How To Create a Telegram Bot with Node.js

Hello Everyone,

I will explain how to create a simple telegram bot using Node.js. While creating the Telegram bot, I made the resume pool project that human resources can use

Preview (Youtube) 🎬

Features ✨

• Receiving job applications from telegram bot
• Receiving applications and transferring them to excel

Tech 🛠

• Node.js (v20.10.0 or LTS version)
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Telegram API

Development 💻

Here are the steps to run the project locally.

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/FRTYZ/telegram-bot-nodejs.git
   

2. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

3. Create Telegram bot

   3.1. Open BotFather to create a bot

   3.2. Write the command to create a bot

   /newbot
   

   3.3. after you set the name and username, the process will look like the following. in the yellow area there will be a shortcut to open your bot. in the red area there is a token, use this token in the env file

   

4. Make a few connection settings to MongoDB

   4.1. Create a cluster from MongoDB Create a new cluster named 'telegramBot'

   

   4.2. Connect Cluster.

   Copy the link code in the red field

   

5. Create the .env file

   BOT_TOKEN = <Bot Token>
   BOT_CHAT_ID = <Bot Chat ID>
   MONGO_URI = <Bot_Chat_ID>
   

6. Run the project

   npm run dev
   

7. Project setup is ready. To get bot chat id, open your bot and type the following command. The bot will tell you the chat id.

   /chatid
   

   

   7.1. Copy the chat id and update the BOT_CHAT_ID value in the .env file

8. 🎉 Project is now ready. The project will run on port 8080

package.json

{
  "name": "telegram-bot-nodejs",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Create a Telegram Bot with Node.js",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "dev": "npx nodemon src/index.js",
    "start": "node src/index.js"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
    "ejs": "^3.1.10",
    "exceljs": "^4.4.0",
    "express": "^4.21.0",
    "express-session": "^1.18.0",
    "mongoose": "^8.6.3",
    "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
    "telegraf": "^4.16.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^3.1.6"
  }
}

Good codings