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What are Telegram bots and what they do

As mentioned, Telegram bots are autonomous users "made" of lines of code capable of interacting with flesh-and-blood users both in single chats and in group chats. For recognize Telegram bots it will be sufficient to read the username: if it ends with "bot", then it will be an autonomous user with whom to interact as if you were in a chat with a friend or a "real" Telegram contact. Programmed by the developer to respond to precise user commands, bots can be used for the most diverse purposes: from weather forecasts to jokes, from images of kittens to searches in Amazon and eBay databases.

To interact with Telegram bots, the command must be preceded by the symbol "/" (for example, "/command"), while to find the Telegram bot command list, simply type "/" and send it to the bot itself.

How to add Telegram bots

To chat and interact with a bot, simply add it to the instant messaging app's user list. There are various ways to add Telegram bot: you can search from within the app using the search function (the icon with the magnifying glass to be clear) or you can navigate with your smartphone within the Bot Store managed by Telegram and add your favorite bots directly from the website. This second option is undoubtedly more convenient and faster: from the storebot it is possible to have a complete overview of all the Telegram bots created so far (over 2.000 in February 2016), learn about the most downloaded and used and the latest bots created by Telegram or third party developers.

The best Telegram bots

TrackBot. Also available with commands in Italian, TrackBot allows you to follow the shipments of your parcels directly from the Telegram chat. Compatible with both foreign couriers and Italian couriers (FedEx, UPS, DHL, Brt (Bartolini), GLS, Poste Italiane, SDA, TNT and Nexive in our country), this Telegram bot can be very useful if you are used to buy online. By typing "/help" you get more information about the bot and how to use the service
ImageBot. If you are looking for images or GIFs to send to your friends in chat or on social networks, ImageBot is what you were looking for. With the commands "/getimg" and "/getgif" followed by the description (in English) of what you want to obtain (cat, happy dog, kitty just to name a few) you can download fun and interesting images to use as you see fit you think

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WeatherMan. Interested in the weather and weather forecast? WeatherMan (literally the weather man) is the bot for you. Just send the right command to the bot to know the weather forecast for the next few days in a location of your choice
OpenStreetMap. Official bot of the open source digital cartography service, it is very useful if you want to digitally "explore" a city or an area before visiting it. Thanks to the Open StreetMap chat commands, it will be possible to view an image of the map (in image or PDF format), a link to open the map on the browser and all the data relating to what you are looking for (including the phone number of the store, if available)
Amazon. Thanks to this bot, you will be able to know the price and description of Amazon products, both in private chat and in group chat. If you want to use it for personal purposes, you will have to add the Amazon bot to your contact list, while if you want to compare prices within a conversation with multiple users, simply type "@amazonpricebot" followed by the name or description of an object (a generic "mouse" or the exact name of the device) to share the information with your friends

Translator. Among the most used and appreciated bots in Telegram chats, Translator allows you to translate messages instantly into several dozen languages. Very useful if you use Pavel Durov's app to talk to your friends abroad: using this bot all messages will be automatically translated into your language
Dottorbot. For medicine and science enthusiasts, DottorBot provides (on command) information and interesting data regarding various medical-scientific fields, accompanied by statistics and infographics
MyPokerBot. Using the MyPokerBot bot you will be able to play Texas Hold'em (a US variant of poker that has been very popular in recent years) from the Telegram chat with random users from all over the world
Corriere della Sera. A message is enough to receive national, international and local news and updates from Corriere della Sera. The bot of the best-known Italian newspaper will allow you to stay up to date on what is happening in the world, thanks to textual news, photo galleries and in-depth videos

BotFather. The godfather of all bots (the name is a reference to the famous film The Godfather) is created by Telegram and helps users to design other bots. Just add BotFather to your contacts to turn your ideas into bots and manage bots already created in the past

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