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title, description, ha_category, ha_release, ha_domain
| title | description | ha_category | ha_release | ha_domain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram polling | Telegram polling support |
|
0.42 | telegram_bot |
Telegram chatbot polling implementation.
One of two bot implementations supported by Telegram. Your Home Assistant does not have to be exposed to the internet.
Configuration
To integrate this into Home Assistant, add the following section to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
telegram_bot:
- platform: polling
api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
allowed_chat_ids:
- 12345
- 67890
{% configuration %}
allowed_chat_ids:
description: A list of users in the user_id Telegram format that are authorized to interact with the 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, either html or markdown.
required: false
type: string
default: "markdown"
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.