Telegram bot with laravel

Solution:

For building complex Telegram bots in Laravel, the most mature and popular package is irazasyed/telegram-bot-sdk. It provides a rich API, easy webhook handling, support for inline keyboards, callback queries, and more.

Step 1: Install the package

composer require irazasyed/telegram-bot-sdk

Step 2: Publish Config and Set API Key

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Telegram\Bot\Laravel\TelegramServiceProvider"

Set your API key in .env:

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your-telegram-bot-token

Step 3: Setup Webhook Routing

In routes/web.php or preferably in a dedicated controller:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\BotController;

Route::post('/' . env('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN') . '/webhook', [BotController::class, 'handle']);

Step 4: Controller Example

Create app/Http/Controllers/BotController.php:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Telegram\Bot\Api;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class BotController extends Controller
{
    public function handle(Request $request)
    {
        $telegram = new Api(env('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN'));
        $update = $telegram->getWebhookUpdate();
        
        if ($update->isType('callback_query')) {
            $data = $update->getCallbackQuery()->getData();
            // Process callback data (e.g., handle order, product, etc.)
        } elseif ($update->isType('message')) {
            $message = $update->getMessage();
            switch ($message->getText()) {
                case '/start':
                    // Reply with main command buttons
                    $keyboard = [
                        ['Sell Products', 'Check Orders'],
                        ['Payments', 'Profile Data'],
                        // ...
                    ];
                    $replyMarkup = $telegram->replyKeyboardMarkup([
                        'keyboard' => $keyboard, 
                        'resize_keyboard' => true, 
                        'one_time_keyboard' => false
                    ]);
                    $telegram->sendMessage([
                        'chat_id' => $message->getChat()->getId(),
                        'text' => 'Welcome! Choose a command:',
                        'reply_markup' => $replyMarkup
                    ]);
                    break;
                // Handle other commands...
            }
        }
        return 'ok';
    }
}

Step 5: Managing Callback Data and Multiple Actions

• Handle callback queries inside handle() by switching on $data.
• For complex bots, consider organizing your actions using Laravel's Command Bus or custom service classes.
• You can use inline keyboards with carefully crafted callback_data per button.

Alternative Packages:

• Telegram Bot (php-telegram-bot/core): Not Laravel-specific but very advanced.
• nutgram/laravel: Modern, composable, works with async/middleware/pipeline style.
• botman/botman: Multi-platform, but for very complex, Telegram-only bots, the irazasyed package is more direct.

Summary Table:

Package	Laravel Support	Inline Keyboard	Callback Query	Docs/Community
irazasyed/telegram-bot-sdk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Excellent
nutgram/laravel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Good, Modern
botman/botman	Yes	Yes	Yes	Large, Multi-bot

Recommendation:
Start with irazasyed/telegram-bot-sdk for Laravel Telegram bots, unless you want a fresh approach--then evaluate Nutgram.

Telegram Bot SDK Docs:
https://github.com/irazasyed/telegram-bot-sdk

Let me know if you need an example for a specific command or callback handling!