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Introduction

In the last tutorial, we have created a new bot, but this bot is kind of useless. It doesn’t reply to any messages and it does not have a shop. Now, we will learn how to to power up this bot by connecting it to Supastore

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Tutorial

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Breakdown

In the tutorial we have mentioned, that in order for bot to function properly we need to do two things:
  1. Connect our bot to Supastore
  2. Connect Supastore to your bot

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1. Connecting our bot to Supastore

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Get the bot token from @BotFather

In the previous tutorial, after we created a new bot, @BotFather sent us the bot token. If you lost that bot token, then you need to:
  • Navigate to @BotFather
  • Send /mybots command
  • Select your bot from the list
  • Press API Token on the inline menu
  • Copy the token
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Go to Store Settings

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Insert the bot token

Under Telegram Bot section, insert bot username and bot token. Make sure to save changes after

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2. Connecting Supastore to our bot

Now we will connect supastore to our bot. For this we will need to create a new Telegram Web App Prerequisets
  • Store Image (must be 640x360 pixels exactly)
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Navigate to @BotFather

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Send /newapp command

Send /newapp command and select your bot from the list
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Follow instructions to add title, description and photo

All these will be used when you are sending your store as an attachmentNote: The store image must be 640x360 pixels exactly
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Provide the Web App URL

The Web App Url can be found in your Supastore settings page in the Telegram Bot sections. Just above the bot username and bot token input fields
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Enter short name for your web app

This will be on the end of your Telegram WebApp urlhttps://t.me/<your_bot_name>/<short_name>
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Finished!

After finishing all the steps, @BotFather will send you URL for your Web App in this formathttps://t.me/<your_bot_name>/<short_name>This is the URL you want your customers to access your Telegram Store through