🚀 Build Your First Telegram Bot Using Python

Yo! 🧠 Wanna be that tech hustler automating Telegram? Today, I got you covered — let’s build a working Telegram bot with **Python** in less than 15 minutes. Zero cap. 🔥

  

Step 1: Get Your Bot Token from BotFather

1. Open Telegram and search for @BotFather
2. Send: /start
3. Send: /newbot and follow the prompts
4. Copy the API token BotFather gives you

Step 2: Install the Required Python Library

pip install pyTelegramBotAPI

Step 3: Write Your First Bot

import telebot BOT_TOKEN = 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE' bot = telebot.TeleBot(BOT_TOKEN) @bot.message_handler(commands=['start']) def welcome(message): bot.reply_to(message, "Yo! Welcome to your first bot 🧠🔥") print("Bot is running...") bot.polling()

Replace YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE with your real token from BotFather.

Step 4: Run the Bot

Save your file as mybot.py and run:

python mybot.py

Step 5: Chat With Your Bot

Open Telegram, find your bot by its name, and send /start. Your bot should reply instantly 💬

🎯 Extra Hustler Tip

You can add more commands like /help, or hook this bot to APIs like Weather, GPT, Crypto prices — endless potential 💸

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💡 What's Next?

• How to store user data using SQLite or Google Sheets
• Creating bots that reply to keywords
• Making a bot that earns you money 💰