Been hacking on telegram-cli <https://github.com/vysheng/tg> for long https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution Telegram is about freedom and openness – our code is open for everyone, as is our API. Today we’re making another step towards openness by launching a Bot API and platform <https://core.telegram.org/bots/api> for third-party developers to create bots <https://core.telegram.org/bots>.