Setup a telegram bot

Telegram allows bots that users can create chats with. Messages to the bot are retrievable from the Telegram API by you. (docs)

Very meta: Bots on telegram are made from a bot called “BotFather”

Create a chat with “BotFather” and type “/newbot”

This will create a new bot for you with a new API Token (keep this safe and secret)

This API Token allows you to control the bot, retrieving and sending messages with users

• retrieving: https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOURTOKEN>/getUpdates
• sending: https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOURTOKEN>/sendMessage?chat_id=<YOUR_CHAT_ID>&text=Hello+from+my+bot!