Test-BotToken¶

SYNOPSIS¶

Validates Bot auth Token

SYNTAX¶

Test-BotToken [-BotToken] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION¶

A simple method for testing your bot's auth token. Requires no parameters. Returns basic information about the bot in form of a User object.

EXAMPLES¶

EXAMPLE 1¶

$botToken = 'nnnnnnnnn:xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Test-BotToken -BotToken $botToken

Validates the specified Bot auth token via Telegram API

EXAMPLE 2¶

$botToken = 'nnnnnnnnn:xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
$testBotTokenSplat = @{
    BotToken = $botToken
    Verbose  = $true
}
Test-BotToken @testBotTokenSplat

Validates the specified Bot auth token via Telegram API

PARAMETERS¶

-BotToken¶

Use this token to access the HTTP API

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS¶

OUTPUTS¶

System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject¶

NOTES¶

Author: Jake Morrison - @jakemorrison - https://www.techthoughts.info/

Questions on how to set up a bot, get a token, or get your channel ID? Answers on the PoshGram documentation: https://poshgram.readthedocs.io/en/latest/PoshGram-FAQ/

https://poshgram.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Test-BotToken

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#getme

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api