Telegram Messaging API
Methods for sending messages and media
Telegram Messaging API is one of 10 APIs that Telegram publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Messaging. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a GitHub repository, authentication docs, and a changelog.
This API exposes 13 operations across 13 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 9.5.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Telegram Messaging API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the path as token (BotToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
BotToken— Bot authentication token obtained from @BotFather (embedded in URL path)
Paths & Operations 13
Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 13 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Methods for sending messages and media
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Chat (9 properties), User (7 properties), Message (6 properties), BooleanResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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