Local Telegram Bot API: advantages, limitations of the standard API, and setup via Docker

2025-10-14

Local Telegram Bot API: advantages, limitations of the standard API and setup via Docker

Local Telegram Bot API allows developers to run their own API server, providing significant advantages for handling large files, performance, and configuration flexibility. However, to understand the need for a local server, it’s important to consider the limitations of the standard Telegram Bot API that works via an HTTPS interface. In this article we’ll review the benefits of the Local Bot API, the limitations of the standard approach, and steps to set up a local server via Docker, including registering a bot to use with it.