Telegram Message

listens for user-specified messages sent across Telegram channel, allowing for synchronized control and data sharing

This trigger allows you to configure reactions on receiving messages in some Telegram group.

Use Send Telegram Message action to automatically send notifications about something

Trigger settings

As with all other text-matching triggers this trigger supports Text Match Expressions

Prior to usage of this trigger you'll have to establish Telegram bot which will maintain the channel subscription. It is quite an easy task, but could be a bit overwhelming first time you'll try to do it, luckily, there is a number of different guides out there in the web. 

The most crucial part of that process is retrieving Token, which will be used by EyeAuras to impersonate Bot and retrieve messages from the channel

Helpful docs about TG bots:

Setting up Telegram Bot / Group

To setup Telegram notifications you have to do 3 things:

  1. Create Telegram Bot - it will be used to send you notifications. This is how you'll get Telegram Bot Token. You can either use an existing bot or create a new one following instruction below
  2. Create a group or add your Telegram Bot to existing group - this is where messages will be sent. You can add another bot named Show Json Bot to get Telegram Chat Id of the group.
  3. Configure Send Telegram Message by putting in Telegram Bot Token and Telegram Chat Id

How to get Telegram Bot Token

  1. Open Telegram client (desktop/mobile does not really matter)
  2. Find bot BotFather
  3. Type /newbot
  4. Choose and type some name for your new bot, it does not have to be unique, e.g. MyAwesomeNewTelegramBot
  5. Choose and type username for your new bot, it has to be unique and has to end with “bot”, .e.g MyAwesomeNewTelegramBot (it will be taken and you'll have to pick something new)
  6. That's it! If you've done everything correctly, BotFather should provide you with Bot Token

Example:

How to get Chat Id

  1. Create new group in Telegram or open existing one
  2. Click on Add Member button
  3. Find and add YOUR_BOT_NAME (username of the bot you've created previously, e.g. MyAwesomeNewTelegramBot)
  4. Find and add Show Json Bot (important! Name must be exactly that, there are many different bots with similar names)
  5. (optional) Click on Create - this is needed only if you're creating a new and fresh TG group
  6. Show Json Bot will print a JSON which will contain ChatId