Telegram messenger notifications

When an object changes its state to one of the selected ones, the system can notify users via Telegram messenger.

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Setup of Telegram notifications with macOS app

To setup Telegram notifications a bot for sending notifications must be created:

  1. Find the contact BotFather in Telegram contacts list.

  2. Send to it the message /newbot.

  3. Enter a name of the bot (the name can be changed later).

  4. Enter a username of the bot (the username cannot be changed later).

  5. Copy the bot token. For example, 210979209:AAFfT2mt3oW4EK1gYqE_d3OjAJSIRLSrALo.

  6. Send the message /setprivacy to BotFather.

  7. Select the created bot by its username.

  8. Select the option Disable.

If it is necessary to use existing bot or restore its token:

  1. Find the contact BotFather in Telegram contacts list.

  2. Send to it the message /mybots.

  3. Select the bot.

  4. Select the option API Token.

  5. Copy the bot token. For example, 210979209:AAFfT2mt3oW4EK1gYqE_d3OjAJSIRLSrALo.

Setting up channel, chat or group

Private channel (recommended)

  1. Create a new channel in the Telegram app.

  2. Open channel settings and add the bot to the list Administrators.

  3. Send a message to the channel.

  4. Follow the link https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/getUpdates in any web browser, inserting the bot token without spaces and <> symbols.

  5. Find the part with the words ID and chat, for example, …​"channel_post":{"message_id":4,"chat":{"id":-1001156346945,"title":"SAYMON","type":"channel"},"date…​.

    • Here -1001156346945 is the channel ID.

Chat

  1. Send any message to the bot.

  2. Follow the link https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/getUpdates in any web browser, inserting your bot token without spaces and <> symbols.

  3. Find the part with the words ID and chat, for example, …​":"K"},"chat":{"id":121399918,"first_ …​.

    • Here `121399918 `is the chat ID.

Group

  1. Add the bot to the group.

  2. Send any message to the bot in the group, starting it with the symbol @.

  3. Follow the link https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/getUpdates in any web browser, inserting your bot token without spaces and <> symbols.

  4. Find the part with the words ID and chat, for example, …​ ":"K"},"chat":{"id":-209194473,"first_ …​.

    • Here -209194473 is the group ID.

In Telegram notification settings enter the bot token and channel/chat/group ID in the corresponding fields.

To learn more about bots, refer to the Telegram website.