View source for Send messages to Telegram using curl


The following samples shows how to send messages to Telegram using curl.<br>
To be short, this is working with an existing account, no need to add two account for doing this.<br>
To setup you first create a bot, then a channel and then obtaining the required ID's for curl.


=Add a new bot=
*Search for @BotFather and click start<br>

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*Type '''/newbot''' to add a new bot<br>
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*Enter the name of the new bot<br>
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*Save the API Key<br>
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=Add a new channel=

*Goto the Menu
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*Create a new channel<br>
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*Make the channel private<br>
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*Choose '''Add user'''
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*Add the bot user
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*Adjust the permissions to your needs
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=Obtaining the chat id=

*Send test message
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*Get the chat ID by using the following URL:
 <nowiki>https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOT-ID>/getUpdates</nowiki>

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=Sending messages using curl=
Before you send messages make sure that you've added all participants to the channel.
*Curl
 <nowiki>curl 'https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOT-ID/sendMessage?chat_id=-<CHAT-ID>&text=Message Text'</nowiki>