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How to get contacts on Telegram – Telegram API

I use node.js module for Telegram bot.
I’m trying to get the user’s contact on telegram using telegram API.
Telegram API has 2 types: Bot API and Telegram API.

I think Bot API can not get the user’s contacts.
In Telegram API there is the method contact.getContacts. But I don’t know how to use it.

How can I get the contacts on Telegram?

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    Bot API can get contact info too; I think it is easier in this case.

    You can try reply keyboard with request_contact. If the user clicks it, you will receive message update with Contact field.

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    1. this code will give you the contact, user shares his/her contact with your bot , user types command ‘/special’ will be prompted with button to allow bot to get contact and on agreeing in your node server you may log contact info remember to declare Markup —-> 

      //declare Markup 
const {Extra,Markup}= Telegraf;

bot.command('special', (ctx) => {
return ctx.reply('Special buttons keyboard', Extra.markup((markup) => {
return markup.resize()
.keyboard([
markup.contactRequestButton('contact')
])
}))
})
//listens for the click on contact button
bot.on('contact', (ctx) => {
console.log(ctx.update.message.contact);
//logs { phone_number: '254*******',
//first_name: 'nelsonBlack',
//user_id: 73***** }

})
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