From be92f2cf2218a46fc7e0a6d66468551d559ca3f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Affolter Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 23:29:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add more details --- source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown b/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown index 4044f9ff3f1..bb906db264c 100644 --- a/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown +++ b/source/_components/notify.telegram.markdown @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The requirements are: - You need a [Telegram bot](https://core.telegram.org/bots). Please follow those [instructions](https://core.telegram.org/bots#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. - The `chat_id` of an user. -The quickest way to retrieve your `chat_id` is visiting [https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates](https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates). +The quickest way to retrieve your `chat_id` is visiting [https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates](https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates) or to use `$ curl -X GET https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_API_TOKEN/getUpdates`. Replace `YOUR_API_TOKEN` with your actual token. The result set will include your chat ID as `id` in the `from` section: @@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ The result set will include your chat ID as `id` in the `from` section: "message":{"message_id":27,"from":{"id":123456789,"first_name":"YOUR_FIRST_NAME YOUR_NICK_NAME","last_name":"YOUR_LAST_NAME","username":"YOUR_NICK_NAME"},"chat":{"id":123456789,"first_name":"YOUR_FIRST_NAME YOUR_NICK_NAME","last_name":"YOUR_LAST_NAME","username":"YOUR_NICK_NAME","type":"private"},"date":1678292650,"text":"test"}}]} ``` -Another way to get your chat ID directly is described below: +Another way to get your chat ID directly is described below. Start your Python interpreter from the command-line: ```python -import telegram -bot = telegram.Bot(token='YOUR_API_TOKEN') -chat_id = bot.getUpdates()[-1].message.chat_id -print(chat_id) +$ python3 +>>> import telegram +>>> bot = telegram.Bot(token='YOUR_API_TOKEN') +>>> chat_id = bot.getUpdates()[-1].message.chat_id +>>> print(chat_id) 123456789 ```