Telegram Messages

The foglamp-notify-telegram delivery notification plugin allows notifications to be delivered as instant messages on the Telegram messaging platform. The plugin uses Telegram BOT API, to use this you must create a BOT and obtain a token.

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To obtain a Telegram BOT token

  • Use the Telegram application to send a message to botfather.

    • In your message send the text /start
    • Then send the message /newbot
    • Follow the instructions to name your BOT

  • Copy your BOT token.

You now need to get a chat id

  • In the Telegram application send a message to you chat BOT

  • Run the following command at the your shell command line or use a web browser to go to the URL https://api.telegram.org/bot<YourBOTToken>/getUpdates

    wget https://api.telegram.org/bot<YourBOTToken>/getUpdates

    Examine the contents of the getUpdates file or the output from the web browser

  • Extract the id from the “chat” JSON object

    {"ok":true,"result":[{"update_id":562812724, "message":{"message_id":1,"from":{"id":1166366214,"is_bot":false,"first_name":"Mark","last_name":"Riddoch"},
"chat":{"id":1166366214,"first_name":"Mark","last_name":"Riddoch","type":"private"},"date":1588328344,"text":"start","entities":[{"offset":0,"length":6,"type":"bot_command"}]}}},

Once you have created your notification rule and move on to the delivery mechanism

  • Select the Telegram plugin from the list of plugins
  • Click Next
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  • Configure the delivery plugin
    • Telegram BOT API token: Paste the API token you received from botfather
    • Telegram user chat_id: Paste the id field form the chat
    • Telegram BOT API url Prefix: This is the fixed part of the URL used to send messages and should not be modified under normal circumstances.
  • Enable the plugin and click Next
  • Complete your notification setup

When the notification rule triggers you will receive messages Telegram application

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