# Authorizing your bot

Source: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#authorizing-your-bot

[Documentation index](../llms.txt)

Each bot is given a unique authentication token [when it is created](../external/bots/features.md#botfather). The token looks something like `123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11`, but we'll use simply **<token>** in this document instead. You can learn about obtaining tokens and generating new ones in [this document](../external/bots/features.md#botfather).