Telegram

These docs are for version 1.x of Rasa Open Source.

User Guide

• Installation
• Tutorial: Rasa Basics
• Tutorial: Building Assistants
• Command Line Interface
• Architecture
• Messaging and Voice Channels
• Evaluating Models
• Validate Data
• Configuring the HTTP API
• Deploying your Rasa Assistant
• Cloud Storage

NLU

• About
• Using NLU Only
• Training Data Format
• Choosing a Pipeline
• Language Support
• Entity Extraction
• Components

Core

• About
• Stories
• Domains
• Responses
• Actions
• Reminders and External Events
• Policies
• Slots
• Forms
• Retrieval Actions
• Interactive Learning
• Fallback Actions
• Knowledge Base Actions

Conversation Design

• Dialogue Elements
• Small Talk
• Completing Tasks
• Guiding Users

API Reference

• Action Server
• HTTP API
• Jupyter Notebooks
• Agent
• Custom NLU Components
• Rasa SDK
• Events
• Tracker
• Tracker Stores
• Event Brokers
• Lock Stores
• Training Data Importers
• Featurization of Conversations
• TensorFlow Configuration
• Migration Guide
• Rasa Open Source Change Log

Migrate from (beta)

• Dialogflow
• Wit.ai
• LUIS
• IBM Watson

Reference

• Glossary

Versions

Viewing: 1.8.1

Telegram

You first have to create a Telegram bot to get credentials. Once you have them you can add these to your credentials.yml.

Getting Credentials

How to get the Telegram credentials:
You need to set up a Telegram bot.

1. To create the bot, go to Bot Father, enter /newbot and follow the instructions.
2. At the end you should get your access_token and the username you set will be your verify.
3. If you want to use your bot in a group setting, it’s advisable to turn on group privacy mode by entering /setprivacy. Then the bot will only listen when a user’s message starts with /bot.

For more information, check out the Telegram HTTP API.

Running on Telegram

If you want to connect to telegram using the run script, e.g. using:

rasa run

you need to supply a credentials.yml with the following content:

telegram:
  access_token: "490161424:AAGlRxinBRtKGb21_rlOEMtDFZMXBl6EC0o"
  verify: "your_bot"
  webhook_url: "https://your_url.com/webhooks/telegram/webhook"

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