Stopping Polls in Telegram Bot

Stopping Polls in Telegram Bot

If you have a Telegram bot and are using polls in it, you may want to stop a poll at some points. For this purpose, Telegram provides a user API called stopPoll. By using this API, you can stop active polls and, if necessary, display their results.

The stopPoll function allows you to end polls whenever you want. For example, suppose you have a poll about selecting the best movie and want to stop it after a specific period. In this case, using stopPoll is an appropriate solution.

Don't forget that in order to use this API, you need to know the chat identifier (chat_id) and the poll identifier (message_id). This information allows you to specify which poll you want to stop and view its results.

Now, let’s take a look at a sample code. We will use stopPoll with the related information like this:

const chatId = 'CHAT_ID';
const messageId = 'MESSAGE_ID';
const token = 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN';

fetch(`https://api.telegram.org/bot${token}/stopPoll?chat_id=${chatId}&message_id=${messageId}`)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Code Explanation

const chatId = 'CHAT_ID';
This line specifies the chat identifier (chat_id). This identifier must match the chat that the poll was created in.

const messageId = 'MESSAGE_ID';
Here, we specify the message identifier (message_id) of the poll that we want to stop.

const token = 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN';
In this line, you will enter your Telegram bot token. This token allows your bot to communicate with the Telegram API.

fetch(`https://api.telegram.org/bot${token}/stopPoll?chat_id=${chatId}&message_id=${messageId}`)
In this line, we use the fetch function to send a request to the Telegram API. We create the URL with chat_id and message_id.

.then(response => response.json())
After sending the request, using then, we convert the received response to JSON format.

.then(data => console.log(data));
Finally, we display the result in the console. This result will include various information such as the status of the poll and its results.