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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Send a Text Message or Reply with the Telegram Bot API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Send a Text Message or Reply action
1. Connect your Telegram Bot account
2. Configure Chat ID
3. Optional- Configure Text
4. Optional- Select a Parse Mode
5. Optional- Configure Disable Notifications
6. Optional- Configure Link Preview Options
7. Optional- Configure Original Message ID
8. Optional- Configure Reply Markup
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Integrations#

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Send a Text Message or Reply on Telegram Bot

Description:Sends a text message or a reply to your Telegram Desktop application. [See the docs](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage) for more information

Version:0.0.5

Key:telegram_bot_api-send-text-message-or-reply

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Code#

import telegramBotApi from "../../telegram_bot_api.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "telegram_bot_api-send-text-message-or-reply",
  name: "Send a Text Message or Reply",
  description: "Sends a text message or a reply to your Telegram Desktop application. [See the docs](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendmessage) for more information",
  version: "0.0.5",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    telegramBotApi,
    chatId: {
      propDefinition: [
        telegramBotApi,
        "chatId",
      ],
    },
    text: {
      propDefinition: [
        telegramBotApi,
        "text",
      ],
    },
    parse_mode: {
      propDefinition: [
        telegramBotApi,
        "parse_mode",
      ],
    },
    disable_notification: {
      propDefinition: [
        telegramBotApi,
        "disable_notification",
      ],
    },
    link_preview_options: {
      propDefinition: [
        telegramBotApi,
        "link_preview_options",
      ],
    },
    reply_to_message_id: {
      propDefinition: [
        telegramBotApi,
        "reply_to_message_id",
      ],
    },
    reply_markup: {
      propDefinition: [
        telegramBotApi,
        "reply_markup",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const resp = await this.telegramBotApi.sendMessage(this.chatId, this.text, {
      parse_mode: this.parse_mode,
      disable_notification: this.disable_notification,
      link_preview_options: this.link_preview_options,
      reply_to_message_id: this.reply_to_message_id,
      reply_markup: this.reply_markup,
    });
    // eslint-disable-next-line multiline-ternary
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully sent a ${this.reply_to_message_id ? "reply" : "text message"} to chat, "${this.chatId}"`);
    return resp;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Telegram Bot	`telegramBotApi`	`app`	This component uses the Telegram Bot app.
Chat ID	`chatId`	`string`	Enter the unique identifier for the target chat (e.g. `1035597319`) or username of the target public chat (in the format `@channelusername` or `@supergroupusername`). For example, if the group's public link is `t.me/mygroup`, the username is `@mygroup`.
Text	`text`	`string`	Enter or map the message text to send.
Parse Mode	`parse_mode`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`MarkdownV2HTMLMarkdown`
Disable Notifications	`disable_notification`	`boolean`	Choose if to send the message silently. iOS users will not receive a notification, Android users will receive a notification with no sound.
Link Preview Options	`link_preview_options`	`string`	Link preview generation options for the message. Enter additional interface options that are a JSON-serialized object, e.g. `{"is_disabled":false,"url":"https://botpress.org","prefer_small_media":true,"prefer_large_media":false,"show_above_text":false}`
Original Message ID	`reply_to_message_id`	`string`	Enter the ID of the original message.
Reply Markup	`reply_markup`	`string`	Enter additional interface options that are a JSON-serialized object including an inline keyboard, a custom reply keyboard, instructions to remove the reply keyboard or instructions to force a reply from the user, e.g. `{"inline_keyboard":[[{"text":"Some button text 2","url":"https://botpress.org"}]]}` or `{"keyboard":[["Yes","No"],["Maybe"]]}`. Note: keyboard cannot be used with channels. See the docs for more information.

Authentication#

Telegram Bot uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Telegram Bot account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Telegram Bot APIs in both code and no-code steps.

To use the Telegram Bot API, you must first create a new bot by chatting with the BotFather.