telegram

Telegram

  • create a group or channel on telegram and make it public
  • create a telegram bot as outlined below
  • after adding the bot to your group
  • create a group on telegram
  • create a telegram bot as outlined below
  • add only the members who should be notified
  • after adding the bot to your groups
  • return to the BotFather and use the /setjoingroups to prevent the bot from joining groups
  • find your chat id, this will be a little more tedious since the group is private.
  • Go to telegram with the account that should own your bot
  • Search for “BotFather” and start a conversation
  • Enter /newbot
  • Give your bot a name, for example “ESMS Admin Bot” then press enter
  • Give your bot a username which must end with bot for example “SCHOOL_ESMS_bot”
  • Your bot username has to be unique so we suggest prefixing your school name
  • Do not include any spaces, use only letter, nubmers and the underscore
  • Copy the information provided by the BotFather. Keep this ecure as this access token allows anyone to control your bot.
  • Go to the web version of the telgram app and log in
  • Open the group in the web and look at the url
  • The url should look like this https://web.telegram.org/z/#CHAT-ID
  • CHAT-ID is a number which may begin with a minus sign
  • the url may also take the form https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=cCHAT-ID_2674311763110923980
  • Copy the CHAT-ID
  • Your chat is a private channel, then you will need to put “100” after the “-” and before teh other digits
  • telegram.txt
  • Last modified: 2021/11/08 04:34
  • by 127.0.0.1