I’m creating a Telegram bot designed for managing user profiles which are stored in a database. I need the bot to ask users for their first name and then capture that input reliably. I am looking for advice on how to implement this functionality using Telegram’s Bot API. Specifically, I would appreciate guidance on best practices for prompting the user, collecting the input, and ensuring the data is validated before storing it in the database. Any detailed instructions or code examples that illustrate this process would be very helpful.
i tried a similar approach by setting the bot to listen for a reply and then checking if it only contained letters. if it didnt match, i sent a reask message. works fine for me, hope this can help u out too
I opted for a more interactive approach by designing a conversation state that specifically handles the name capture process. When the bot asks for the first name, I prompt the user with a clear message mentioning what is expected. After capturing the input, I used regex to ensure that the reply contains only alphabetic characters, considering Unicode to handle different languages. If the input doesn’t match, I immediately request a new entry, which helps maintain clean data. Implementing error-handling to catch edge cases has proven essential in avoiding invalid records in my database.