From 3ee0624f7d1f45d52571a07e094d3a895a481530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephan Grobler Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:45:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note to telegram setup on getting new chat ids (#6870) * Add note to telegram setup on getting new chat ids Ran into a constant empty results array when trying to retrieve new chat ids after it was set up in home assitant, added a note before configuration * Make it a note --- source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown b/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown index 934965200ee..861fafec72a 100644 --- a/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown +++ b/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ ha_release: 0.7.5 The `telegram` platform uses [Telegram](https://web.telegram.org) to deliver notifications from Home Assistant to your Android device, your Windows phone, or your iOS device. +## {% linkable_title Setup %} + The requirements are: - You need a [Telegram bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots). Please follow those [instructions](https://core.telegram.org/bots#6-botfather) to create one and get the token for your bot. Keep in mind that bots are not allowed to contact users. You need to make the first contact with your user. Meaning that you need to send a message to the bot from your user. @@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ $ python3 123456789 ``` +

+If you want to add new chat IDs then you will need to disable the active configuration to actually see the result with the IDs, otherwise you may only get empty results array. +

+ +## {% linkable_title Configuration %} + To enable Telegram notifications in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: ```yaml