telegram-promise

telegram-promise

This is a simple implementation of Telegram Bot API.

Key features:

• ES2015
• Promise based
• Easy customizable
• Bot API 2.0

Supports Node.js versions greater than 4.

What isn't included:

• Handling updates (webhook or long polling). It is business of your application.

Installation

$ npm install telegram-promise --save

Usage

const TelegramBotAPI = require('telegram-promise');

const api = new TelegramBotAPI(ACCESS_TOKEN);

api.getMe()
  .then(res => {
    console.log(res.result);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
  });

api.sendPhoto({
  chat_id: CHAT_ID,
  photo: fs.createReadStream('cats.png'),
})
  .then(res => {
    console.log('Done!');
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('Error:', err);
  });

API

Module API follows the official Telegram Bot API: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

Implemented API verion: April 9, 2016 Bot API 2.0

All methods have the last parameter options. It can be used for request customization. See more: node-fetch.

More info

• Telegram Bot API 2.0
• Telegram Bot API
• Telegram Bot API changelog
• ECMAScript® 2015 Language Specification
• A detailed overview of ECMAScript 6 features
• Promise
• Classes

License

MIT