📱 Telegram

Create a Telegram Bot
Step by Step

This visual guide will walk you through creating your first Telegram automation bot on CodeCanvas — no coding needed.

⏱ Takes about 5 minutes · Beginner friendly
1
Open Telegram & Find BotFather
BotFather is the official Telegram bot that creates all other bots. You must go through BotFather to get your bot token.
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Open your Telegram app on phone or desktop
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In the search bar, type @BotFather and press Search
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Look for the blue ✓ verified badge next to BotFather — this is the official one
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Tap on BotFather and press Start
💡You can also click this link to open BotFather directly: t.me/BotFather
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BotFather
✓ Official bot
Hi! I'm BotFather. I can help you create and manage Telegram bots.
/start
Use /newbot to create a new bot
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Create Your New Bot
Send the /newbot command and BotFather will ask you two questions: a display name and a username for your bot.
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Send this command to BotFather: /newbot
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Question 1: Enter a display name for your bot. Example: My Support Bot
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Question 2: Enter a username — must end with "bot". Example: mysupport_bot
⚠️The username must be unique across all of Telegram and must end with "bot" — e.g. myshop_bot or supportbot
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BotFather
✓ Official bot
/newbot
Alright, a new bot. How are we going to call it? Please choose a name.
My Shop Bot
Good. Now let's choose a username for your bot. It must end in 'bot'.
myshop_bot
3
Copy Your Bot Token
After creating the bot, BotFather will give you a token. This is a secret key that looks like a long string of numbers and letters. Keep it safe!
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BotFather will congratulate you and show your bot token
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The token looks like this: 123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrSTUvwxYZ
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Tap and hold the token to copy it, or tap the copy icon
123456789:ABCdefGHI-ExampleToken
🔒Never share your token publicly! Anyone with your token can control your bot.
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BotFather
✓ Official bot
Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at t.me/myshop_bot.

Use this token to access the HTTP API:

123456789:ABCdef...

Keep your token secure!
4
Create Bot on CodeCanvas
Now go to your CodeCanvas dashboard and create a new bot. Paste your Telegram token there.
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Go to codecanvas.top/dashboard/bots.php
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Click the "+ Create New Bot" button
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Select Telegram as the platform
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Paste your token in the "Telegram Bot Token" field
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Click "Create Bot" — your webhook URL will be generated automatically
CREATE NEW BOT
My Shop Bot
📱 Telegram
123456789:ABCdef...
🚀 Create Bot
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Connect Webhook to Telegram
The final step is to tell Telegram where to send messages. Copy your webhook URL and open it in a browser — that's all!
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In your bot settings, find your Webhook URL and copy it
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Open a new browser tab and go to this URL:
https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_TOKEN/setWebhook?url=YOUR_WEBHOOK
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You should see: {"ok":true,"result":true}
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Send a message to your bot on Telegram — it should appear in your Messages dashboard!
💡After connecting, go to your bot in Telegram and send /start to test it!
{
  "ok": true,
  "result": true,
  "description": "Webhook was set"
}
✅Webhook connected successfully! Your bot is now live.

🎉 Your bot is live! Now add auto-replies

Go to your bot and create flows — rules that tell your bot how to respond to messages.

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Keyword Reply
Reply when message contains a specific word like "price", "help", "order"
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Welcome Message
Automatically greet new users when they first message your bot
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AI Auto-Reply
Enable AI to answer any question your flows don't cover automatically
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Fallback Reply
Send a default message when no other flow matches

Ready to create your bot?

Set up your Telegram bot in 5 minutes — completely free, no coding required.

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