Hey everyone! I’m trying to set up a Telegram bot for my service. I’ve worked with Discord bots before, but Telegram’s permission system is new to me.
I added my bot to a group, but there’s a problem. If I turn off the “send messages” permission for regular members, my bot can’t post anything either. That’s not what I want!
I read somewhere that I need to make the bot an admin to fix this. But I don’t really want to give it that much power. Is there another way to let the bot send messages without making it an admin?
Can I just give it special permission to write in the group? Or am I missing something obvious here?
yo, i’ve dealt w/ this before. sadly, there’s no easy fix without makin the bot an admin. but don’t stress! when u promote it, just tick the ‘Send Messages’ box and leave the rest unchecked. that way it can post but can’t do much else.
if ur still not cool with that, maybe rethink ur setup? u could keep the group open and use commands to control the bot instead.
I’ve been in your shoes before, and I can tell you from experience that Telegram’s permission system can be a bit frustrating at first. Here’s the deal: you’re right that making the bot an admin is pretty much the only way to let it send messages when regular members can’t. But don’t worry too much about giving it ‘too much power’.
When you promote the bot to admin, you can actually customize its permissions quite a bit. Just give it the bare minimum it needs - usually just ‘Send Messages’ and maybe ‘Delete Messages’ if you want it to be able to clean up after itself. This way, your bot can do its job without having any real power over the group.
If you’re still not comfortable with that setup, you might want to rethink your group’s structure. Maybe keeping messaging open for everyone and using bot commands to control its responses would work better for your use case. It really depends on what exactly you’re trying to achieve with your bot.
I’ve encountered this issue before when setting up Telegram bots for client projects. Unfortunately, there’s no middle ground between regular member and admin in Telegram groups. If you want your bot to send messages when regular members can’t, you’ll need to make it an admin.
However, you can customize the admin permissions to limit the bot’s power. When promoting the bot to admin, you can uncheck all permissions except ‘Send Messages’. This way, it can post but won’t have any other admin capabilities.
If you’re still uncomfortable with this, consider creating a channel instead of a group. Bots can be added as channel admins with more granular permissions. Alternatively, you could keep the group open for all members to post, and use bot commands to control who can trigger the bot’s responses.