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Telegram

  1. To create a free Telegram account, download the app for Android / iPhone and sign up using your phone number.
  2. To create a Telegram bot, add @BotFather on Telegram, press Start, and follow the below steps:
    1. Send a /newbot command and fill in the requested details, including a bot name and username.
    2. Take a note of the API token, which looks something like 123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11.
    3. Access the link t.me/<username> to your new bot given by BotFather and press Start.
    4. Access the link api.telegram.org/bot<token>/getUpdates, replacing <token> with the bot's API token. This gives a list of the bot's activity, including messages sent to the bot.
    5. The result section should contain at least one message, due to us pressing the Start button. If not, sending a /start command to the bot should do the trick. Take a note of the "id" number in the "chat" section of this message.
    6. One bot is enough for now, but you can repeat these steps to create more bots.

At the end, you should have:

  1. A Telegram account
  2. A Telegram bot (at least one)
  3. The Telegram bot's API token (at least one)
  4. The chat ID of your chat with the bot (at least one)

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