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Small elaboration of telegram setup

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Mike Beattie 2021-01-11 12:27:38 +13:00
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To have notifications delivered via Telegram, you first need to [create a new Telegram bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots#creating-a-new-bot), by talking to [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather) within your Telegram client. Save the bot token that is returned after creation. To have notifications delivered via Telegram, you first need to [create a new Telegram bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots#creating-a-new-bot), by talking to [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather) within your Telegram client. Save the bot token that is returned after creation.
Next, you need the `chat_id` of your Telegram account (or a group). The simplest way to do this is to start a conversation with your new bot, and send a simple test message to it. Then, using `curl`, fetch the `getUpdates` API endpoint, and look for the chat id in the json object for the message you sent. For example: Next, you need the `chat_id` of your Telegram account (or a group). The simplest way to do this is to start a conversation with your new bot, and send a simple test message to it. Then, using `curl`, fetch the [`getUpdates`](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#getupdates) API endpoint, and look for the chat id in the json object for the message you sent. For example:
```sh ```sh
$ bot_token="...." # enter your new bot's API token here. $ bot_token="...." # enter your new bot's API token here.
@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ $ curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot${bot_token}/getUpdates" | python -mjson.
"username": "joebloggs" "username": "joebloggs"
}, },
...... ......
"text": "text of the test message you sent",
......
<snip rest of output> <snip rest of output>
$ $
``` ```