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---
layout: page
title: "Telegram polling"
description: "Telegram polling support"
date: 2017-04-05 18:50
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
logo: telegram.png
ha_category: Notifications
ha_release: 0.42
---
Telegram chatbot polling implementation.
One of two bot implementations supported by Telegram. Your Home Assistant does not have to be exposed to the internet.
To integrate this into Home Assistant, add the following section to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
telegram_bot:
- platform: polling
api_key: <telegram api key>
allowed_chat_ids:
- 12345
- 67890
```
{% configuration %}
allowed_chat_ids:
description: A list of user in the `user_id` Telegram format enabled to interact to webhook
required: true
type: list
api_key:
description: The API token of your bot.
required: true
type: string
parse_mode:
description: "Default parser for messages if not explicit in message data: 'html' or 'markdown'."
required: false
default: markdown
type: string
proxy_url:
description: Proxy url if working behind one (`socks5://proxy_ip:proxy_port`)
required: false
type: string
proxy_params:
description: Proxy configuration parameters, as dict, if working behind a proxy (`username`, `password`, etc.)
required: false
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
To get your `chat_id` and `api_key` follow the instructions [here](/components/notify.telegram/).