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TBL Documentation

Build Telegram bots in the cloud without managing servers — write commands, hit save, and TeleBotHost runs the rest.

TBL (Tele Bot Language) is JavaScript — real if, await, objects, the works — plus built-in extras for bot development: Bot, Api, user, chat, modules, Libs, and db. No boilerplate, no DevOps guilt.

New here?

Work through these in order — each step takes about five minutes:

  1. Getting Started — account, BotFather token, launch your bot
  2. Command Flow — how commands match, run, and respond
  3. Your First Bot — /start in five minutes
  4. What is TBL? — the command-driven execution model

New to TBL?

TBL is JavaScript with built-in bot extras — Bot, Api, user, chat, and more. The fastest on-ramp: Learning TBL — globals, instances, and your first Logic field in one page.

Command flow (structured guide)

Topic Page
Command fields (Answer, Logic, keyboard, is_web) Command Fields
Matching & priority Matching & Priority
Execution pipeline (@, !, @@) Execution Flow
Markdown & formatting Markdown & Formatting
Public web pages Public Web Commands
Inline button callbacks Handling Callbacks

Full index: Command Flow overview · Tutorials

Reference sections

Global Variables — user, chat, update, message, and the rest of the context available in every command.

Instances — the objects you call in command logic:

  • Bot — flow, storage, simple sends
  • Api — full Telegram Bot API access
  • Bot vs Api — when to use which
  • HTTP — outbound requests to external services
  • db — bot, user, and global storage
  • msg — reply, edit, delete on the current message
  • Webhooks / Webapps — HTTP endpoints tied to commands
  • Public Web — static is_web pages per bot
  • res — JSON, HTML, redirects from webhook/webapp commands

modules and Libraries — lodash, jwt, md2html, date helpers, and more.

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