Installation

composer require kalexhaym/laravel-telegram-bot

Publish config

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=telegram-config

Make Commands and Callbacks

php artisan make:telegram-command Start
php artisan make:telegram-callback Start

Make Text Handler

php artisan make:telegram-text-handler Text

Make Polls Handler

php artisan make:telegram-polls-handler Polls

Setup

After creating a Command or Callback, it must be registered in config/telegram.php

Add Telegram Bot token in .env

TELEGRAM_TOKEN=

Getting updates

There are two mutually exclusive ways of receiving updates for your bot - the getUpdates method

php artisan telegram:poll-updates

and webhooks

php artisan telegram:set-hook

Usage

Send a simple message

$message->sendMessage('Hello, world!');

Send a simple message with keyboard

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Keyboard;

$keyboard = (new Keyboard())
        ->inline()
        ->resizable()
        ->addButton('Test Callback', 'callback')
        ->addLink('Test Link', 'https://test.com');

$message->setKeyboard($keyboard)->sendMessage('Hello, world!');

Send photo
Use this method to send photos.

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Photo;

$message->sendPhoto('https://test.com/photo.jpg');
// OR
$message->sendPhoto(new Photo('photo.jpg'));

Send Audio
Use this method to send audio files, if you want Telegram clients to display them in the music player.

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Audio;

$message->sendAudio('https://test.com/photo.mp3');
// OR
$message->sendAudio(new Audio('photo.mp3'));

Send Document
Use this method to send general files.

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Document;

$message->sendDocument('https://test.com/photo.pdf');
// OR
$message->sendDocument(new Document('photo.pdf'));

Send Video
Use this method to send video files, Telegram clients support MPEG4 videos (other formats may be sent as Document).

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Video;

$message->sendVideo('https://test.com/photo.mp4');
// OR
$message->sendVideo(new Video('photo.mp4'));

Send Animation
Use this method to send animation files (GIF or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video without sound).

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Animation;

$message->sendAnimation('https://test.com/photo.gif');
// OR
$message->sendAnimation(new Animation('photo.gif'));

Send Voice
Use this method to send audio files, if you want Telegram clients to display the file as a playable voice message.
For this to work, your audio must be in an .OGG file encoded with OPUS, or in .MP3 format, or in .M4A format (other formats may be sent as Audio or Document).

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Voice;

$message->sendVoice('https://test.com/photo.mp3');
// OR
$message->sendVoice(new Voice('photo.mp3'));

Send poll
Use this method to send a native poll.

use Kalexhaym\LaravelTelegramBot\Poll;

// Regular poll
$poll = (new Poll('Question', ['answer_1', 'answer_2']))
        ->allowsMultipleAnswers()
        ->notAnonymous();

// Quiz
$poll = (new Poll('Question', ['answer_1', 'answer_2']))
        ->quiz(0, 'Explanation')
        ->openPeriod(3600);

$message->sendPoll($poll);