How to configure Telegram integration
To create a Telegram notification, follow the same steps as for creating email notifications:
- Create a new channel.
- Select or create new recipients.
- Configure the notification.
In the first step, when creating a channel, select Telegram as the Channel Type and set the following:
- Bot Token: To get your token, talk to BotFather and follow a few simple steps. After completing the setup, start a chat with your bot to activate it.
- Chat ID: To get it, talk to GetId Bot. Send the
/my_id
command to the Telegram bot@getidsbot
.- To get a group chat ID, first add
@getidsbot
to the group you want to send messages to. - Then send the
/my_group_id
command in the group. (Group chat IDs start with a dash-
). - To send messages to a group, you also need to invite your bot (the one whose token is used for the channel) to that group.
- To get a group chat ID, first add
Use test message to verify that the Telegram notifier is working correctly.