From f6e575996e5319447140ff9aa4865d70e02e5447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Syfaro Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:54:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about privacy mode. --- docs/getting-started/important-notes.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/getting-started/important-notes.md b/docs/getting-started/important-notes.md index dbf7358..591f159 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started/important-notes.md +++ b/docs/getting-started/important-notes.md @@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ pull request! evaluating updates, you must make sure you check that the field is not nil before trying to access any of it's fields. +## Privacy Mode + +- By default, bots only get updates directly addressed to them. If you need to + get all messages, you must disable privacy mode with Botfather. Bots already + added to groups will need to be removed and readded for the changes to take + effect. You can read more on the [Telegram Bot API docs][api-docs]. + +[api-docs]: https://core.telegram.org/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get + ## User and Chat ID size - These types require up to 52 significant bits to store correctly, making a