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MTKruto is a Telegram client library for JavaScript.

Its key features include:

• Cross-runtime
      Supports Node.js, Deno, browsers, and Bun.

• Type-safe
      Written in TypeScript with accurate typings.

• Prioritizes the Web
      Prefers Web APIs over runtime-specific APIs.

• Easy-to-use
      Provides its own high-level API on top of the Telegram API.

• Extensible
      Its middleware system lets you integrate external code.

Walkthrough

1. Installation
   • Bun & Node.js
   • Deno & Web
2. Starting the Client
   • Acquiring API Credentials
   • Constructing the Client
   • Connecting the Client and Authorizing an Account
3. Calling Methods
   • High-level Methods
   • Telegram API Functions
4. Handling Updates
   • use
   • branch
   • filter
   • on
5. Working with Messages
   • Message Updates
   • Sending Messages
   • Deleting Messages
   • Forwarding Messages
6. Commands
   • Custom Prefixes
   • Outgoing Messages
7. Reactions
   • Reacting to Messages
   • Reaction Updates

Guides

1. Flood Waits

   • Opting Out of the Default Behavior
   • Handling Bigger Flood Waits

2. Log Verbosity

   • Levels
   • Examples
   • Filtering Logs

3. Splitting Code

4. Storage Adapters

   • Memory
   • sessionStorage
   • localStorage
   • Deno KV
   • IndexedDB

5. Auth Strings

6. Interacting with Telegram API

   • Representation of Telegram API Objects
   • Type Declarations
   • Utilities
   • Calling Functions
   • Handling Updates

7. Graceful Shutdown

   • How to Know If You Need This

API Reference

• Methods
• Types

Misc

• FAQ
  • What Are the Differences Between the Telegram API and the Bot API?
  • When to Use the Telegram API?
  • What are the differences between MTKruto vs. TDLib?
  • Can I use Deno Deploy?
• Terminology
  • MTProto
  • Telegram API
  • Telegram Client Library
  • Telegram Client
  • Bot API
• MTKruto Server
• Acknowledgements
• Contributing
  • …to the core
  • …to the website
  • …to anything else