Connect Telegram

≈ 2 min Extension Web app Bearer Token

Before you start

• The Telegram app (phone or desktop).

Used by

• Telegram

Set it up

1. Create the bot. In Telegram, open a chat with @BotFather and send /newbot. Choose a name and a username ending in bot.

2. Copy the token BotFather replies with, like 123456789:ABCdefGhIJKlmNoPQRstuVWxyz.

3. Save it in AWFlow. Open Credentials and click Add Credential (or + Add Credential in a node’s Credential field), then fill the New Credential form. In the browser side panel the form comes in two steps: tap Telegram in the list, then fill the rest.

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   1. 1 Step 1:Pick Telegram Under Integration App / Service, pick Telegram. There is no Auth Type menu: Telegram uses a Bearer Token.
   2. 2 Step 2:Name it For example Telegram – alerts bot. A Description is optional.
   3. 3 Step 3:Paste the token Paste the token into Bearer Token.
   4. 4 Step 4:Check where it is saved Signed in, choose Local (this browser only) or Cloud (synced to your account) under Storage location. Without an account it is saved locally in this browser, as here.
   5. 5 Step 5:Click Create Credential Check: the credential is listed on the Credentials page, ready to pick in nodes.

   Numbered areas in the screenshot: 1. Integration App / Service: Telegram; 2. Name; 3. Bearer Token; 4. Where the secret is stored (here, locally in this browser); 5. Create Credential.

4. Start the bot. Open a chat with your bot and press Start, or add it to the group or channel it should post in. A bot can’t message someone who never started it.

Check it's connected — 

Run Message › Send message with your Chat ID and the text Hello: the message arrives in Telegram.

Where your token lives

Where your token lives — 

The credential is stored where you choose when you create it:

• Local (this browser only): encrypted in this browser. The encryption key is kept on the same device, so turn on the local secret vault to lock it with a passphrase only you know.
• Cloud (synced to your account): sent over an encrypted connection and stored encrypted on AWFlow’s server, so it works on your other devices.

When a step runs, your browser sends it only to api.telegram.org. AWFlow’s servers never relay the call.

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Common issues

• “Unauthorized”. The token is wrong or was revoked. Get the current one from @BotFather (/token) and update the credential.
• “Bad Request: chat not found”. The Chat ID is wrong, or the bot was never started in that chat or added to the group.
• “Forbidden: bot was blocked by the user”. The person blocked the bot. They need to unblock it and press Start.
• The token leaked. Send /revoke to @BotFather and update the credential with the new token.

Related

Telegram node

All connections

Create and manage credentials

Privacy & your data