BotConnection

The BotConnection class manages the transport component of the Bot and is created at the same time as the Bot.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
ApiBaseUrl	string	Gets or sets the base URL used for the REST API methods. If null, TelegramSettings.ApiBase is used.
Bot	Bot	Reference to the Bot to which this connection is associated.
Health	BotHealth	Gets the health of the bot's connection based on success or failure or recent methods or polling
HttpOptions	HttpClientHandler	Gets the HttpClientHandler used to control the HTTP options for this connection's requests
LastPolledUpdate	long	The ID of the last update successfully polled (and acknowledged), if one was tracked.
Poller	BotPoller	Gets a reference to the associated when the Bot is using polling. This value is set to when the Bot is not polling.
RecvdBytes	long	Gets the number of bytes received from Telegram (excluding HTTP headers) since this instance of the bot was created
RecvdUpdates	long	Gets the number of updates processed since this instance of the bot was created
SentBytes	long	Gets the number of bytes sent to Telegram (excluding HTTP headers) since this instance of the bot was created
SentMessages	long	Gets the number of method calls/messages sent to Telegram since this instance of the bot was created
Status	BotStatus	Gets the status of the bot's ability to receive updates from Telegram

Methods

Name	Arguments	Return Type	Description
StartPolling	None	Task	Starts polling
StopPolling	None	void	Cancels polling
Method<TResponse>	Action<dynamic> configureData, string methodName, string verb = "POST", bool throwOnError = true, SendFile file = null, int? timeout = null	TResponse	Invokes an API call using a dynamic object to build the request body's data tree
Method<TResponse>	string methodName, string data = null, string verb = "GET", bool throwOnError = true, SendFile file = null, int? timeout = null	TResponse	Invokes an API call using raw JSON data
MethodAdvanced<TResponse>	string methodName, string data = null, string verb = "GET", bool throwOnError = false, SendFile file = null, int? timeout = null	TelegramResponse<TResponse>	Invokes an API call and preserves the response wrapper, which may contain error messages or other info.