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Sending a notification message to Telegram using its HTTP API via cURL
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readme.md
  1. Create a bot
  2. Get the bot's API token from @BotFather
  3. Add your bot to the chat you'll be sending messages to
  4. Get the ID of the chat
    a. Fetch bot updates and look for the chat id: 
    curl https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates | -r '.result[].message.chat.id'
    b. OR, run bot.rb and @-mention your bot in the chat. The chat id will appear in bot.rb's output.
    The bot may need temporary message access: @BotFather > Bot Settings > Group Privacy > Turn off
  5. Send a message using the HTTP API: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage 
    curl -X POST \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"chat_id": "123456789", "text": "This is a test from curl", "disable_notification": true}' \
     https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage
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bot.rb
# Use this script to test that your Telegram bot works.
#
# Install the dependency
#
# $ gem install telegram_bot
#
# Run the bot
#
# $ ruby bot.rb
#
# Send a message to the bot to get the current chat's ID in the console output.
# If it's a group chat, invite them to the chat first.
require 'logger'
require 'telegram_bot'
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN = "YOUR_BOT_API_TOKEN"
bot = TelegramBot.new(token: TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, logger: Logger.new(STDOUT))
bot.get_updates(fail_silently: true) do |message|
puts "@#{message.from.username}: #{message.text}"
puts "Chat-ID: #{message.chat.id}"
end
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Instead of:

curl https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates | jq .message.chat.id

I think it should be:

curl https://api.telegram.org/bot$7040428535:AAH-RtS-yODyP-CIbZrEr433Y2xrLuP13vk/getUpdates | jq 'result[].message.chat.id'

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tas33n commented Apr 17, 2024

hi guys, is it possible to get the bot's API token from @Botfather NOT through telegram but using some api? I need to create bots automatically in my .net app

its possible with account api, instead of bot api.

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