Configuring the bot in Telegram
Notes
📢 Important: If Administrator accidentally selects a different community after configuring all the settings for the group, all previous settings will be lost. Community and its tags needs to be reconfigured again. In order to avoid any disruption, please be careful when making changes.
⚡ Telegram Web does not support the command menu. However, the list of available commands can be accessed by the /help command.
As it is a test bot, commands include "test_bot". However, in production all the commands will be without it.
Administrator of a group should set all nessecary configurations for a group: community and its tags where users will publish posts using bot.
To set community, Administrator runs /choosecommunity command. Administrator views the list of available communities and their {id}
To select the community, Administrator runs /choosecommunity {id} command - for example, /choosecommunity@peeranha_test_bot 2.
Administrator gets confirmation which community was selected and needs to choose tags, which are used by default when a user makes a post using bot.
If a command requires to enter arguments, such as a community id or tags id:
Tips for desktop Telegram (Windows)
✔️ Hover over the required command from the commands menu and press the Tab key. This keeps the command in the input field and allows you to enter the required argumets.
✔️ To copy the command, click the example command. It is copied to a clipboard. Then paste it into the input field and enter the required arguments.
Tips for desktop Telegram (MacOS)
✔️ To call the commands menu, enter / . A list of available commands appears.
✔️To copy the command, click the example command. It is copied to a clipboard. Then paste it into the input field and enter the required arguments.
Tip for Telegram mobile app (iOS)
✔️ Tap the command from the example. It is copied to a clipboard. Then paste it into the input field and enter the required arguments.
Tips for Telegram mobile app (Android)
✔️Hold the nessecary command from the commands menu, it is pasted into the input field.Then enter the required arguments.
✔️ Tap the command from the example. It is copied to a clipboard. Then paste it into the input field and enter the required arguments.
To choose tags, Administrator runs /choosetags command and enters the tags numbers separated by commas. It is possible for Administator to select multiple tags at once. Example, /choosetags@peeranha_test_bot 1, 2, 4.
Once the community and its tag have been set, the group configuration is complete. Users can start creating posts using the bot.
Chat configurationUsers can create topics in large groups to make conversations more organized and readable. These topics function as separate chats within the group, allowing for specific shared media and notification settings. Each topic may have its own community tags which group Administrator configurates. Users can publish posts withing a particular topic in the group and the configured tag will be applied to the posts upon publication on Peeranha.
To choose tags for a specific topic (chat), Administrator runs the /chatchoosetags command and enters the tags numbers separated by commas. It is possible for Administator to select multiple tags at once - for example, /chatchoosetags@peeranha_test_bot 1, 2, 3
Topic Latest news:
Topic General:
Once topic tags have been set, the group configuration is complete. Users can start creating posts using the bot.