How to receive messages in group chats using telegram bot api

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Jijo John picture Jijo John · Jul 25, 2016 · Viewed 48.4k times · Source

My telegram bot receives messages sent by user to my bot in private chats but not receives messages sent by users in group chats. Any options/api for getting group chat messages also,.

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Johannes Kuhn picture Johannes Kuhn · Jul 25, 2016

Talk to @botfather and disable the privacy mode.

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