Telegram Login: Login web users via Telegram

by Daniel LaRusso · Published 19 January, 2016 · Updated 26 February, 2016

TELEGRAM LOGIN

Telegram Login allows users to login into websites via telegram messenger. The user will log with their existing Telegram account, like other platforms such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, LinkedIn, AOL, Vimeo, FourSquare, OpenID…

Users have full control which services they give access to. They can easily revoke access from a service directly from Telegram.

TelegramLogin is a Telegram Bot, aiming to bring to functionality of OpenID2 to the Telegram platform. TelegramLogin is not affiliated with Telegram or people behind Telegram Messenger in any way.

Which user data will be sent to a webservice using TelegramLogin?

With the current state of Telegram’s Bot API, the webservice retrieves following data about the user:

Name.
Telegram ID.
Avatar (soon).
Username (if set).

NO contacts, chats or messages will be forwarded to a webservice.

Users can revoke access to a webservice by sending the /revoke command to the TgLogin_Bot at any time. To list currently connected apps the /list command can be used.

FEATURES

– Open Source.
– Integration with you platform.
– Coded in PHP.
– Retrieves data from Telegram Bot API.

EXAMPLE

Button with Bootstrap + FontAwesome:

HTML:

<a class=”btn btn-logo” href=”https://telegramlogin.com/token/<your_client_id>?state=<your_csrf_token>”>
<i class=”fa fa-paper-plane-o”></i> Login with Telegram
</a>

CSS:

.btn-logo, .btn-logo:hover { background: #1e96c8; border-color: #1e96c8; color: #fff !important; }
.btn-logo:active, .btn-logo:focus { background: #057daf !important; border-color: #057daf !important; }