# Golang bindings for the Telegram Bot API with support socks5 proxy [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api?status.svg)](http://godoc.org/github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api) [![Travis](https://travis-ci.org/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api) All methods are fairly self explanatory, and reading the godoc page should explain everything. If something isn't clear, open an issue or submit a pull request. The scope of this project is just to provide a wrapper around the API without any additional features. There are other projects for creating something with plugins and command handlers without having to design all that yourself. Join [the development group](https://telegram.me/go_telegram_bot_api) if you want to ask questions or discuss development. ## Example First, ensure the library is installed and up to date by running `go get -u github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api`. This is a very simple bot that just displays any gotten updates, then replies it to that chat. ```go package main import ( "log" "github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api" ) func main() { bot, err := tgbotapi.NewBotAPI("MyAwesomeBotToken","socks5","url-proxy",nil) if err != nil { log.Panic(err) } bot.Debug = true log.Printf("Authorized on account %s", bot.Self.UserName) u := tgbotapi.NewUpdate(0) u.Timeout = 60 updates, err := bot.GetUpdatesChan(u) for update := range updates {