Requesting a bot integration with the Telegram channel

Learn how to integrate an IBM RPA chatbot with Telegram™ channel if you use the IBM RPA SaaS offering. This procedure includes a bot creation on Telegram™, and the request of a chatbot instance.

Before you begin

This topic assumes that you have a chatbot script ready to deploy on the Telegram channel. For more information on how to request a chatbot instance to integrate it with other communication channels, see Integrating the chatbot with channels in IBM RPA SaaS.

Requirements

Table 1. Licenses required to deploy a chatbot script.

License Minimum required
Bot Runtime 1¹

¹ You need at least one Bot Runtime license for each chatbot script. Go to the License page (https://localhost:8099/web/en-US/license) on the machine where IBM RPA was installed to view license data.

Important:Starting from version 23.0.3, the License page (https://localhost:8099/web/en-US/license) isn't available anymore because of the removal of License ID and License password and implementation of installation keys. For details on proxy, region, or status, go to the IBM RPA Client page (https://localhost:8099/web/en-US/ibmrpaclient) instead.

Procedure

Follow the steps to create a Telegram bot and request a chatbot instance:

  1. Create a bot in the Telegram
  2. Open a case with the IBM support

Create a bot in the Telegram

Chat with the BotFather to create a Telegram bot. See Creating a new bot 🡥 for instructions. The main actions that you run while you create a bot are:

  • Give the Telegram bot a name.
  • Give the Telegram bot a unique username. This username must end with the "bot" keyword and be consistent with the chatbot instance name in the IBM Robotic Process Automation.
  • Get the bot access token generated.

Open a case with the IBM support

  1. Navigate to IBM Support 🡥.
  2. Open a case with support.
  3. Attach the following data on the case:
    • Chatbot name (or bot handle). The chatbot name must be unique, provide at least three options of names.
    • Communication channel name.
    • IBM RPA Control Center tenant name.
    • IBM RPA tenant's region, for example, AP1.
  4. Wait for support to contact you about scheduling a meeting.

The meeting schedule depends on the availability of the support, infrastructure, and you.

At the meeting, you must share the required data generated by Telegram™ channel:

  1. Share the following data on the meeting:
    • Bot access token
    • Bot username
  2. Wait until the configuration is complete.

What to do next

Create a chat mapping for your IBM RPA chatbot script. See Creating a chat mapping for instructions.