Getting started with the Telegram node

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That’s what I expected until I read about “API”. A little confusing.
It would be great if the node would help with the chatID - because that’s a bit of PITA to obtain as of now.

Here is what you need to do:

  1. talk to the botfather at Telegram: Contact @botfather and create the bot
  2. add the bot to a group
  3. write something into the group looking like this /test something
  4. replace <TOKEN> and open the following URL in a browser: https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/getUpdates
  5. the json has a chat:{id:-12345 … that id is what you need

Other options is to invite other bots that reveal the id and then kick them again.

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