Receiving data#

Receiving incoming data in the Telegram messenger API is implemented through incoming notifications.

A separate incoming notification is generated for each instance event.
Events can be: receiving an incoming message, receiving the status of a previously sent message, an incoming call, etc.

There are two technologies for receiving incoming notifications in the Telegram messenger API:

• Receiving notifications via HTTP API
• Receiving notifications via Webhook Endpoint

For more about instance events and the types of incoming notifications, see the Incoming notification types section.
The notification format is described in detail in the Incoming notifications format section

To download files from incoming notifications, refer to the Receiving files section