Hey everyone! I’m working on a Telegram bot and I need some help. I want to set up a system where clicking a specific link triggers the bot to show three inline buttons. These buttons should represent different Telegram channels related to a company.
For example, if someone clicks a link like BotName?start=CompanyName, the bot should grab that company name from the URL and use it to generate relevant channel buttons.
Is this even possible with Telegram bots? How can I make the bot read the URL parameter and create these dynamic buttons?
I’m pretty new to bot development, so any tips or code snippets would be super helpful. Thanks in advance for your help!
Yep, totally doable! I’ve done similar stuff before. You’ll wanna use deep linking to grab that company name from the URL. Then in ur code, handle the /start command and parse out the parameter. From there u can lookup the channels and create those sweet inline buttons on the fly. Just watch out for weird company names with spaces n stuff - URL encode that shiz to be safe!
Absolutely, this is achievable with Telegram bots. You’ll want to utilize the deep linking feature. When a user clicks your link, the bot receives a ‘/start’ command with the parameter. You can then parse this to extract the company name.
In your bot’s code, you’d handle the ‘/start’ command, checking for the parameter. Once you have the company name, you can use it to fetch relevant channel information from your database or API. Then, construct the InlineKeyboardMarkup with the channel buttons dynamically.
A word of caution: ensure you properly handle potential errors, like invalid company names or non-existent data. Also, consider implementing rate limiting to prevent abuse of this feature.
Based on my experience, it is definitely possible to create dynamic inline buttons from URL parameters. When using deep linking, the bot receives a start command with a parameter that can be parsed to extract the company name. I handled this by checking the parameter within the /start command and then querying a database or API for extra details before creating the dynamic buttons with InlineKeyboardMarkup. One thing I learned is the importance of URL encoding the company name to properly handle spaces and special characters.