Write a Telegram Bot with Go

Courtesy: http://unnikked.ga/getting-started-with-telegram-bots/

Sample Program

Below is a Go program that echoes what you type

//https://godoc.org/gopkg.in/telegram-bot-api.v4

package main

import (
    "log"

    api "gopkg.in/telegram-bot-api.v4"
)

func main() {

    bot, err := api.NewBotAPI("yourtokenhere")
    if err != nil {
        log.Panic(err)
    }

    bot.Debug = true

    log.Printf("Authorized on account %s", bot.Self.UserName)

    u := api.NewUpdate(0)
    u.Timeout = 60

    updates, err := bot.GetUpdatesChan(u)

    for update := range updates {
        log.Printf("[%s] %s", update.Message.From.UserName, update.Message.Text)

        chatID := update.Message.Chat.ID
        msgID := update.Message.MessageID

        msg := api.NewMessage(chatID, update.Message.Text)
        msg.ReplyToMessageID = msgID
        msg.Text = "echo " + update.Message.Text
        bot.Send(msg)

        //msgdoc := api.NewDocumentUpload(chatID, "C:/gopher.jpg")
        //msgdoc.ReplyToMessageID = msgID
        //bot.Send(msgdoc)
    }
}