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<div class="dev_page_bread_crumbs"><ul class="breadcrumb clearfix"><li><a href="/api" >API</a></li><i class="icon icon-breadcrumb-divider"></i><li><a href="/api/obtaining_api_id" >Creating your Telegram Application</a></li></ul></div> <h1 id="dev_page_title">Creating your Telegram Application</h1> <div id="dev_page_content"><p>We welcome all developers to use our <a href="https://core.telegram.org/api#telegram-api">API</a> and source code to create Telegram-like messaging applications on our platform free of charge.</p> <blockquote> <p>In order to ensure consistency and security across the Telegram ecosystem, <strong>all third-party client apps</strong> must comply with the <a href="/api/terms"><strong>API Terms of Service</strong></a>.</p> </blockquote> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#obtaining-api-id" id="obtaining-api-id" name="obtaining-api-id"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Obtaining api_id</h3> <p>In order to obtain an <strong>API id</strong> and develop your own application using the Telegram API you need to do the following:</p> <ul> <li>Sign up for Telegram using an official application.</li> <li>Log in to your Telegram core: <a href="https://my.telegram.org">https://my.telegram.org</a>.</li> <li>Go to <a href="https://my.telegram.org/apps">"API development tools"</a> and fill out the form.</li> <li>You will get basic addresses as well as the <strong>api_id</strong> and <strong>api_hash</strong> parameters required for user authorization.</li> <li>For the moment each number can only have one api_id connected to it.</li> </ul> <p>We will be sending important developer notifications to the phone number that you use in this process, so please use an up-to-date number connected to your active Telegram account.</p> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#using-the-api-id" id="using-the-api-id" name="using-the-api-id"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Using the api_id</h3> <p>Before using the MTProto Telegram API, please note that all API client libraries are strictly monitored to prevent abuse.</p> <p>If you use the Telegram API for flooding, spamming, faking subscriber and view counters of channels, you <strong>will be banned forever</strong>. </p> <p>Due to excessive abuse of the Telegram API, <strong>all accounts</strong> that log in using unofficial Telegram API clients are automatically put <strong>under observation</strong> to avoid violations of the <a href="/api/terms">Terms of Service</a>. </p> <p>If you didn't violate the Terms of Service but your account does get banned after using the API, write to <a href="mailto:recover@telegram.org">recover@telegram.org</a> explaining what you intend to do with the API, asking to unban your account.<br> Please note that emails are checked by a human, so automatically generated emails will be detected and banned.</p> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#using-telegrams-open-source-code" id="using-telegrams-open-source-code" name="using-telegrams-open-source-code"><i class="anchor-icon"></i></a>Using Telegram's open source code</h3> <p>Everyone is welcome to use our open source code. We have included a sample API id with the code. This API id is limited on the server side and is not suitable for apps released to end-users — using it for anything but testing purposes will result in the API_ID_PUBLISHED_FLOOD error for your users. It is necessary that you obtain your <strong>own API id</strong> before you publish your app.</p> <blockquote> <p>Please remember to publish your code as well in order to comply with the GNU GPL licences.</p> </blockquote></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer_wrap"> <div class="footer_columns_wrap footer_desktop"> <div class="footer_column footer_column_telegram"> <h5>Telegram</h5> <div class="footer_telegram_description"></div> Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed. </div> <div class="footer_column"> <h5><a href="//telegram.org/faq">About</a></h5> <ul> <li><a href="//telegram.org/faq">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="//telegram.org/privacy">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="//telegram.org/press">Press</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer_column"> <h5><a href="//telegram.org/apps#mobile-apps">Mobile Apps</a></h5> <ul> <li><a href="//telegram.org/dl/ios">iPhone/iPad</a></li> <li><a href="//telegram.org/android">Android</a></li> <li><a href="//telegram.org/dl/web">Mobile Web</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer_column"> <h5><a href="//telegram.org/apps#desktop-apps">Desktop Apps</a></h5> <ul> <li><a href="//desktop.telegram.org/">PC/Mac/Linux</a></li> <li><a href="//macos.telegram.org/">macOS</a></li> <li><a href="//telegram.org/dl/web">Web-browser</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer_column footer_column_platform"> <h5><a href="/">Platform</a></h5> <ul> <li><a href="/api">API</a></li> <li><a href="//translations.telegram.org/">Translations</a></li> <li><a href="//instantview.telegram.org/">Instant View</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="footer_columns_wrap footer_mobile"> <div class="footer_column"> <h5><a href="//telegram.org/faq">About</a></h5> </div> <div class="footer_column"> <h5><a href="//telegram.org/blog">Blog</a></h5> </div> <div class="footer_column"> <h5><a href="//telegram.org/press">Press</a></h5> </div> <div class="footer_column"> <h5><a href="//telegram.org/moderation">Moderation</a></h5> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="/js/main.js?47"></script> <script>backToTopInit("Go up"); removePreloadInit(); </script> </body> </html> <!-- page generated in 9.15ms -->