Find a recipe for your bot

Find Bots.Business recipes for buttons, user input, properties, referrals, channel membership, HTTP, payments, and scheduled work.

For a guided sequence with checkpoints, choose a Tutorial. Use the recipes below when you need one specific task.

Choose the result you want, then follow the complete guide. Each linked guide explains its required commands, context, and limitations.

Messages and menus

Task	Guide
Reply to /start without code	Create your first bot
Show a menu of text buttons	Reply keyboard
Put a changing balance on a reply button	Dynamic balance keyboard
Build a menu in two languages	SmartBot menu
Put buttons under a message or edit a sent message	Bot methods
Receive and send back a photo or document, with a button	Send photos and documents
Call another Telegram method	Telegram API
Put a saved value in an ordinary Answer	Answer placeholders
Receive contacts, locations, photos or group events	Telegram updates
Reply to a particular incoming message	Reply with Telegram API
Delete a bot message after a delay	Temporary messages
Answer an inline query	Inline bots
Open a form inside Telegram and receive its result	Telegram Mini App form

User data and access

Task	Guide
Ask a question and save the reply	Collect input
Accept a whole-number quantity and repeat invalid input	Quantity dialog
Keep a personal learning checklist between visits	Task progress
Keep a counter or setting between commands	User and bot properties
Read a collection of stored entries in pages	Lists
Move a JSON array into individual List entries	Array migration
Read or update another known user or owned bot	Property scopes
Check channel membership	MembershipChecker
Track referral links	Referrals
Manage a balance or resource	Resources
Expose settings to a bot owner	Create an Admin Panel

Automation and services

Task	Guide
Run a command after a delay	Scheduled reminder and cancellation
Remind a user after they stop interacting	Inactivity reminder
Run a command periodically	Auto Retry setup and stopping
Send to many known chats	BJS broadcasts
Request data from another service	HTTP requests
Receive a webhook	Webhook library
Create an OxaPay test invoice	OxaPay
Use OxaPay white-label, payout or swap operations	OxaPay V1 operations
Migrate an existing GoogleApp or GoogleTableSync connector	Google Sheets integration
Import commands from a spreadsheet	Google Sheets or CSV import
Pass a campaign value in a start link	Deep links

If an example is not working, start with its stated context and required libraries. For an error message, use Errors and debugging; for generated code, check using an AI assistant.