Create your first bot

Message @BotFather with the following text: /newbot

If you don't know how to message by username, click the search field on your Telegram app and type @BotFather, where you should be able to initiate a conversation. Be careful not to send it to the wrong contact, because some users have similar usernames to BotFather.

@BotFather replies with:

Alright, a new bot. How are we going to call it? Please choose a name for your bot.

Type whatever name you want for your bot.

@BotFather replies with:

Good. Now let's choose a username for your bot. It must end in `bot`. Like this, for example: TetrisBot or tetris_bot.

Type whatever username you want for your bot, minimum 5 characters, and must end with bot. For example: telesample_bot

@BotFather replies with:

Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at
telegram.me/telesample_bot. You can now add a description, about
section and profile picture for your bot, see /help for a list of
commands.

Use this token to access the HTTP API:
123456789:AAG90e14-0f8-40183D-18491dDE

For a description of the Bot API, see this page:
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

Note down the 'token' mentioned above.

Optionally set the bot privacy:

Send /setprivacy to @BotFather.

@BotFather replies with:

Choose a bot to change group messages settings.

Type (or select) @telesample_bot (change to the username you set at step 5 above, but start it with @)

@BotFather replies with:

'Enable' - your bot will only receive messages that either start with the '/' symbol or mention the bot by username.
'Disable' - your bot will receive all messages that people send to groups.
Current status is: ENABLED

Type (or select) Disable to let your bot receive all messages sent to a group.

@BotFather replies with:

Success! The new status is: DISABLED. /help