help.md

Help Information

• Common Pitfalls
• FAQs

Common Pitfalls

Failing to receive reply with ReplyToMessage

The user has to manually reply to your message, by tapping on the bot's message and select Reply.

Sources:

• Issue #113

Frequently Asked Questions

Check out all questions ever asked on our Github Issues.

1. How do I send GIFs?
2. Why and When do I need a certificate when using WebHooks?
3. How do I know when a user leaves a chat?
4. What does this error mean?
5. How do I know the selected option in reply keyboard?
6. How do I send multiple message in correct sequence?
7. How do I run my bot behind a proxy?
8. Can you add feature X to the library?
9. Is this scalable?
10. How do I listen for messages in a chat group?
11. How do I know when a user blocks the bot?

How do I send GIFs?

You might be trying to send your animated GIFs using TelegramBot#sendPhoto(). The method mostly supports static images. As noted by the community, it seems you need to send them as documents, using TelegramBot#sendDocument().

bot.sendDocument(chatId, 'cat.gif');

Sources:

• Issue #11

Why and When do I need a certificate when using WebHooks?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #63
• Issue #125

How do I know when a user leaves a chat?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #248

What does this error mean?

• 502 Bad Gateway

Not complete. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #73
• Issue #99
• Issue #101
• Issue #107
• Issue #156
• Issue #170
• Issue #244

How do I know the selected option in reply keyboard?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #108

How do I send multiple message in correct sequence?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #240

How do I run my bot behind a proxy?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #122
• Issue #253

Can you add feature X to the library?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #238

Is this scalable?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #219

How do I listen for messages in a chat group?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #304

How do I know when a user blocks the bot?

Not done. PRs welcome!

Sources:

• Issue #273