Today finally the first beta version of the @pwrtelegram bot api is released!

Visit pwrtelegram.xyz for the full documentation!

With this API you will be able to everything you can do with the official bot api, and also download big files (max 1.5 GB).

To use it simply subsitute the url of the bot telegram api (https://api.telegram.org) with the url of the pwrtelegram api (https://api.pwrtelegram.xyz) in your telegram client.

You can use this command to do it:

sed -i 's/api\.telegram\.org/api\.pwrtelegram\.xyz/g' client.py

For now only getUpdates fetching method is supported.

Please note that this api is still in beta and supports (apart from the official telegram api methods) only downloading of big files. Uploading (of big files, files < 50 MB can still be uploaded) will be added by the end of this week.

Feel free to contribute with pull Requests @ https://github.com/pwrtelegram/pwrtelegram.
For questions contact @danogentili.

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I'm currently creating an install script for the pwrtelegram api, so that you will be able to install it on your own server.

I've finished writing the function for file uploads and added a function to allow uploading of files using URLs (pass them just like you would pass a file id). Now it's time for some hardcore debugging.

Updated apache settings and fixed a lot of bugs. Currently uploading a 1GB file as a test, once finished the API's ready! :)

Done!

Now I'm sorry to alert you that the API will undergo maintainance and it will be put offline for half an hour or so before the final public release.

Hello! I've got a lot of features cookin' and I'd like to ask you a question: is there any other feature you want me to add in the next release? Answer by writing to the group @pwrtelegramgroup.

Hey everyone! Sorry for the long break, I just wanted to let you know that the development of the API is in no way abandoned, it's just that I want to smooth out all of the bugs before the release.
New features are already present in the API, check them out @ https://pwrtelegram.xyz
Feel free to test them :)

🔨 1 new commits to pwrtelegram:master:

08ff96d: Fixed bugs in download function, fixed mime type recogntion, fixed metadaata recognition, fixed metadata sending, added description of bugs in README. by Pwrtelegram

As usual feel free to suggest new features by writing to @pwrtelegramgroup and debug existing ones using the main (api.pwrtelegram.xyz) or the beta (beta.pwrtelegram.xyz) API endpoints or the official @pwrtelegrambot.

🔨 1 new commits to pwrtelegram:master:

8f85cf8: Improved mime type recognition, added file caching function, improved voice sending, improved token regex. by Pwrtelegram

🔨 1 new commits to pwrtelegram:master:

1817db4: Improve upload, download and file info functions and fix bug in file name setting (via upload) by Pwrtelegram

🔨 1 new commits to pwrtelegram:master:

8387650: Download files directly to the PWRTelegram storage server even if the store on pwrtelegram parameter isn't provided by Pwrtelegram

Damn, the PWRTelegram storage server is fast, thanks to CloudFlare's Caching feature.
Another thing I like is that Cloudflare does the hosting for me (once a file is downloaded at least once I can delete it from the storage server and it still remains available for download, even if it's a 1GB file). :)

Working on some new features for inline queries...

I've also added some features to the API (see https://github.com/pwrtelegram/pwrtelegram).

As usual feel free to suggest new features by writing to @pwrtelegramgroup and debug existing ones using the main (api.pwrtelegram.xyz) or the beta (beta.pwrtelegram.xyz) API endpoints or the official @pwrtelegrambot.
If you find a bug create an issue in the github repository (or even better submit a pull request with a fix) or write to @pwrtelegramgroup or to @danogentili (in case of security issues).

P.S. Thanks to @spteit for linking to this channel.