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thezahedi/telegram-bot-api
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A very simple PHP Telegram Bot API

v1.0(6y ago)37MITPHPPHP >=5.0

Since Sep 28Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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telegram-bot-api
================

[](#telegram-bot-api)

A very simple PHP [Telegram Bot API](https://core.telegram.org/bots).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 5.3
- Curl extension for PHP5 must be enabled.
- Telegram API key, you can get one simply with [@BotFather](https://core.telegram.org/bots#botfather) with simple commands right after creating your bot.

For the WebHook:

- An VALID SSL certificate (Telegram API requires this). You can use [Cloudflare's Free Flexible SSL](https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl) which crypts the web traffic from end user to their proxies if you're using CloudFlare DNS.
    Since the August 29 update you can use a self-signed ssl certificate.

For the getUpdates(Long Polling):

- Some way to execute the script in order to serve messages (for example cronjob)

Download
--------

[](#download)

#### Using Composer

[](#using-composer)

From your project directory, run:

```
composer require thezahedi/telegram-bot-api

```

or

```
php composer.phar require thezahedi/telegram-bot-api

```

Note: If you don't have Composer you can download it [HERE](https://getcomposer.org/download/).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2418d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/946c03653e6334f664adf11090f04b239bbd667309a735770377e962b2caa102?d=identicon)[thezahedi](/maintainers/thezahedi)

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Top Contributors

[![thezahedi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16309968?v=4)](https://github.com/thezahedi "thezahedi (3 commits)")

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