How do I create a poll bot in Telegram?

Telegram survey bot is a special bot that allows you to create and conduct surveys among the members of your channel or group in the Telegram messenger. The bot allows you to ask questions, create answer options, and collect survey results. It is a convenient tool for getting feedback from your audience or for conducting quick polls among chat participants.

- Detailed video instructions on creating a bot for answering questions and polling users in Telegram

- How to integrate Google Sheets into a Telegram bot?

Creating a feedback module for the bot in Telegram for answering questions

To begin, we will need to purchase a Full plan or higher; once the plan has been purchased, you need to go to “free messages” and create a new message using the green button.

This type of message is suitable for communicating with clients and collecting responses to questions.

How do I make a Telegram bot for messages?

Next stage - creating surveys in the Telegram bot. This type of question is suitable for conducting a survey in the Telegram bot, and the user will also be able to select multiple answer options if you click the "multi-select" button

Integration of Google Sheets into a Telegram polling bot

API integration in the Telegram bot means using various APIs (Application Programming Interface) to interact the bot with other services, applications, or systems. This allows the bot to receive data from external sources, send information to other applications, and perform various actions based on the received data.This button configures ready-made integrations for transferring feedback requests via API, as well as to Google Table.

First of all, a project and a service account are created in Google Cloud - detailed instructions

Retrieving the table ID or public_key

We go into your spreadsheet and copy the string from the address bar, as shown in the screenshot. Save it for later use.

Example string from the screenshot:15VBEqphERwld9gkfQ-DOOPqKa9x2cCw0djDKG1nkxyA

Issuance of access keys for the service account for the Telegram polling bot

Select your service account and go to its settings.

Creating a JSON file and downloading it to the PC

Go to the KEYS tab. Then click Add key and select the JSON format.

Open the file and copy the contents

Copy all the content for further use

We fill in the previously created keys and the table number

We fill in the data as shown in the screenshot. Do not delete any characters or add any.

Setting up the survey bot with Google Table integration on the website is complete! After saving, you have successfully configured the integration!

Granting access to the table to the service account

Very important step!

Select the access option as shown in the screenshot. And in the search field, paste your service account email.

Advantages of a chatbot for answering questions

Polls in a Telegram bot can be useful for many reasons:

1. Collecting feedback: Polls allow you to gather opinions and preferences from your audience, helping you better understand the needs and interests of your channel or group members.

2. Decision-making: You can use polls to make decisions within your community. For example, you can survey members about preferences for hosting events or choosing topics for discussion.

3. Audience interaction: Polls help establish a closer connection with chat or channel members, as they can actively participate by expressing their opinions and preferences.

4. Increasing engagement: Polls can make communication more interesting and engaging for participants, since they can share their opinions and see poll results in real time.

5. Data analysis: Poll results can be used to analyze data and identify trends in audience behavior or preferences, which will help you improve content or services.

Thus, polls in a Telegram bot can be a useful tool for interacting with your audience, collecting feedback, and making decisions based on the opinions of chat or channel members.