I have 2 bots in 1 Group (bot A and bot B).
When a user sends a message to the group, both bots can see it.
But if any of the bots A or B send a message to the group, none of the bots can read the other bot message.
Is it possible that bot can read other bots messages? or messages sent by himself?
The "getUpdates" function returns only mesages from users, not bots, is there a way how to receive group messages sent by bots?
Thanks
You can not. This is a limitation set by Telegram itself.
It is stated clearly in the official Bot documentation under FAQ Section.
Why doesn't my bot see messages from other bots?
Bots talking to each other could potentially get stuck in unwelcome loops. To avoid this, we decided that bots will not be able to see messages from other bots regardless of mode.
Related
Many different media types on Telegram have a file_id and file_unique_id property, such as Stickers, Audio, and Document.
The file_id property is unique to each Telegram bot, so one Telegram bot will not report the same file_id as another Telegram bot will, even if it's the same piece of media.
I want to have two Telegram bots communicate with each other, but they are currently unable to do so because the file_id property is meaningless when one bot tries to talk to the other.
The file_unique_id property is consistent between the bots, but it does not seem like you can do much of anything with that identifier.
Is there any way to pass a reference to a file stored on Telegram's servers from one bot to another, without having to re-upload the file on both bots?
Bot can't interact with each other. But there's a workaround,
we can use channels as a medium (with only BotAPI)
Steps,
Add two bots as admin in channel
Broadcast the messages from Bot A to channel
Now, the Bot B will get these as channel posts and your new fileid
for the same file which will be unique for Bot B (obviously)
You have officially transferred all fileid to Bot B
There aren't any official methods to share fileIds between bots. In fact, you can't even get 2 bots talk to each other, also you won't get bot updates in groups. So bot to bot communication is not possible at all at this moment.
But what you can do is to use Mtproto api and sign-in to telegram as a normal user (with phone number). And follow these steps using the logged in account:
Start both of your bots.
Forward messages you receive from bot 1 to bot 2.
This way you'll be able to access any files in bot 1 in bot 2.
You can use Telethon to write a script that does the job for you, listening to updates coming from bot 1 & forwarding them to bot 2.
Also using normal bot api you should forward received messages to your logged-in account.
The only way is to use a shared channel. Both bots have admin access. However, you may encounter error 429 while transferring the file.
The solution is to send the files to the channel at longer intervals.
in the documentation of the telegram bot API I found:
Bots with privacy mode enabled will receive:
Commands explicitly meant for them (e.g., /command#this_bot).
General commands from users (e.g. /start) if the bot was the last bot
to send a message to the group.
So I created two bots - invited both in a group and had "firstbot" to fire /cmd#otherbot something commands. The "otherbot" echos everything it reads.
I (in the client) I can write - "otherbot" doesn't see it - which is correct due to privacy settings.
I i write /cmd#otherbot - "otherbot" receives and echos this - also correct.
BUT - when I let "firstbot" emit /cmd#otherbot in the group "otherbot" doesn't see it.
Am I doing something wrong - or am I miss-leaded by the documentation?
I use C# with Telegram.Bot by roundrobin.
Bots can't see messages meant for other bots, regardless of privacy modes.
Why doesn't my bot see messages from other bots?
Bots talking to each other could potentially get stuck in unwelcome loops. To avoid this, we decided that bots will not be able to see messages from other bots regardless of mode.
Recently I came across with this problem, that one bot can't read messages from another bot.
But I've found a solution: instead of using the Telegram Bot API, you can use TDLib (Telegram Database library) to read the messages.
I am using python, so with this short piece of code I am able to read messages from a bot:
from telegram.client import Telegram
tg = Telegram(
api_id=123456,
api_hash='api_hash',
phone='+555555555',
database_encryption_key='changehere' )
tg.login()
def new_message_handler(update):
message_content = update['message']['content']
message_text = message_content.get('text', {}).get('text', '').lower()
print(message_text)
# do what you want with the message
tg.add_message_handler(new_message_handler)
tg.idle()
I guess that the same can be extended for other languages.
With this approach combined with Bot Telegram API, you are able to:
read messages from a bot (with Telegram Database library)
send that message with another bot (with Telegram Bot API)
Hangout Chat is sending only new messages to the Bot, edits and deletes are not being sent and there is no info either in the documentation https://developers.google.com/hangouts/chat/reference/message-formats/events
Another issue is, bot's getting message only when its mentioned in a room, all other messages are not sent to bot.
How can i resolve/work around these issues?
Hangouts Chat bots is only sent new messages. Edited messages don't get sent to the bot. Though as Brett mentioned you can submit a feature request if you can think of use cases for the functionality (see below).
I suggest checking the Hangouts Chat API support page and search whether someone's filed a feature request (FR) on Google's issue tracker. If so, star it and add a link to it here via a comment. If not, file a new feature request and also link it here so others can vote on it.
As for the purpose of #mentioning a bot in rooms, this is likely done for privacy/security purposes. Having a bot or bots always listening to conversations in a room could raise such concerns. I'd expect bots to only get messages when it is directly #mentioned in a room unless Google feels otherwise. Who knows... may be if enough people star it, they may consider it.
So What Im trying to accomplish is a bot that forwards messages from one specific user to one specific group chat. I started my testing by using my own chat_id and the bot perfectly forwards my messages to the right groupchat.
The problem is tho, that I want to forward messages that I receive from a bot. So I am trying to gather the chat_id between this bot and my bot but I can't get my head around how I should send and/or receive a message from this bot to gather said chat_id because I cant use it's #username in a /sendMessage? URL.
Why doesn't my bot see messages from other bots? Bots talking to each
other could potentially get stuck in unwelcome loops. To avoid this,
we decided that bots will not be able to see messages from other bots
regardless of mode.
Telegram Bots FAQ
Is it possible that bots send messages in chats only to specific members, and the messages aren't visible for other members of the chat?
For example:
There is a chat with 200 members and the bot is one of them. Somebody sends a command /help and bot responds only to him and others don't see the response
You can't do this at this time, but there are deleteMessage method you might interested.
And there are inline keyboard can ask users to START your bot, just put https://t.me/Bot as URL value.