A few improvements

app/Telegram/Commands/StartCommand.php

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Longman\TelegramBot\Commands;
+
+use Longman\TelegramBot\Entities\ServerResponse;
+
+class StartCommand extends UserCommand
+{
+
+    public function execute(): ServerResponse
+    {
+        return $this->replyToChat('Don\'t mind me, I\'m just testing a few things...');
+    }
+
+}

bootstrap.php

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+use Longman\TelegramBot\Request;
+
 require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
 define('BASE_PATH', __DIR__);
@@ -11,6 +13,10 @@ function createTelegram() {
     static $telegram;
 
     if (! $telegram) {
+        if ($botApiUri = env('TELEGRAM_BOT_API_SERVER')) {
+            Request::setCustomBotApiUri($botApiUri);
+        }
+
         $telegram = new \Longman\TelegramBot\Telegram(
             env('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN'),
             env('TELEGRAM_BOT_USERNAME')

scripts/close.php

@@ -8,8 +8,4 @@
 
 $response = Request::close();
 
-if (! $response->isOk()) {
-    echo $response->getDescription() . PHP_EOL;
-} else {
-    echo 'close was successful.' . PHP_EOL;
-}
+echo $response->getDescription() . PHP_EOL;

scripts/deleteWebhook.php

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+use Longman\TelegramBot\Request;
+
+require '../bootstrap.php';
+
+$telegram = createTelegram();
+
+$response = Request::deleteWebhook();
+
+echo $response->getDescription() . PHP_EOL;

scripts/getUpdates.php

@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 // If there is a webhook, we delete it first
 $telegram->deleteWebhook();
 
+$telegram->useGetUpdatesWithoutDatabase();
+
 while (true) {
 
     try {
 
+        echo "Polling..." . PHP_EOL;
         $telegram->handleGetUpdates([
             'timeout' => 30,
         ]);

scripts/logOut.php

@@ -8,8 +8,4 @@
 
 $response = Request::logOut();
 
-if (! $response->isOk()) {
-    echo $response->getDescription() . PHP_EOL;
-} else {
-    echo 'logOut was successful.' . PHP_EOL;
-}
+echo $response->getDescription() . PHP_EOL;

scripts/setWebhook.php

@@ -7,9 +7,4 @@
 $webhookUrl = env('APP_URL') . '/handle.php';
 $response = $telegram->setWebhook($webhookUrl);
 
-if (! $response->isOk()) {
-    echo $response->getDescription() . PHP_EOL;
-} else {
-    echo "Webhook was set to {$webhookUrl}" . PHP_EOL;
-}
-
+echo $response->getDescription() . PHP_EOL;