Telegram

1. Script to send status messages to a telegram chat

Installation

Location: Scripts repository

https://core.telegram.org/bots#botfather

   /newbot

Remember the token given by @BotFather!

1. 1. Send 1st a test message to your bot via client or web.

This is needed to find out the chat id afterwards with

   $ curl -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/getUpdates

1. 1. Find and remember the chat id like this:

   {"ok":true,"result":..."chat":{"id":1234567890,...

1. 1. Usage

   $ ./telegram.sh token chat message ...
   $ ./telegram.sh token chat @filename

1. 1. 1. References

- https://core.telegram.org/bots - https://core.telegram.org/bots/api - https://core.telegram.org/bots/samples