BotsArchive API

Beginner's Pick Open Data / No Auth Required Beginner HTTPS
Free to Use
76 B
Measured Score 0 50 100 Speed 13/30 Consistency 20/20 Security 20/20 Browser access 15/15 Transparency 8/15 TESTED 2026-08-10

Overview

BotsArchive provides a public database of Telegram bots with details returned in JSON format. No authentication is needed, so you can start exploring bot listings immediately. It is useful for building Telegram bot directories or discovering bots for a specific purpose.

Beginner Tip

No API key is required — just make a GET request to the endpoint to receive bot details as JSON. Use the category or keyword parameters to filter results.

Measurement Record

What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.

Request
GET https://api.botsarchive.com/getBotID.php?username=@vote
Result
HTTP 200 · application/json · 480 bytes · compressed
Response time
286 ms (median of 3) · fastest 278 ms
Transport
TLSv1.3 · TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 · certificate issued by Google Trust Services
Browser CORS
Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Served by
cloudflare
Recorded
2026-08-10

Fields Returned

Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.

Field Type Value received
id integer 1
name string Votebot
username string @vote
description string Votebot creates anonymous and public polls, y…
warn null null
msg string (url) http://t.me/BotsArchive/79
category array [1 item]
groups integer 0
inline integer 1
developer_id string 0
stars integer 994
votes integer 249
vote integer 4
tags string #vote #poll #like #polls #anonymous #private …

Captured Response

Captured from a real request to https://api.botsarchive.com/getBotID.php?username=@vote on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.

JSON Response · Captured
{
  "ok": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Votebot",
    "username": "@vote",
    "description": "Votebot creates anonymous and public polls, you can send them everywhere using inline. This is an official Telegram bot.",
    "warn": null,
    "msg": "http://t.me/BotsArchive/79",
    "category": [
      "poll"
    ],
    "groups": 0,
    "inline": 1,
    "developer_id": "0",
    "stars": 994,
    "votes": 249,
    "vote": 4,
    "tags": "#vote #poll #like #polls #anonymous #private #public #inline #official",
    "…": "(3 more fields)"
  }
}

Field Reference

id Unique identifier of the Telegram bot entry.
name Display name of the Telegram bot.
username Telegram @username of the bot.
description Short description of what the bot does.
category Category the bot belongs to, such as Games or Utilities.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request
const url = "https://botsarchive.com/";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

How This API Fails

We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.

HTTP 404 Requesting a path that does not exist text/html

Returned an HTML error page rather than JSON — worth knowing if your client assumes every response can be parsed as JSON.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

404 Not Found The bot ID or endpoint path you requested does not exist in the archive.
Check the documentation at botsarchive.com/docs.html to confirm the correct endpoint and available IDs.
Empty or null response body The archive may not have data for the queried bot or category.
Try a different search term or browse the site to verify the bot is listed.
JSON parse error Response is not valid JSON, possibly due to a server-side error.
Check the HTTP status code first; if 5xx, wait and retry after a short delay.

Measured Score Breakdown

Live HTTP request to the API endpoint

Speed 13/30
Consistency 20/20
Security 20/20
Browser access 15/15
Transparency 8/15
Endpoint Response Time 286ms

Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026

Technical Specifications

Auth No Auth
HTTPS REQUIRED
CORS UNKNOWN
Category Open Data
Difficulty Beginner
Endpoint last called: 2026-08-10

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