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+# telegram-bot-api
+A simple Golang bot for the Telegram Bot API
+
+Really simple bot for interacting with the Telegram Bot API, not nearly done yet. 
+
+All API responses are implemented as structs, only some method calls have been added. 
+There's a very simple plugin in `bot.go` right now. You can find config options in the code fairly easily. 
+
+Hopefully code quality will improve as this project progresses.