# Configure Proxy for Telegram

QBittorrent Bot can be configured to use a Telegram proxy to connect to the Telegram API. This is useful if you are behind a firewall or need to route traffic through a proxy to reach Telegram's servers.

To configure the bot to use a Telegram proxy, you need to add a proxy section under the telegram section in your config.yml file.

Here's an example of the updated config.yml format with proxy settings:

telegram:
  bot_token: PUT_YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN_HERE
  proxy:
    scheme: http     # Proxy protocol, can be "http", "socks4", or "socks5"
    hostname: myproxy.local   # Proxy server hostname or IP
    port: 8080       # Proxy server port
    username: admin  # Optional, username for proxy authentication
    password: admin  # Optional, password for proxy authentication

Where:

• scheme: The protocol to use for the proxy connection. Can be:

  • http
  • socks4
  • socks5

• hostname: The hostname or IP address of the proxy server.

• port: The port number of the proxy server.

• username (optional): The username for the proxy server (if authentication is required).

• password (optional): The password for the proxy server (if authentication is required).