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Druvis from Mikrotik produced a video "MikroTik Telegram bot - Chat with your Router?". He shows his script to chat with a Router via Telegram bot to send it commands: https://youtu.be/KLX6j3sLRIE This script is kind of limited and has several issues... 🥴 Let's make it robust, usable, multi-device capable and just fun! 😁 (Sadly Mikrotik has a policy to not allow links in Youtube comments. Thus my comment with several hints was removed immediately. If anybody is in contact with Druvis... Please tell him about this script!)
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Send notifications via Telegram
ℹ️️ Info: This module can not be used on its own but requires the base installation. See main README for details.
Description
This module adds support for sending notifications via Telegram 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 and create your own bot:
Now open a chat with your bot and start it by clicking the START button.
Open just another chat with GetIDs Bot, 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.
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 send notifications directly or use a function in your own scripts. Give it a try:
$SendTelegram "Subject..." "Body..."
Alternatively this sends a notification with all available and configured methods:
$SendNotification "Subject..." "Body..."
See also
- Chat with your router and send commands via Telegram bot
- Send notifications via e-mail
- Send notifications via Matrix