admin, and retrieve the Chat ID and User ID needed for

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1. Create a Bot via BotFather

• Open a chat with @BotFather on Telegram.

• Send the command:

  /newbot  

• Follow the prompts to choose a name and username for your bot.

• Once complete, you will receive the Bot Token, which you will later add to your server configuration.

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1. Create a Group and Add the Bot

• In Telegram, create a new group and add:

  • Your newly created bot

  • The helper bot @my_id_bot

• In the group’s Administrators settings, make your bot an administrator so it can read messages and execute commands.

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1. Retrieve the Group Chat ID

• In the group chat, send:

  /id@my_id_bot  

• @my_id_bot will reply with two values:

  1. Chat ID (e.g., -1001234567890)

  2. Your User ID (for special admin commands)

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Note: How to integrate the Bot Token and Chat ID into your server configuration is covered in the next section of the documentation.