Users will see a Start button the first time they open a chat with your bot. Help and Settings links will be available in the menu on the bot's profile page if you add them in @BotFather.
+Bots can present the user with a friendly and intuitive interface that lists any number of groups, channels or other users according to a custom set of criteria. Tapping on a chat will send its identifier to the bot in a service message and seamlessly close the interface.
+A group management bot is the perfect example: an admin could select a chat the bot should manage, and then select a user it should promote – this would happen without ever typing any text.
+Here is a quick start guide to use this feature:
+request_chat or request_user respectively.chat_shared or user_shared service message.+Keep in mind that the bot may not be able to use the identifier it receives if the corresponding chat or user is not already known or accessible by some other means.
+
In addition to sending commands and messages to the chat with the bot, there are several ways of interacting with them without opening any specific chat or group.
diff --git a/data/web/core.telegram.org/bots/features.html b/data/web/core.telegram.org/bots/features.html index 5449dffeb2..69a3c5861e 100644 --- a/data/web/core.telegram.org/bots/features.html +++ b/data/web/core.telegram.org/bots/features.html @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@Users will see a Start button the first time they open a chat with your bot. Help and Settings links will be available in the menu on the bot's profile page if you add them in @BotFather.
+Bots can present the user with a friendly and intuitive interface that lists any number of groups, channels or other users according to a custom set of criteria. Tapping on a chat will send its identifier to the bot in a service message and seamlessly close the interface.
+A group management bot is the perfect example: an admin could select a chat the bot should manage, and then select a user it should promote – this would happen without ever typing any text.
+Here is a quick start guide to use this feature:
+request_chat or request_user respectively.chat_shared or user_shared service message.+Keep in mind that the bot may not be able to use the identifier it receives if the corresponding chat or user is not already known or accessible by some other means.
+
In addition to sending commands and messages to the chat with the bot, there are several ways of interacting with them without opening any specific chat or group.
diff --git a/data/web/corefork.telegram.org/bots/features.html b/data/web/corefork.telegram.org/bots/features.html index 12b1f14cfe..d4b34bd55b 100644 --- a/data/web/corefork.telegram.org/bots/features.html +++ b/data/web/corefork.telegram.org/bots/features.html @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@Users will see a Start button the first time they open a chat with your bot. Help and Settings links will be available in the menu on the bot's profile page if you add them in @BotFather.
+Bots can present the user with a friendly and intuitive interface that lists any number of groups, channels or other users according to a custom set of criteria. Tapping on a chat will send its identifier to the bot in a service message and seamlessly close the interface.
+A group management bot is the perfect example: an admin could select a chat the bot should manage, and then select a user it should promote – this would happen without ever typing any text.
+Here is a quick start guide to use this feature:
+request_chat or request_user respectively.chat_shared or user_shared service message.+Keep in mind that the bot may not be able to use the identifier it receives if the corresponding chat or user is not already known or accessible by some other means.
+
In addition to sending commands and messages to the chat with the bot, there are several ways of interacting with them without opening any specific chat or group.