Telegram Block

The Telegram block is intended for sending messages to the Telegram messenger.

Overview

To open the Telegram block, in the Event Manager Constructor workspace:

  1. Select the Telegram block icon
  2. See the Telegram block

Use and Functionality

The Telegram block functional menu allows to:

  • Enter bot token
  • Enter chat ID
  • Select the date format from the drop-down list

Get Bot Token

 To start the bot creation process, in the Telegram window:

  1. Enter @botfather in the Search field
  2. Select BotFather from the search results in the drop-down list
  3. Click the Start button to start the chat

To create a new chatbot and get a bot token:

  1. Enter /newbot command
  2. Enter desired bot name
  3. Enter desired bot username
  4. Get the new token
Bot username must end in "bot" (e.g. test_bot).

Get Chat ID

To get the Telegram chat ID:

  1. Create a new group chat and add all required members
  2. Add your previously created bot upon the Add Users button in the bottom-right corner of the window
  3. Add @RawDataBot upon the Add Users button in the bottom-right corner of the window
  4. Get the chat ID in the new message from the Telegram Bot Raw