• VPS / VDS servers
• Preconfigured operating system
• Own telegram bot server on Debian 12

Debian 12 Linux Telegram Bot Server (Python, Autorun script, Test bot script)

This guide shows how to set up your telegram bot server on a VPS with Linux Debian 12. The task is to launch a bot around the clock that will give subscribers answers in the telegram application. You can also order a ready assembly on the VPS server order form. On a ready-made chat bot telegram server, you can run several bots in the same way as described below. In this guide, we are installing as root, if you have a normal one, use the sudo command.

Telegram bot server

Bot registration

Bot test script

Wikipedia telegram bot

Chatbot ready answers

Random number generator

Telegram translator bot

Most frequently asked questions:

1. Let's create a bot in our Telegram account:

@BotFather

/newbot

Alright, a new bot. How are we going to call it? Please choose a name for your bot.


synay.net-test

Good. Now let's choose a username for your bot. It must end in `bot`. Like this, for example: TetrisBot or tetris_bot.


synaytestBot

Done! Congratulations on your new bot. You will find it at t.me/synaytestBot. You can now add a description, about section and profile picture for your bot, see /help for a list of commands. By the way, when you've finished creating your cool bot, ping our Bot Support if you want a better username for it. Just make sure the bot is fully operational before you do this.

Use this token to access the HTTP API:


1234567890:NNHNgm2Mg0RqvFlHVZKUdgnsZZzCe84KLuw

Keep your token secure and store it safely, it can be used by anyone to control your bot.
For a description of the Bot API, see this page: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

2. Install the necessary packages on the server and configure the services:

apt update
apt-get install python3
apt-get install python3-venv
python3 -m venv my-tel-bot
source my-tel-bot/bin/activate
pip3 install pyTelegramBotAPI

3. Let's create a test bot script:

nano /root/my-tel-bot/bot.py

import telebot

bot = telebot.TeleBot('
1234567890:NNHNgm2Mg0RqvFlHVZKUdgnsZZzCe84KLuw
')

@bot.message_handler(commands=['start', 'help'])
def send_welcome(message):
	bot.reply_to(message, "Howdy, how are you doing?")

@bot.message_handler(func=lambda message: True)
def echo_all(message):
	bot.reply_to(message, message.text)

bot.polling()

3.1 Let's test the bot script:

python3 /root/my-tel-bot/bot.py

Then you can write / start or / help and the bot will greet us.

4. Let's create a service file to start the bot automatically:

nano /lib/systemd/system/my-tel-bot.service

[Unit]
Description=Telegram My test bot
After=network.target

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
ExecStart=/root/my-tel-bot/bin/python bot.py
ExecReload=/root/my-tel-bot/bin/python bot.py
WorkingDirectory=/root/my-tel-bot/
KillMode=process
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

4.1 Activate the service and add to autostart:

systemctl enable my-tel-bot
systemctl start my-tel-bot

Done, our bot is working, you just have to expand its functionality described in paragraph 3. You can also find the finished one and replace the bot file in the destination folder and restart the service:

/root/my-tel-bot/bot.py

systemctl restart my-tel-bot

When replacing a file or its contents, do not forget to specify a valid key token. This configuration is available on the VPS server order form.

5. Script examples. For greater clarity, we have collected several ready-made examples of bot scripts on the Internet, tested them for performance and suggest that you familiarize yourself with them:

• WikiPedia telegram bot in Python
• Chatbot ready-made answers for telegrams in Python
• Telegram Random Number Generator in Python
• Telegram translator bot in Python