README

This is a simple Telegram Bot API library in PHP. This library should support all Bot API methods in any version update. I created this library to make creating bots more simpliler, No need to bunch of classes And objects after today!

Features

• Always supports all Bot API methods
• Auto handling for flood & chat ID migrating errors
• Uses stdClass for updates
• Uses OOP
• Optional Settings for each bot can be saved in JSON
• Based on cURL for speed
• Downloadable via composer
• Tested via GitHub Actions
• Has examples of working bots
• Telegram Errors as PHP Exceptions
• Up to date
• Documented

Installation

Installation Guide

Simple Usage

Creating bot

use SimpleBotAPI/TelegramBot;
use SimpleBotAPI/BotSettings;

$Bot = new TelegramBot('bot_token');

More documentation here

Using method

It should be in this format:

$Result = $Bot->{methodName}([
    '{paramName}' => {value1},
    '{paramName2}' => {value2}
]);

Like this:

$Bot->SendMessage([
    'chat_id' => '@MuaathBots',
    'text' => 'This post was sent by the bot..'
]);

$my_channel_info = $Bot->getChat([
    'chat_id' => '@MuaathBots',
]);
echo "Your channel (@{$my_channel_info->username}) ID: {$my_channel_info->id}";

Note: There's NO PROBLEM if methodName was in upper or lower case.

Contibuting

You can contribute by:

• Reporting a bug.
• Suggesting a feature.
• Improving code style.
• Completing the TODO List.
• Adding more examples to examples/.
• Documenting undocumented topics in docs/.
• Updating the library to the next version of Bot API (if needed).
• Adding more tests in test/ folder.

Contact me

Examples

Currently, There're three examples in examples/ folder:

• Echo Bot, Which sends same as you sent
• Weclome Bot, Which sends Welcome & ID of user who joins the group
• Contact Me Bot, Which is a Bot be same as you, You'll receive messages & Reply
• FAQ Bot, Which has one message & buttons to swap between questions, And you can see answers.

You can see a full example here

All of these examples doesn't need any databases or files to storage, Only Settings file.

TODO List

• API via HTTP response in webhooks method
• Using namespace for exceptions
• Documenting sending message with reply markup
• Add webhook authorization
• Auto-store for bot users
• Add JSON Storage can be used by bot
• Method that posts to all bot users
• Add logging
• Add DB Storage can be used by bot
• Document missed things

License

GPL-3.0, In LICENCE file.