Send notifications via Telegram =============================== [⬅️ Go back to main README](../../README.md) > ℹ️️ **Info**: This module can not be used on its own but requires the base > installation. See [main README](../../README.md) for details. Description ----------- This module adds support for sending notifications via [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) via bot api. A queue is used to make sure notifications are not lost on failure but sent later. Requirements and installation ----------------------------- Just install the module: $ScriptInstallUpdate mod/notification-telegram; Also install Telegram on at least one of your mobile and/or desktop devices and create an account. Configuration ------------- Open Telegram, then start a chat with [BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather) and create your own bot: ![create new bot](notification-telegram.d/newbot.avif) Now open a chat with your bot and start it by clicking the `START` button. Open just another chat with [GetIDs Bot](https://t.me/getidsbot), again start with the `START` button. It will send you some information, including the `id`, just below `You`. Finally edit `global-config-overlay`, add `TelegramTokenId` with the token from *BotFather* and `TelegramChatId` with your id from *GetIDs Bot*. Then reload the configuration. > ℹ️ **Info**: Copy relevant configuration from > [`global-config`](../../global-config.rsc) (the one without `-overlay`) to > your local `global-config-overlay` and modify it to your specific needs. ### Notifications to a group Sending notifications to a group is possible as well. Add your bot and the *GetIDs Bot* to a group, then use the group's id (which starts with a dash) for `TelegramChatId`. Then remove *GetIDs Bot* from group. Usage and invocation -------------------- There's nothing special to do. Every script or function sending a notification will now send it to your Telegram account. But of course you can use the function to send notifications directly. Give it a try: $SendTelegram "Subject..." "Body..." Alternatively this sends a notification with all available and configured methods: $SendNotification "Subject..." "Body..." To use the functions in your own scripts you have to declare them first. Place this before you call them: :global SendTelegram; :global SendNotification; In case there is a situation when the queue needs to be purged there is a function available: $PurgeTelegramQueue; Tips & Tricks ------------- ### Set a profile photo You can use a profile photo for your bot to make it recognizable. Open the chat with [BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather) and set it there. ![set profile photo](notification-telegram.d/setuserpic.avif) Have a look at my [RouterOS-Scripts Logo Color Changer](https://git.eworm.de/cgit/routeros-scripts/plain/contrib/logo-color.html) to create a colored version of this scripts' logo. See also -------- * [Chat with your router and send commands via Telegram bot](../telegram-chat.md) * [Send notifications via e-mail](notification-email.md) * [Send notifications via Matrix](notification-matrix.md) --- [⬅️ Go back to main README](../../README.md) [⬆️ Go back to top](#top)