How can I send a message to someone with my telegram bot using their Username

Question

I am using the telepot python library, I know that you can send a message when you have someone\'s UserID(Which is a number). I wanna know if it is possible to send a messag

Answer 1

According to Telegram Bot API documentation you should be able to specify @channelusername.

UPDATE

There is no possibility to achieve this. I found this note in Telegram Bot API Changelog:

For this to work, the bot must be an administrator in the channel