We can send BotFather the command '/newbot' to begin the bot creation workflow. To activate the BotFather, click on 'start'. Be sure to select the verified account (the one with the checkmark beside it), otherwise we may end up talking to someone impersonating the official BotFather. To do this, start by signing into your Telegram client and searching for ' in the chat search. This can be done using Telegram's official management bot called the 'BotFather'.

Each bot requires a user account to be responsible for it. We need to register our bot on Telegram to generate the credentials we'll use to connect to the Telegram API. It would be helpful if you are familiar with the Replit database, but it's not a necessity.

You will also need a Replit account, so create one now if you haven't already.

You will need to have Telegram downloaded, and an account.

You should be familiar with basic Python programming.

We will leave it as an exercise for you to expand the functionality. The messages will simply contain the message text, but we'll provide further information on how to use other data, such as the usernames of users. In this tutorial, we'll build a public message board and instead of users posting messages directly on the site, they'll send them to a Telegram bot. If you've ever used an online forum, you may have seen that there are sometimes ways to post messages other than doing it straight on the forum, like posting by email.

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