Integrating ONLYOFFICE with Telegram

Bare Bones Instructions

If you decide to connect Telegram, proceed through these simple steps

1. First of all, go to the Settings section. To do that click the icon in the right upper corner.

2. Switch to the Integration tab.

3. Open the Third-Party Services page.

   In this section, you will see all the third-party services you can connect your portal to. The most important part in the process of establishing the connection is to find application keys. If you want to connect a third-party service to your portal, first of all get the application ID (may be called app key, client_id, api key, etc.) and Key (app secret, client_secret, api secret, etc.). The way to obtain the connection keys differs from service to service. So choose the necessary service and follow the instructions.

Connect Telegram to ONLYOFFICE

1. Open https://t.me/botfather using Telegram Desktop.
2. Start BotFather using the following command:

   /start

3. Create a new bot using the following command:

   /newbot

4. Enter a name for your bot.
5. Enter a username for your bot. It may only include Latin characters, numbers, and underscores and must end in 'bot', e.g. 'test_bot' or 'TestBot'.
6. Copy the generated token.
7. Paste the token and the bot username in the corresponding fields on the portal.