1// Methods for interacting with the Telegram Bot API.
 2package tgbotapi
 3
 4type BotApi struct {
 5	Token   string      `json:"token"`
 6	Debug   bool        `json:"debug"`
 7	Self    User        `json:"-"`
 8	Updates chan Update `json:"-"`
 9}
10
11// Creates a new BotApi instance.
12// Requires a token, provided by @BotFather on Telegram
13func NewBotApi(token string) (*BotApi, error) {
14	bot := &BotApi{
15		Token: token,
16	}
17
18	self, err := bot.GetMe()
19	if err != nil {
20		return &BotApi{}, err
21	}
22
23	bot.Self = self
24
25	return bot, nil
26}