I’m currently interacting one-on-one with my Telegram bot and need it to display a button that lets a user choose a group chat for integration. I’m using a code snippet similar to the one below:
// Create a button that initiates a group selection
var joinButton = new InlineButton("Join Group");
joinButton.InlineQuerySwitch = "sample_query";
joinButton.OnClickData = "";
joinButton.Link = "";
// Set up the inline keyboard with the join button
var buttonMarkup = new InlineMarkup(new[]
{
new[] { joinButton }
});
How can I modify my approach so that after the user picks a chat, the bot is correctly added to that group?
hey, try deep linking with an invite url that adds the bot directly when clicked. check telegram apì docs for using inline query callbacks to pass group id and extra permissions. its not totally automatic but it works for group integration.
In my own experience, handling Telegram bot integration into group chats required a different approach than simply displaying a button. I decided to use device-specific deep linking with parameters to direct the user to a group invite link. By encoding the group identifier, my bot was able to capture context once added to the group. I also implemented a callback system to verify the bot’s permissions post-integration. Although it requires a bit of extra verification, this method ensures that the bot knows exactly which group it has been added to and can operate accordingly.