Adding the Telegram Channel

To add Telegram as a channel to your Kore.ai bot, you must create a bot in the Telegram platform. Adding the Telegram channel to your Kore.ai bot allows end-users of your bot to interact with your bot using their Telegram account. To add the Telegram channel to your bot, you must:

1. Add BotFather as a Contact on Telegram – To enable the Telegram channel on your bot, log in to Telegram and add BotFather as a contact to create a new bot on Telegram.
2. Create a Bot in Telegram – To set up Telegram as a channel, create a bot in the Telegram platform using its default built-in bot called @BotFather. Initially, to enable the Telegram channel, you must create and register for a developer account in the Telegram portal.
3. Get Access Token – You are provided an access token as a part of bot creation that you need to reserve for channel configuration.
4. Enable Channel – After entering the configuration data in Bot Builder, enable the channel.

To add the Telegram channel, follow the below steps:

1. In the Bots section of the Bot Builder, click the bot you want to add the Telegram channel to.
2. On the Channels tab, click the Telegram icon. The Telegram Channel page is displayed.
3. In a new browser, log in to Telegram and search for @BotFather from the Search bar as shown below.
   
4. Select @BotFather bot and click START. If @BotFather is already part of your contacts, proceed to the next step directly.
5. In the chat section, type /newbot in the Message box and click Send.
   
6. On sending the /newbot message, BotFather prompts you to enter a Name for the new bot to be created. Preferably, give the same name as that of the Kore bot for which the channel is enabled.
7. After providing the name, BotFather prompts for the Username for the new bot to be created. Provide any name that ends with the bot. For example, sample_bot or SampleBot.
   
8. After providing the username, BotFather displays a confirmation message and access token. Reserve the access token to enter in the Configurations tab of the Telegram Channel page.
9. Go to the Configurations tab of the Telegram Channel page, enter the Bot Name of your Telegram bot in the Bot Name field.
10. Enter the Access Token that was displayed as a part of bot creation.
11. Select Yes and then click Save to enable the Telegram Channel for your bot.

Edit Telegram Channel

To edit the Telegram channel, follow the below steps:

1. Hover over the channel and click to modify. You can make necessary updates to your channel configurations and save them.
2. You can also disable or delete the channel information by clicking the Settings icon.

Select one of the following commands to modify the channel:

• Disable/Enable – Click Disable to temporarily disable the use of the Telegram channel for your bot. To enable the use of the Telegram channel, Click Enable.
• Delete – Click Delete. On the Delete Confirmation dialog box, click OK to permanently delete the bot channel configuration.